Allen Weisselberg, Longtime Trump Organization CFO, Is Granted Immunity in Cohen Probe  —  Weisselberg earlier this year was subpoenaed to testify before grand jury  —  Allen Weisselberg, President Trump's longtime financial gatekeeper, was granted immunity by federal prosecutors …

Kremlin Sources Go Quiet, Leaving C.I.A. in the Dark About Putin's Plans for Midterms  — The spy agency does not believe its Russia informants have been killed, but sources have gone largely dormant amid heightened scrutiny and rising threats.  — Technology companies and political campaigns …

Aides expect Trump to go rogue on Manafort pardon  —  The president's comments are being read as a signal that he wants to ignore his lawyers and exonerate his former campaign chairman.  —  President Donald Trump's lawyers and a cadre of informal White House advisers claim they've convinced …

Trump Meets QAnon Kook Who Believes Democrats Run Pedophile Cult … President Donald Trump posed for Oval Office photos on Thursday with one of the leading promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims that top Democrats are part of a global pedophile cult.

“Hottie Avenatti” brings his show to the DNC summer meeting  —  CHICAGO — Michael Avenatti — attorney, potential presidential candidate, and owner of a strong jawline — dropped in on the Democratic Party's summer meeting on Thursday as he continued to tease a 2020 run.

NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch: Democrats are “trying to Al Capone the president”  —  VIDEO ››› August 24, 2018 ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF  —  From the August 22 edition of NRATV's Relentless:  —  Loading the player reg...

‘How do you stay married to a guy who does that?’  —  Hill Republicans are appalled by Rep. Duncan Hunter, who is facing indictment, blaming his wife.  —  House Republicans are whispering one word over and over again to describe embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter: Shameless.

Trump says it's ‘probably tougher’ for GOP to retain control of House  —  COLUMBUS — President Trump acknowledged a “probably tougher” path to retain GOP control of the House at the state party's annual dinner here, injecting some political reality into his standard rhetoric that boasts of a “red wave” in November.

John McCain Will No Longer Be Treated for Brain Cancer, Family Says  —  WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain of Arizona, who has been battling brain cancer for more than a year, will no longer be treated for his condition, his family announced on Friday, a sign that the Republican war hero is most likely entering his final days.

Michael Cohen Guilty Plea Reveals Link to Qatari Royal Family  —  Trump's former lawyer received a $100,000 brokerage fee for a Florida real-estate deal in which he represented a company owned by Sheikh Abdul Aziz  —  A $100,000 real-estate brokerage fee that was part of former Trump attorney …

Former head of CDC Tom Frieden arrested and charged with forcible touching, sex abuse and harassment  —  Tom Frieden, former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been arrested amid allegations of forcible touching, sex abuse and harassment.

How This Will End  —  Michael Gerson, one of the most eloquent and principled critics of Donald Trump, insists that we are at June 1973, the moment when John Dean's testimony broke the dam that a year later swept Richard Nixon off into disgrace.  Others agree: This is an inflection point.

Tucker Carlson walks back bogus South Africa scaremongering  —  On his Wednesday evening program, Fox News host Tucker Carlson roared about the issue of land reform in South Africa.  “The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has begun — and you may have seen this in the press …

Trump scraps Pompeo trip to North Korea, citing stalled nuclear diplomacy  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly canceled his top diplomat's planned trip to North Korea, publicly acknowledging for the first time that his effort to get Pyongyang to denuclearize …

Republicans Are Exploiting the Murder of Mollie Tibbetts  —  Immigrants commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans.  But the party doesn't want to talk about that.  —  Mr. Gillespie is an editor at large of Reason.  —  Where does the conservative commitment to limited government …

When Justice Is Partial  —  Mueller is determined to sniff out any wrongdoing he can find—on one side.  —  U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami took a few moments in his Tuesday statement about Michael Cohen's plea deal to sing neutrality's praise: “His day of reckoning serves as a reminder …

No One Is Safer.  No One Is Served.  —  An immigrant family hides from Donald Trump in a Connecticut church.  —  The legendary Chicago oral historian and moral force Studs Terkel once said, “There is a decency in the American people and a native intelligence—providing they have the facts, providing they have the information.”

Watch the most misleading campaign ad so far this year.  —  Congratulations Frank White, Republican candidate for Florida Attorney General.  —  The campaign of Frank White for Florida attorney general appears to have altered the audio and manipulated video from an Orlando television station's news story …

Jailed Russian of Interest in U.S. Election Probe, Official Says  — Lawyers say Russian embassy keen on visting accused hacker  — Judge questions pychiatrist chosen to examine Yevgeniy Nikulin  —  A Russian charged with hacking LinkedIn is of great interest in a U.S. probe of election meddling …

‘Silent Sam’ to be reinstalled within 90 days, UNC BoG member says  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) - The Confederate monument known as Silent Sam will be reinstalled with 90 days, according to a member of the UNC System Board of Governors.  —  Thom Goolsby posted to Twitter and YouTube saying …