As a Nation Mourns McCain, Trump Is Conspicuously Absent  —  WASHINGTON — As leaders of both political parties and foreign dignitaries publicly mourned John McCain on Sunday, President Trump conspicuously avoided a national moment of tribute to a senator whose death seemed to be its own metaphor …

APNewsBreak: Nation's top student loan official resigns  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The top government official overseeing the $1.5 trillion student loan market resigned Monday, citing what he says is the White House's open hostility toward protecting the nation's millions of student loan borrowers.

Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance  —  A leftist journalist's bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession.  —  Like a man in the first draft of a limerick, Tennys Sandgren is a tennis player from Tennessee.  Last winter, after scraping his way onto …

U.S. and Mexico Agree to Preliminary Nafta Deal  —  WASHINGTON — The United States and Mexico have reached agreement to revise key portions of the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement and a preliminary deal could be announced on Monday, a crucial step toward revamping a trade pact …

‘Sleeper’ case could torpedo Mueller report  —  It might even keep the special counsel from sending a report to Congress, shaking Democrats' hopes that such a document could provide the impetus for impeachment proceedings.  —  A little-noticed court case stemming from the apparent murder …

Nuns Killed Children, Say Former Residents Of St. Joseph's Catholic Orphanage  —  Millions of American children were placed in orphanages.  Some didn't make it out alive.  —  It was a late summer afternoon, Sally Dale recalled, when the boy was thrown through the fourth-floor window.

Rick and Ann Scott's financial trail leads to Cayman Islands tax haven  —  The governor's 125-page U.S. Senate financial disclosure statement yields another revelation.  —  The portfolio of Gov. Rick Scott and First Lady Ann Scott includes earnings last year of at least $2.9 million …

Bruce Ohr Fought Russian Organized Crime.  Now He's a Target of Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump has threatened to take away the security clearance of Bruce G. Ohr, a career Justice Department official, he has described him as a “creep,” accused him of profiting off “disgraced” …

Is Pam Bondi auditioning for Fox News while still working for Florida taxpayers?  —  Bondi sought ethics commission approval before spending three days co-hosting “The Five,” a news talk show.  —  Pam Bondi is still the attorney general of Florida, at least for another four months.

It Would Take Only a Single Senator  —  A few days ago I wrote a long item about changing assessments of Donald Trump: which first impressions had held up, and which had called for second thoughts over time.  —  The last part of the post concerned the main, and depressing, area where second thoughts were necessary.

Secret message board drives 'pizzagate'-style harassment campaign of small businesses  —  The theorists are inspired in part by a far-right news website that has been used by prominent Republicans for fundraising efforts.  —  In January, Andrew Richmond, a co-founder of a Toronto-based chain …

“Trump Is Nuts.  This Time Really Feels Different”: Trump Rejects “War Council” Intervention, Goes It Alone  —  With his closest allies defecting, the president increasingly trusts only his instincts.  He “got joy” from stripping former C.I.A. director John Brennan's security clearance.

‘It Is the Era of Trump’: How the President Is Remaking the Republican Party  —  President Trump's critics are leaving the scene, and his successful primary endorsements are bringing in a new crowd  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—For months after Republican Adam Putnam entered the Florida gubernatorial race, he seemed almost unbeatable.

Vigano letter exposes the putsch against Pope Francis  —  Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano's testimony proves one thing: The former Vatican ambassador to the United States is to the clergy sex abuse crisis what Oliver Stone is to the assassination of President John Kennedy …

Duncan Hunter's Political Promise Foiled by Hard Partying and a Corruption Scandal  —  SAN DIEGO — In Alpine, Calif., a suburban Southern California enclave, Duncan Hunter was a good neighbor.  He'd help people do yard work, or move heavy furniture.  He drove the same dented-up truck for years.

Elizabeth Warren: Jeff Sessions Acted as “Catalyst” for Weed Legalization  —  The Massachusetts senator sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss the state of pot in America, and her new bipartisan bill that would federally decriminalize cannabis  —  This year, President Donald Trump broke ranks …

House GOP efforts to increase female lawmakers falling flat  —  House Republicans had hoped an aggressive recruitment push during the “year of the woman” would help boost the number of female lawmakers in their conference next year.  —  But a little more than two months before Election Day, things haven't gone as planned.

Michael Cohen's lawyer has done real damage to the case against Trump  —  One of the most bizarre aspects of the investigations engulfing the Trump administration is the lawyers involved.  Here we have a presidency on the line, and this is Trump's team?  The top legal spokesmen for each side are . . .

Republican Poll Shows Tight Race for Montana Senate  —  Republican Matt Rosendale led Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester by 2 points, within the margin of error, in a Republican poll of the race conducted this month.  —  Rosendale, the Montana auditor, was ahead, 47 percent to 45 percent …