John McCain's Funeral Was the Biggest Resistance Meeting Yet  —  Two ex-Presidents and one eloquent daughter team up to rebuke the pointedly uninvited Donald Trump.  —  Donald Trump's name was never mentioned.  It didn't have to be.  The funeral service for John Sidney McCain III …

From Mollie Tibbetts' father: Don't distort her death to advance racist views  —  Mollie was nobody's victim.  Nor is she a pawn in others' debate  —  CONNECT  —  Ten days ago, we learned that Mollie would not be coming home.  Shattered, my family set out to celebrate Mollie's extraordinary life …

Ethnicity not a factor in Elizabeth Warren's rise in law  —  CAMBRIDGE — The 60-plus Harvard Law School professors who filed into an auditorium-style room on the first floor of Pound Hall on that February 1993 afternoon had a significant question to answer: Should they offer a job to Elizabeth Warren?

Kansas high court rules grand jury must be convened to investigate Kris Kobach … A grand jury must be convened to investigate whether Republican gubernatorial candidate and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach intentionally failed to register voters in 2016, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled.

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Manafort's daughter files petition to change her name to ‘separate herself from public perception’ after her father was convicted of fraud … Convicted felon Paul Manafort's daughter Jessica is wasting no time distancing herself from the family by filing legal documents to change her name.

After Deadly Raid, Pentagon Weighs Withdrawing Almost All Commandos From Niger  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering withdrawing nearly all American commandos from Niger in the wake of a deadly October ambush against a Green Beret team that killed four United States soldiers.

How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank  —  Fed up with their high-pressure jobs, some millennials are quitting and embracing the FIRE movement.  (It stands for financial independence, retire early).  —  Carl Jensen experienced what he calls “the awakening” sometime around 2012.

AMI employees donated thousands of dollars to Cuomo campaigns … National Enquirer boss David Pecker isn't just Donald Trump's longtime pal and campaign confidant — he's quietly lavished tens of thousands of dollars on Gov. Cuomo.  —  Pecker's American Media Inc., company executives …

This Race in Houston Is the Future of Texas Politics  —  HOUSTON—On a Saturday morning in Houston, the high was 94 degrees with a chance of rain.  It was hardly friendly weather for canvassing—the door-knocking, yard sign-delivering, get-out-the-vote efforts that define a politician's grassroots network.

Suspected MS-13 member broke into sleeping girl's bedroom, raped her: cops  —  A purported member of the MS-13 gang broke into the bedroom of a sleeping 11-year-old Brooklyn girl and raped her in her bed, cops said Saturday as the suspect was taken into custody.

Caught in a political echo chamber?  Listening to the opposition can make partisanship even worse  —  Dwelling in a political echo chamber — where you only encounter people who agree with you — is hardly conducive to a healthy democracy.  —  But it turns out that broadening your horizons …

Democrats should wait for Mueller report before taking steps on impeachment: Panetta  —  A former top-ranking official under Presidents Obama and Clinton said Democrats should hold off on impeachment proceedings if they win control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections.