Poll: Democrats regain clear advantage in midterms shaping up as referendum on President Trump  —  Two months ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats hold a clear advantage over Republicans in congressional vote support, with antipathy toward President Trump fueling Democratic enthusiasm …

Hours before Kavanaugh nomination hearings, Bush lawyer releases 42,000 pages of documents to Judiciary Committee  —  Hours before the start of hearings on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, the lawyer for former president George W. Bush turned over 42,000 pages of documents …

New Yorker Festival Pulls Steve Bannon as Headliner Following High-Profile Dropouts  —  Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, will no longer appear as a headliner at this year's New Yorker Festival, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, announced in an email to the magazine's staff on Monday evening.

It's Time for the Press to Stop Complaining—And to Start Fighting Back  —  I've devoted much of my professional life to the study of political campaigns, not as a historian or an academic but as a reporter and an analyst.  I thought I'd seen it all, from the bizarre upset that handed …

Mueller's Office Will Grill Him About Roger Stone.  He Will Respond With Comedy.  —  Randy Credico, a comedian and left-wing political activist, has an appointment on Sept. 7.  With Robert S. Mueller III.  Before a grand jury.  Under oath.  —  And he is planning to do impressions, because that's what he does.

‘Every ad makes me like Beto more’: Ted Cruz's latest attack on Beto O'Rourke for swearing massively backfires  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) put out a new ad attacking Democratic opponent Beto O'Rourke on Monday — and he was quickly buried in mockery.  —  A new video ad posted …

Trump's Top TV Advisers Keep Telling Him: Fire the ‘Shill’ Jeff Sessions Now  —  The drumbeat has become deafening and, unfortunately for the beleaguered attorney general, it's Trump's favorite pundits making all the noise.  —  President Donald Trump has a proven track record …

President Trump has made 4,713 false or misleading claims in 592 days  —  In the 592 days since he took the oath of office, President Trump has made 4,713 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker's database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.

Why Trump is so frantic right now  —  President Trump's incoherence grows to keep pace with his desperation.  These days, he makes less sense than ever — a sign that this malignant presidency has entered a new, more dangerous phase.  —  I can't be the only one who thinks he sounds less …

Democrats, Eyeing a Majority, Prepare an Investigative Onslaught  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats, increasingly optimistic they will win back control in November, are mining a mountain of stymied oversight requests in preparation for an onslaught of hearings, subpoenas and investigations …

AP Exclusive: Franklin's family says eulogy was offensive  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The late Aretha Franklin's family said Monday that it found an Atlanta pastor's eulogy delivered at the Queen of Soul's funeral last week to be offensive and distasteful.  —  The eulogist, the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. …

San Francisco, rich and poor, turns to simple street solutions that underscore the city's complexities  —  SAN FRANCISCO — To the uninitiated, the bright-orange, Tic Tac-size specks scattered on the sidewalks, wedged into the openings of heating grates and piled in small mounds along curbs here are a bit of a mystery.

Gillum raises profile — and cash — in Florida as DeSantis gets quiet  —  Andrew Gillum fell into money.  Ron DeSantis fell off the radar.  —  In the wake of the racially charged atmosphere that kicked off the general election campaign for Florida governor, the two contenders headed in starkly different directions.

McCain's Friends and Family Did Him No Honor  —  De mortuis nil nisi bonum.  No one could fail to be moved by the sight at his funeral Saturday of Senator McCain's centenarian mother and his loyal wife accompanied by his sons in uniform and other family members.

Airstrikes hit last bastion of Syrian rebels as final showdown looms  —  BEIRUT — Russian warplanes in Syria bombed the country's final rebel stronghold Tuesday, a monitoring group said, ending a weeks-long period of uneasy calm there and raising fears that an all-out offensive would follow.

Dozens of elephants killed near Botswana wildlife sanctuary  —  Carcases of nearly 90 elephants have been found near a famous wildlife sanctuary in Botswana, conservationists say.  —  Elephants Without Borders, which is conducting an aerial survey, said the scale of poaching deaths is the largest seen in Africa.