‘No Celebrities’: Embarrassing Turnout at Trump's Beverly Hills Fundraiser  —  Tickets for the event allegedly started at $15,000 and went as high as $150,000.  —  BEVERLY HILLS, California—Late Friday afternoon, Donald Trump landed in Los Angeles for a re-election fundraiser.

Steuben County man makes death threats against Rep. Ilhan Omar, federal official say  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate after an upheaval that split Democrats and clouded their agenda.

POLITICO Playbook: W.H. resurrects health care push  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — W.H. HEALTH CARE PUSH NOT OVER ... NANCY COOK: “White House acting chief-of-staff MICK MULVANEY is convening a meeting at Camp David this weekend with top White House staffers and key Cabinet members …

A 2016 hangover: Some Bernie Sanders supporters still upset  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It was hard to miss Cheri Pichone's excitement about Bernie Sanders' second presidential run.  She showed up to a recent Iowa rally decked out in Sanders gear, complete with a figurine of the Vermont senator and progressive icon.

Former SC Governor, U.S. Senator Ernest F.  ‘Fritz’ Hollings dies at 97 … Fritz Hollings celebrates his 1998 victory over Republican challenger Bob Inglis to retain his U.S. Senate seat.  It would be his final campaign.  File/Matthew Fortner/staff  —  Fritz Hollings is sworn …

Republican Senator John Kennedy Suggests Someone Could Be ‘Killed’ if Unredacted Mueller Report Is Released  —  Republican Senator John Kennedy suggested that someone could be “killed” if the unredacted version of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is released to the public.

Trump administration nearly doubles H-2B guest visa program, which brings many Mexican workers  —  As President Trump threatened to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border in recent days, his Department of Homeland Security nearly doubled the number of temporary guest worker visas available this summer.

Congress' new Mueller fight: Do Dems need to begin impeachment to see secret files?  —  Do Democrats have to begin the process of impeaching President Donald Trump in order to access special counsel Robert Mueller's secrets?  —  That legal debate began raging inside the House Judiciary Committee …

3 Black Churches Have Burned in 10 Days in a Single Louisiana Parish  —  ATLANTA — Three historically black churches have burned in less than two weeks in one south Louisiana parish, where officials said they had found “suspicious elements” in each case.  The officials have not ruled …

Trump Lawyers Fight Release Of The President's Tax Returns  —  In a letter, the president's lawyers argued that the release of his returns, as House Democrats have requested, wouldn't be “consistent” with the law.  —  President Donald Trump's lawyers are pushing back against the idea of releasing his tax returns.

Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski might have been a woman or intersex  —  Researchers noticed the Polish officer's delicate bone structure after the skeleton was extracted from the Pulaski monument in Savannah, Georgia.  —  Casimir Pulaski, hero of the Revolutionary War and the pride …

Here's a Trump campaign strategy Democrats are eager to embrace  —  President Donald Trump left many in Washington scratching their heads when he put his 2016 campaign's digital chief in charge of his entire reelection effort.  —  But now Democrats are embracing that strategy too.

‘As a bishop, it is my duty to warn the West’: An interview with Cardinal Sarah  —  Cardinal Sarah kneels before the Blessed Sacrament in Toronto (University of St Michael's College)  —  The Vatican cardinal discusses his hard-hitting new book in this exclusive interview with La Nef

Trump's mental condition seems to be getting worse: He should subject himself to a rigorous assessment now  —  Two years after organizing a conference at Yale about how mental health professionals could warn the public ethically and effectively, our predictions have borne out to be true …

A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy  —  The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs.  —  Last May, an elderly man was admitted to the Brooklyn branch of Mount Sinai Hospital for abdominal surgery.

Pelosi outlines a path to victory for House Democrats in 2020 — and guarantees it  —  Barely three months into her second turn in charge, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already mapped out a plan to overwhelm Republicans in the 2020 elections.  —  “I'm going to have our races won by this November,” the California Democrat said.

Whatever Happened to the Israeli Left?  On the eve of the Jewish state's elections, an appraisal of the battered opposition.  —  Barreling down a barely existent road in the South Hebron Hills, as I sit in the passenger seat of Nasser Nawaja's well-worn Dacia Duster, the conversation turns to the fate of the Holy Land.

What's at Risk if the Fed Becomes as Partisan as the Rest of Washington  —  The credibility of the Federal Reserve around the world has been built over decades.  —  Politicians have had strong opinions on what the Federal Reserve should and shouldn't do throughout its 105-year history.