Anti-Semitic open letter posted online under name of Chabad synagogue shooting suspect  —  A user self-identifying himself as John Earnest posted an open letter to the far-right message board 8chan hours before a shooting near San Diego.  —  An anti-Semitic open letter posted under the name …

Trump bashes news ‘fakers’ as journos gather for D.C. gala  —  President Donald Trump was exactly where he wanted to be Saturday night — far away from Washington and the gala of journalists who cover his administration.  —  As the media prepared to gather for an annual glitzy dinner …

Barr's appearance at House hearing still up in the air because of dispute with Democrats  —  (CNN)Attorney General William Barr has warned Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee he won't show up to this week's highly anticipated hearing if they stick to the format the chairman has proposed …

As NRA Leadership Fight Spills Into Public, N.Y. Attorney General Opens Investigation  —  National Rifle Association leader Oliver North announced Saturday that he will not seek a second term as president of the gun rights group, as is customary.  —  The decision plunged the organization …

Biden holds a slight advantage over nearest 2020 rival, but Democrats are far from making a decision  —  After four months of campaigning, the Democratic presidential race remains wide open, with the bulk of the electorate still uncommitted, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

If Trump Weren't President, He Would Already Be Charged  —  The Mueller Report contains a case against the president as strong as many we saw working as federal prosecutors.  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report is 448 pages long, full of shocking conduct and detail …

Courts can't solve our gerrymandering problem.  Take it from a former gerrymanderer.  —  Courts are increasingly poised to become more heavily involved in determining what type of gerrymandering is constitutionally permissible.  On Thursday, a three-judge court struck down 34 Michigan legislative …

The Republican War on Democracy  —  If you can't win playing by the rules, you change them.  —  The demographic changes coming over the next few decades — the continuing rise of a more diverse electorate, with more liberal views than previous generations — won't destroy the Republican Party or make it electorally insolvent.

Kyler Murray, a Black Man, Was the Number One NFL Draft Pick.  Trump Congratulated the Number Two Pick Instead  —  Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray was the first overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday, but on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump decided to congratulate the number two pick instead.

Afghan women fear gains could be bargained away in talks  —  HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — For four hours, Khadeja begged her in-laws to take her to the hospital.  The skin on her face and neck was peeling.  The pain was excruciating.  Her husband had thrown a pot of scalding water on her face and upper body.

Jack Dorsey's TED Interview and the End of an Era  —  It all seemed so inevitable: that Jack Dorsey, the C.E.O. and co-founder of Twitter, would appear onstage at last week's ted ideas conference, in Vancouver; that the conference theme would be “Bigger Than Us,” an ambiguous invocation …