White House Asked McGahn to Declare Trump Never Obstructed Justice  —  WASHINGTON — White House officials asked at least twice in the past month for the key witness against President Trump in the Mueller report, Donald F. McGahn II, to say publicly that he never believed the president obstructed justice …

Rudy Giuliani Cancels His Trip to Ukraine, Blaming Democrats' ‘Spin’  —  WASHINGTON — Facing withering attacks accusing him of seeking foreign assistance for President Trump's re-election campaign, Rudolph W. Giuliani announced on Friday night that he had canceled a trip to Kiev in which he planned …

Trump's Tariffs Are a New Tax on Americans  —  President Trump is undermining the credibility of his trade policies by falsely claiming that China is paying the bill.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.

Trump's new nickname for Pete Buttigieg: ‘Alfred E. Neuman’  —  President Donald Trump dismissed Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Friday in a single sentence.  —  “Alfred E. Neuman cannot become president of the United States,” the president told POLITICO …

Trump takes over Fourth of July celebration, changing its location and inserting himself into the program  —  President Trump has effectively taken charge of the nation's premier Fourth of July celebration in Washington, moving the gargantuan fireworks display from its usual spot on the Mall …

Inside Syria's Secret Torture Prisons: How Assad Crushed Dissent  —  GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Syrian security officers hung Muhannad Ghabbash from his wrists for hours, beat him bloody, shocked him with electricity and stuck a gun in his mouth.  —  Mr. Ghabbash, a law student from Aleppo …

House Ways and Means Chairman Subpoenas Trump Tax Returns  —  WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee subpoenaed the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service on Friday, disregarding the Treasury secretary's refusal this week to hand over six years …

The GOP's increasing embrace of Trump's Russia conspiracy theory  —  On Friday, the former general counsel of the FBI, Jim Baker, decided to speak out.  Frustrated by the burgeoning Republican narrative about how the Russia investigation might have been launched under false pretenses …

Florida takes shape as Joe Biden's firewall  —  MIAMI — Florida, with its hordes of older voters and establishment-oriented Democratic Party, doesn't just look like Biden Country.  Judging from the initial reaction to his presidential bid in the nation's third-largest state, it's shaping up to be his firewall.

GOP lawmaker shared story of her rape.  Now she says she's under attack in abortion debate  —  A GOP state lawmaker who recently gave an impassioned speech about being raped as a 16 year old says she feels attacked after a Republican colleague passed out literature describing rape as a …

Lobbyists Working to Undermine Medicare For All Host Congressional Staff at Luxury Resort  —  At a luxury resort just outside of the nation's capital last month, around four dozen senior congressional staffers decamped for a weekend of relaxation and discussion at Salamander Resort & Spa.

Politics is front and center for Russiagate probe — and the farce has reached new heights  —  Politics is front and center for the Russiagate probe, which has reached previously unknown heights of farce - and that's saying something.  —  This week saw the spectacle of the House Judiciary Committee holding …

San Francisco police raid home of journalist to find who leaked Adachi report  —  Police raided the home and office of a freelance journalist Friday morning.  —  Police raided the home and office of a freelance journalist Friday morning as part of an ongoing investigation …

Prosecutors finally want to hear from Jeffrey Epstein's victims  —  More than a decade after federal prosecutors gave a secret plea deal to a suspected child sex trafficker, the government finally wants to hear from his victims, indicating on Friday that prosecutors wish to interview …

Trump Usually Keeps Loyalists Close.  But There Are Some Things He Can't Forgive.  —  WASHINGTON — Most people accepted into President Trump's orbit usually end up encountering the same truism: Once you're in, you're in — and even when you're down, you're rarely out for good.

Congress tries to defund US nuclear transfers to Saudi Arabia  —  ARTICLE SUMMARY  —  House Democrats want to use the power of the purse to halt the transfer of US civil nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.  —  Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (R) presents US President Donald Trump …

How Trump Helps MS-13  —  The U.S. doesn't need a big, beautiful border wall.  It needs a real foreign policy.  —  Years ago, when Donald Trump's presidential bid was taking off, I asked him whether his attitudes toward free trade and border security might make matters worse for Mexico — and hence for the U.S., too.