Mueller says he would not go beyond anything in his report if he appears before Congress  —  Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III announced Wednesday he was closing his office and offered his first public comments on the results of his work, asserting that Justice Department legal guidance prevented …

In reversal from 2016, McConnell says he would fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy in 2020  —  (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday if a Supreme Court vacancy occurs during next year's presidential election, he would work to confirm a nominee appointed by President Donald Trump.

DNC makes it more difficult to qualify for 3rd debate  —  ABC News, in partnership with Univision, will host the third Democratic presidential debate in September, the Democratic National Committee announced Wednesday, saying it was raising both the polling and fundraising bars for candidates to qualify.

Boris Johnson, favorite to be Britain's next PM, to face court for alleged Brexit lies  —  London (CNN)The leading candidate to succeed Theresa May as British Prime Minister has been ordered to appear in court to face allegations he lied to the public during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign.

Bannon described Trump Organization as ‘criminal enterprise’, Michael Wolff book claims  —  Former White House adviser says financial investigations will take down president in sequel to Fire and Fury  —  The former White House adviser Steve Bannon has described the Trump Organization …

Maggie Haberman Reacts to Criticism of Her Reporting: ‘The Tenor Has Gotten Extremely Personal’  —  NY Times reporter and CNN contributor Maggie Haberman addressed a recent New York magazine article entitled “Of Course Trump Hates Maggie Haberman.  Why Does the Left?”  Wednesday morning.

GOP impeachment champion gets a hero's welcome back home  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Rep. Justin Amash is a lonely man in Congress, the sole Republican to back Donald Trump's removal from office.  But back home on Tuesday night, the Michigan lawmaker got the red-carpet treatment in his first face …

U.S. Says Russia Likely Conducting Low-Yield Nuke Tests, Defying Test Ban Treaty  —  Intelligence assessment marks first time U.S. has said Kremlin failed to observe Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty commitments  —  Russia has likely been secretly carrying out very low-yield nuclear tests …

No ‘treason.’ No coup.  Just lies — and dumb lies at that.  —  James Comey is a former director of the FBI and a former deputy attorney general.  —  It is tempting for normal people to ignore our president when he starts ranting about treason and corruption at the FBI.  I understand the temptation.

Planned Parenthood's false stat: ‘Thousands’ of women died every year before Roe  —  “We face a real situation where Roe could be overturned.  And we know what will happen, which is that women will die.  Thousands of women died every year pre-Roe.”  —  “Before Roe v. Wade …

CRINGE: Joe Biden gets handsy with young girl, says 'I'll bet you're as bright as you are good-looking'  —  Just to update you on this story we told you about last night, we now have video of 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden getting handsy with a young girl at an AFT town hall and telling her …

How to make sense of the clown show that is Trump's foreign policy  —  Watching the clown show that has been President Trump's foreign policy lately, you wonder whether there's any coherent logic embedded in his erratic, internally conflicting statements about Iran, North Korea and other issues.

Last-Minute Dress Code Left NYT Reporter Wearing Her Wedding Dress to Cover Trump's Dinner at Japan's Imperial Palace  —  “Here I am, pooling a presidential event in my wedding dress,” reporter Annie Karni tweeted Monday  —  There is a saying among veteran White House correspondents that theirs is …

Can Jaime Harrison End the Democrats' Drought in South Carolina?  —  The Times talked to Mr. Harrison, the first black chairman of the state's Democratic Party, about his bid to unseat Senator Lindsey Graham.  —  Let's begin with the obvious: No Democrat has won a statewide race in South Carolina since 2006.

U.S. Warns Europe That Its Iran Workaround Could Face Sanctions  —  The Trump administration escalated its battle with European allies over the fate of the Iran nuclear accord, threatening penalties against the financial body created by Germany, the U.K. and France to shield trade …

Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X outvoted older generations in 2018 midterms  —  Midterm voter turnout reached a modern high in 2018, and Generation Z, Millennials and Generation X accounted for a narrow majority of those voters, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available Census Bureau data.

Trump's 2020 plan to target black, Hispanic and suburban female voters  —  Trump campaign officials have been discussing a digital campaign to boost President Trump's 2020 support among three key demographic groups: African Americans, Hispanics and suburban women, two sources familiar with the plan tell Axios.

Manning Assange WikiLeaks - EDVA Volume 1  —  Manning + Assange + Lamo = Oh God.. National Security Damaged  —  I've purposefully waited to dissect this trifecta.  The complexity and dynamic of the Manning and Assange relationship, left me with a lot of questions.. Oddly it was difficult for me to wrap my head around this issue.

Americans' Loss Of Interest In Civil War Battlefields Is Part Of A Disturbing Trend  —  In an era of historical ignorance and indifference, is it any wonder that Civil War battlefields are drawing fewer tourists?  —  Americans are losing interest in the Civil War—or at least they are losing interest …

China Gears Up to Weaponize Rare Earths in Trade War  —  (Bloomberg) — Beijing is gearing up to use its dominance of rare earths to hit back in its deepening trade war with Washington.  —  A flurry of Chinese media reports on Wednesday, including an editorial in the flagship newspaper …