Trump prepares to threaten Mexico with new tariffs in attempt to force migrant crackdown  —  President Trump is preparing to threaten Mexico with new tariffs as part of an attempt to force the country to crack down on a surge of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States …

North Korea's Kim Jong Un carrying out purge after Hanoi summit collapse: Chosun Ilbo  —  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea executed Kim Hyok Chol, its special envoy to the United States, and foreign ministry officials who carried out working-level negotiations for the second U.S.-North Korea summit in February …

Deceased G.O.P. Strategist's Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question  —  WASHINGTON — Thomas B. Hofeller achieved near-mythic status in the Republican Party as the Michelangelo of gerrymandering, the architect of partisan political maps that cemented the party's dominance across the country.

Barr says Mueller “could've reached a decision” on whether Trump obstructed justice  —  Tune in to “CBS This Morning” on Friday, May 31, for the full interview with Attorney General William Barr.  —  Attorney General William Barr said he believes special counsel Robert Mueller could have reached …

McCain warship incident raises questions about a changing military culture under Trump  —  A dust-up over who directed and knew about White House efforts to obscure the USS John S. McCain ahead of President Trump's visit to Japan has raised new questions about whether the military's culture …

Mueller destroyed one of Trump's biggest lies.  Trump just helped him do it.  —  President Trump just admitted that Russia helped elect him president.  “I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected.  It was a crime that didn't exist,” Trump rage-tweeted, adding that this again shows …

“Inconsistent, Incoherent, and Poorly Conceived”: As the Times Clamps Down on Reporters Going on MSNBC, Is This a Liberal-Media War?  —  The Times recently yanked one of its journalists from Rachel Maddow amid concerns about cable-news “bias.”  Dean Baquet “thinks it's a real issue.”

Full list: 50 House members who favor starting Trump impeachment inquiry  —  It includes 11 members of the House Judiciary Committee as well as chairs of various House committees.  —  Here are the members of the House of Representatives who favor starting an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

House Republicans block $19.1 billion nationwide disaster aid bill for third time  —  House conservatives blocked a bipartisan $19.1 billion disaster aid bill for the third time Thursday, once again thwarting Democrats' efforts to pass the long-delayed legislation that is supported by President Trump.

Koch Network Alums Are Going Full-On White Nationalist  —  Two young men with links to Charles Koch-funded academic and political operations were recently outed as members of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa.  —  Jared Holt, Right Wing Watch

New Democratic Debate Rules Will Distort Priorities, Some Campaigns Say  —  The Democratic Party's new directive that candidates must have at least 130,000 donors to qualify for the third primary debate in September arrived virtually without warning on Wednesday morning …

Federal subpoena demands records on Andrew Gillum and his campaign for governor  —  A recent federal probe sought information related to the Florida Democrat and people in his orbit, signaling a shift in the Tallahassee FBI investigation  —  Andrew Gillum is a focal point …

NYU Cancels Former New Yorker Fact-Checker Talia Lavin's Journalism Class  —  New York University has canceled an undergraduate journalism class that former New Yorker fact-checker Talia Lavin was scheduled to teach this fall after only two students signed up.

George W. Bush, Kobe Bryant, Jordan Peterson Promote Shady Multilevel Marketing Company  —  What is bringing together a former president, NBA star, and celebrity Canadian professor?  Insurance!  —  Former President George W. Bush, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and right-wing Canadian professor …

Sisolak vetoes bill that would pledge Nevada's support to winner of national popular vote, reject Electoral College  —  Gov. Steve Sisolak has issued his first veto out of the 2019 legislative session, rejecting a proposal that would have pledged Nevada's six electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote for the presidency.

Trade War Starts Changing Manufacturers in Hard-to-Reverse Ways  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Trump administration first imposed tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports in July, Andy LaFrazia figured it was just another curveball for his company.  —  “Everyone was saying: 'Oh, it's a negotiating tactic.

Hillary Clinton and Daughter Chelsea to Form Production Company  — Former presidential candidate plans to build pipeline of shows  — Family follows Obamas with push into Hollywood movies and TV  —  Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea are forming a production company to pursue film …

Exclusive: DNC Requires Female Moderators At Every 2020 Debate  —  With more women in the presidential race than ever before, the Democratic National Committee is requiring that each 2020 Democratic presidential debate includes at least one female moderator, Refinery29 is exclusively reporting.

U.S. economy slips from first to third place in global competitiveness ranking amid Trump's tariffs  —  The United States lost its spot as the world's most competitive economy amid an ongoing trade war with China, according to an annual ranking from the IMD World Competitiveness Center.

Clarence Thomas tried to link abortion to eugenics.  Seven historians told The Post he's wrong.  —  In the opinion he wrote on the Supreme Court's recent decision about two abortion laws, Justice Clarence Thomas reached back into history.  —  Thomas argued that the door for abortion rights …

What Sohrab Ahmari Gets Wrong  —  There is no political “emergency” that justifies abandoning classical liberalism, and no temporal emergency could ever justify rejecting the eternal truth.  —  Yesterday, New York Post op-ed editor Sohrab Ahmari published a lengthy essay with the rather eye-catching title, “Against David French-ism.”

Fisher-Price invented a popular baby sleeper without medical safety tests and kept selling it, even as babies died  —  Fisher-Price thought it had a hit on its hands.  —  It was 2009, and a small team of engineers at the toy company outside Buffalo seemed to have solved one of the most vexing problems …

Black Voters Challenge House Members: Why Is Trump Still in Office?  —  PHILADELPHIA — Moments after the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, wrapped up his appearance at the Justice Department on Wednesday, Representative Dwight Evans stepped out of his district office …

Hundreds of minors held at U.S. border facilities are there beyond legal time limits  —  MCALLEN, Tex. — Many of the nearly 2,000 unaccompanied migrant children being held in overcrowded U.S. Border Patrol facilities have been there beyond legally allowed time limits, including some who are 12 or younger …

Extreme weather is pummeling the Midwest, and farmers are in deep trouble  —  In Kendell Culp's corner of northwest Indiana, relentless rain began falling on his farm months ago, saturating the ground his family has nurtured for generations and delaying the start of their planting season by more than a week.