GOP lawmakers discuss vote to block Trump's new tariffs on Mexico, in what would be a dramatic act of defiance  —  Congressional Republicans have begun discussing whether they may have to vote to block President Trump's planned new tariffs on Mexico, potentially igniting a second standoff …

Joe Biden's 2020 climate plan vows to go “well beyond” Obama's policies  —  Joe Biden unveiled a wide-ranging climate and energy platform for his 2020 campaign Tuesday, vowing to go “well beyond” President Obama's policies at a time when he's facing skepticism on the left.

Judge orders Paul Manafort to be transferred to New York City's notorious Rikers Island  —  Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who was sentenced earlier this year to four years in prison for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians …

Pro-Impeachment Dems Are Privately Recruiting Other Members Despite Pelosi's Warnings  —  The effort is organic.  But lawmakers say that, behind the scenes, the pro-impeachment faction is trying to talk other members into joining.  —  Unwilling to wait for Nancy Pelosi to embrace their cause …

Prayer for the President  —  Sometimes we find ourselves in situations that we didn't see coming, and we're faced with a decision in a moment when we don't have the liberty of deliberation, so we do our best to glorify God.  Today, I found myself in one of those situations.

Campaign Money Helping Make Up For Tenant Shortage At Trump Tower  —  As commercial renters flee, Trump keeps spending $37,500 a month in campaign funds at his own building — even though much of the Republican Party's leased space in Virginia is going unused.

Figure linked to Trump transition charged with transporting child pornography  —  A key witness in former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation of Russian election interference has been indicted by federal officials on child pornography charges, according to court documents.

Kushner Sees a Problem in Trump's Fund-Raising, but Not Everyone Agrees  —  WASHINGTON — His plan for ending a 35-day government shutdown failed to deliver a compromise.  —  His immigration proposal was greeted by congressional Democrats and Republicans alike as dead on arrival.

A Better Way to Fix the Supreme Court  —  What should be done about the Supreme Court?  Liberals, still seething after the Merrick Garland blockade and Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation, are bracing for imminent defeats from the Roberts Court on everything from partisan gerrymandering to abortion rights.

CNN Poll: Biden continues to lead crowded Democratic field  —  2020 Democrats challenge Biden's message, electability  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to be the top pick for the Democratic nomination for president among Democrats and Democratic-leaning registered voters …

Botched family reunifications left migrant children waiting in vans overnight  —  Not until 39 hours later — after two nights in a van — did the last child step out of a van to be reunited.  Most spent at least 23 hours in the vehicles.  —  LOS ANGELES — Under the blistering Texas sun last July …

The Coming G.O.P. Apocalypse  —  Stumbling blind into the age of diversity.  —  For much of the 20th century, young and old people voted pretty similarly.  The defining gaps in our recent politics have been the gender gap (women preferring Democrats) and the education gap.

A Former Business Partner Alleges the Trumps Evaded Taxes in Panama  —  The owners of a luxury hotel in Panama City that ousted the Trump Organization as property managers last year accused it on Monday of evading taxes in Panama and creating a “false light” around the hotel's finances.

Trump tries to upend the 2020 map  —  President Donald Trump is targeting a trio of states that he lost in 2016 — a move aimed at widening his path to reelection that comes as he's struggling in the Rust Belt states that propelled him to the White House.  —  Trump officials are zeroing …

Hillary Clinton's Russia collusion IOU: The answers she owes America  —  During the combined two decades she served as a U.S. senator and secretary of State, Hillary Clinton's patrons regularly donated to her family charity when they had official business pending before America's most powerful political woman.

Trump urges customers to drop AT&T to punish CNN over its coverage of him  —  President Trump took his long-running attacks against CNN to a new level on Monday by suggesting in a series of tweets that a consumer boycott of its parent company, AT&T, could force “big changes” at the news organization.

On the 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square  —  On June 4, we honor the heroic protest movement of the Chinese people that ended on June 4, 1989, when the Chinese Communist Party leadership sent tanks into Tiananmen Square to violently repress peaceful demonstrations calling for democracy, human rights, and an end to rampant corruption.

Report: Blacks, Latinos at risk of undercount in 2020 census  —  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Emily Bonilla is worried her district in metro Orlando will be undercounted during next spring's once-in-a-decade head count of everybody in the United States because of who lives there: new arrivals …

One cardiac arrest, four 911 callers, and a tragic outcome  —  This article was produced in partnership between The Public's Radio and the ProPublica Local Reporting Network.  ProPublica is an investigative nonprofit newsroom spotlighting abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust …

Is GOP's Senate Majority in More Peril Than We Think?  —  The general thinking about the Republican Senate majority is that it has solidified to the point where Democrats are effectively shut out of gaining control of the upper chamber in 2020.  But in truth, the GOP majority is in more danger than many analysts believe.

‘Executed’ North Korean diplomat is alive, sources say  —  (CNN)The North Korean diplomat who South Korea's largest newspaper said had been executed by firing squad is alive and in state custody, according to several sources familiar with the situation.  —  North Korea's special envoy …

Japanese Women Want a Law Against Mandatory Heels at Work  —  TOKYO — Japan is the latest battleground for women revolting against the tyranny of high heels, as a fledgling movement seeks government protection from workplaces that require the footwear.  —  Thousands of supporters …

Fox News gains newfound influence in 2020 politics  —  It's early in the 2020 presidential campaign, but there's already a top contender for Most Absurd Controversy Among Democratic Candidates — whether or not to appear on Fox News.  The debate is more than a touch self-defeating because Fox …

A White Man's Republic, If They Can Keep it  —  It was seven years ago, as the Supreme Court considered a challenge to the Voting Rights Act, that Justice Antonin Scalia said the quiet part loud.  —  The 2006 near-unanimous renewal of the landmark civil-rights bill was “very likely attributable …

Why Jews Should Pay Attention to the Recent Debate Rocking American Conservatism  —  In yet another sign of our tortured political moment, the most meaningful civic discussion currently raging is being waged not by our elected officials, spiritual leaders, novelists or celebrities …