White House blocked intelligence agency's written testimony saying climate change could be ‘possibly catastrophic’  —  Officials sought to excise the State Department's comments on climate science on the grounds that it did not mesh with the administration's stance.

Eric and Donald Trump, Jr. Still Have Not Paid Irish Bar Tab  —  When Donald Trump's sons Eric and Donald, Jr. went on their Irish pub crawl last week and offered free rounds for the house, they failed to pay the tab, according to at least one pub owner.  Caroline Kennedy …

Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times  —  Over years of reporting on internet culture, I've heard countless versions of Mr. Cain's story: an aimless young man — usually white, frequently interested in video games — visits YouTube looking for direction or distraction and is seduced by a community of far-right creators.

U.S.-Mexico Joint Declaration  —  The United States and Mexico met this week to address the shared challenges of irregular migration, to include the entry of migrants into the United States in violation of U.S. law.  Given the dramatic increase in migrants moving from Central America through Mexico …

Decades of Being Wrong About China Should Teach Us Something  —  Thirty years ago this week, I watched the news from Beijing and started shredding my bedding.  It was the night before my college graduation, I had been studying Chinese politics, and news had broken that college students …

Poll: Support For Impeachment Hearings Grows, But Americans Split On Way Forward  —  There is a growing desire for impeachment proceedings to begin against President Trump, but Americans are still split overall on what to do after the release of the Mueller report, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll finds.

U.S. Ambassador Says Israel Has Right to Annex Parts of West Bank  —  JERUSALEM — Israel has a right to annex at least some, but “unlikely all,” of the West Bank, the United States ambassador, David M. Friedman, said in an interview, opening the door to American acceptance of what would be an enormously provocative act.

YouTube Is a Very Bad Judge and Jury  —  Nobody knows how to run YouTube.  Especially not YouTube.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.  Ms. Jeong is a member of the editorial board.  —  Charlie Warzel: It's been a rough week for YouTube, even by tech backlash standards.

I gave the University of Alabama $26.5 million.  They gave it back when I spoke out about abortion.  —  Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. is an alternative and real estate investor and lawyer who resides in Miami.  —  I am proud to have been born and raised in Alabama.

Why Joe Biden Gets Away With It  —  Joe Biden, the Democratic frontrunner, has had a peculiar couple of weeks: The points on which he's been historically weak—women's rights, mass incarceration, and plagiarism—have surfaced again, as weak points are bound to do, but if his responses …

VERDICT: Jury awards Gibson's Bakery $11 million against Oberlin College  —  Punitive damage phase to start next Tuesday, which could increase the damages to $33 million.  —  The Jury in the Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College case has reached a verdict.  —  According to our reporter in the Courtroom, the jury awarded $11 million.

4 Disturbing Details You May Have Missed in the Mueller Report  —  Some troubling-to-outright-damning episodes have been lost in the noise around its release.  —  Ms. Jurecic is the managing editor of Lawfare.  —  After two years of silence, the special counsel Robert Mueller recently …

Trump's $3.6 Million Ireland Detour Brings Taxpayer-Funded Golf Tab To $105.8 million  —  His for-profit golf course there posted promotional videos of him teeing off and his helicopter's arrival — but deleted them after HuffPost began making inquiries.  —  President Donald Trump wrapped …

Tech reporter charged with soliciting child sex online  —  Warning: This article contains graphic sexual language.  —  Tech reporter Peter Bright has been arrested for soliciting sex with children online.  He was employed by Ars Technica until recently.  —  A federal complaint alleges …

Liberals Begin Lining Up Young Judges for a Post-Trump Surge  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump took office, more than 100 vacancies for him to fill existed on the federal bench, an inaugural gift from Senate Republicans who persistently thwarted the Obama administration's best efforts …

Too much money (and too few places to invest it)  —  A truly bizarre trend is having an impact on the economy — wealthy people and corporations have so much money they literally don't know what to do with it.  —  Why it matters: At a time when growing income inequality is fueling voter discontent …

Nearly 800 signatures gathered in effort to block homeless shelters in Park Slope  —  PARK SLOPE -  —  Community members in Park Slope are pushing back against a plan to build two homeless shelters a block away from each other.  —  The proposed shelters, which will consist mainly …

Welcome to Garcetti's L.A.: heaps of trash, hordes of rats and very little leadership  —  Whewww, what a week.  —  I could give you a hundred breakdowns of what happened and what it all means, but it comes down to this:  —  We're in troubled waters on a ship without a captain …

Meghan Markle Makes Post-Baby Appearance at Queen's Birthday Celebration  —  Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle made her second post-baby appearance at the Trooping the Color ceremony in London on Saturday to honor Queen Elizabeth II on her 93rd birthday.  Markle is still on maternity leave …

For China's Leading Investigative Reporter, Enough Is Enough  —  BEIJING — Late at night, a senior police officer guided Liu Wanyong, then a budding investigative journalist, through the inner sanctum of one of the scariest domains in China, the Ministry of Public Security.  —  The rooms were empty.

New Election Security Bills Face a One-Man Roadblock: Mitch McConnell  —  WASHINGTON — A raft of legislation intended to better secure United States election systems after what the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, called a “sweeping and systematic” Russian attack in 2016 is running …

Vatican cardinal, other priests to return cash gifts from ousted West Virginia bishop Michael Bransfield  —  A cardinal at the Vatican and eight other Catholic clerics pledged on Friday to return money to the diocese of West Virginia after revelations that the bishop there used church funds …