Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal  —  WASHINGTON — The deal to avert tariffs that President Trump announced with great fanfare on Friday night consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take in prior discussions with the United States …

Iowa Poll: Joe Biden leads, followed by Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg  —  The field of Democratic presidential candidates is starting to settle into tiers: Joe Biden leads the pack, and Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg are in close competition for second place …

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 …

Some U.S. embassies still hoisting rainbow flags, despite advisory from Washington  —  Since the State Department began rejecting all embassy requests to hoist rainbow flags outside the mission buildings during LGBTQ Pride Month this year, some U.S. diplomats have been finding ways to defy, or at least get around, the new policy.

Mexico Never Agreed to Farm Deal With U.S., Contradicting Trump  — Trump entwines dropping tariff plan with agricultural buying  — Agricultural states have been hard hit by Trump's trade wars  —  Mexico never agreed to buy more U.S. farm products as part of a deal reached late Friday …

The Making of a YouTube Radical  —  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.

‘Whitey’ Bulger prison letters: Love for Trump, disdain for Mueller  —  The Boston gangster raved about the president, and railed against ex-special counsel Robert Mueller, in a series of letters to an unlikely pen pal.  —  In the final months of his life, James “Whitey” …

Life Begins at Conception (Except When That's Inconvenient for Republicans)  —  It's almost as if abortion bans aren't actually about “life” at all.  —  When, exactly, do abortion opponents think life begins?  —  Over the past few months there has been a rush to pass abortion bans.

Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley scammed the nation on 2020 Supreme Court confirmations  —  Mitch McConnell talks about replacing another Supreme Court Justice … CONNECT  —  In a stunning confirmation of his complete lack of integrity, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has given …

Trump Mixes Economic and National Security, Plunging the U.S. into Multiple Fights  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is increasingly blurring the line between America's national and economic security, enabling him to harness powerful tools meant to punish the world's worst global actors …

Here's how much Pete Buttigieg, husband have in student loan debt  —  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten Glezman, together have a six-figure student loan debt, but the two are far from being the only Americans who grapple with owing money.

Convicted murderer now linked to more than 60 deaths may be most prolific serial killer in U.S. history  —  Samuel Little drew their portraits in paint and in pencil, filling out the contours of the faces of women he said he killed over nearly four decades.  —  He recalled the color …

Milo Yiannopoulos named marshal for ‘Straight Pride’ parade  —  Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been named the grand marshal for Boston's “Straight Pride” parade.  —  Organizers announced Friday the former Breitbart editor as the parade's grand marshal after they originally …

Ginsburg credits Kavanaugh for helping boost number of female Supreme Court clerks  —  Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave credit to her fellow Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh on Friday, touting the court's newest member for boosting the number of female law clerks serving the court.

White House Tried to Stop Climate Science Testimony, Documents Show  —  WASHINGTON — The White House tried to stop a State Department senior intelligence analyst from discussing climate science in congressional testimony this week, internal emails and documents show.

For Democrats, Trump impeachment question is a personal struggle transcending politics  —  For two House Democrats from different backgrounds, the searing debate over whether to impeach President Trump prompted an identical question: What about my grandkids?

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.

The New Infowars Is a Vitamin Site Predicting the Apocalypse  —  Natural News went from selling cheesy kale chips to peddling far-right prophecies, racking up millions of Facebook followers along the way.  —  The headline warned of “LGBT progressivism horrors: Parents to start physically maiming …

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 …