RNC Receives VIP Tickets to Trump's Fourth of July Celebration; DNC Does Not  —  Tanks for July 4th Celebration Come in on Trains  —  An official with the Democratic National Convention told NBC News the organization has not received tickets to the VIP section for President Donald Trump's Fourth …

It's a Question No One Says They Want to Ask.  But the Women Running for President Keep Hearing It.  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. — Some people whisper it, some apologize for it, and some are very careful to mention their neighbors — their neighbors would be the ones to ask.

Teenager Accused of Rape Deserves Leniency Because He's From a ‘Good Family,’ Judge Says  —  The family court judge also said the victim should have been told that pressing charges would destroy the accused's life.  —  The 16-year-old girl was visibly intoxicated, her speech slurred …

A New Call to Service  —  Policy Proposal  —  Pete often says that his time as a Navy Lieutenant in Afghanistan was a life-changing experience, in large part because he got to serve alongside people from every conceivable background.  —  “In many ways, we had nothing in common except the fact that we were all American.

Meghan McCain, Feeling Like an ‘Exhausted, Defeated... Caged Animal,’ May Exit ‘The View’  —  Sources close to McCain tell The Daily Beast she feels like ‘a caged animal’ on the ABC talk show.  'It's getting to the point where it's not worth the emotional toll every week.'

A Crime by Any Name  —  The horrors detailed in the press were hard to believe.  —  Detainees described overcrowding so severe that “it was difficult to move in any direction without jostling and being jostled.”  The water provided them was foul, “of a dark color, and an ordinary glass would collect a thick sediment.”

Trump Facebook ads use models to portray actual supporters  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A series of Facebook video ads for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign shows what appears to be a young woman strolling on a beach in Florida, a Hispanic man on a city street in Texas and a bearded hipster …

Justice Department watchdog to investigate decision to cancel FBI headquarters plan  —  The Justice Department's inspector general will investigate the FBI's role in dropping plans a decade in the making to move its headquarters to the Washington suburbs, he told Congress in a letter Tuesday.

NRA meltdown has Trump campaign sweating  —  The National Rifle Association aired an avalanche of TV ads and pushed its 5 million-plus members to the polls for Donald Trump in 2016, propelling him in the Rust Belt states that delivered him the presidency.  —  Now, the gun rights group …

The Kids Aren't Alright  —  The annual G20 summit is a dry, diplomatic affair that rarely offers viral moments.  This year's gathering in Japan was an exception, thanks to Ivanka Trump.  The French government posted a clip last weekend that shows British Prime Minister Theresa …

Whatever happened to Breitbart?  The insurgent star of the right is in a long, slow fade  —  In January 2017, Breitbart.com was flying high.  Donald Trump, the candidate it had backed during the 2016 campaign, was sworn in as president.  Its former executive chairman, Stephen K. Bannon …

Charlottesville City Council votes to remove Thomas Jefferson holiday  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — Charlottesville City Council voted to officially remove Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13, as a holiday.  —  At a city council meeting on Monday evening, councilors voted to to remove the day as a city holiday.

A Leftist Mob Attacked Me in Portland  —  I have been targeted by Antifa and its allies for my critical reporting of their violent extremism.  —  Portland, Ore.  —  'No hate!  No fear!" chanted the left-wing crowd as they marched downtown Saturday.  I walked to the front of the line …

Lee Iacocca, father of the Ford Mustang who later rescued Chrysler, dies at 94  —  Lee A. Iacocca, an ambitious immigrant's son and salesman extraordinaire whose blunt and swaggering persona dominated the automobile industry like nobody since Henry Ford, died Tuesday.  He was 94.

Some Democrats Talk About Cosmetic Surgery Insurance.  It Doesn't Exist.  —  ‘Medicare for all’ would essentially do away with private insurance, a fact that some politicians seem reluctant to emphasize.  —  The “Medicare for all” bill written by Senator Bernie Sanders would cover …

Prosecutors to retry volunteer worker who aided migrants  —  (CNN)Federal prosecutors in Tucson, Arizona, said in court Tuesday that they were dropping a charge of conspiracy to transport “illegal aliens” against humanitarian aid worker Scott Warren, but will seek to retry him on two charges of “harboring illegal aliens.”

Ruth Bader Ginsburg praises Brett Kavanaugh and reflects on gender equality  —  Supreme Court justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tuesday praised newly-confirmed Justice Brett Kavanugh for appointing an entirely female staff.  Ginsburg spoke about her own history in the fight …

Mike Pence Cancels a Trip to New Hampshire, and a Mystery Ensues  —  Within the Trump administration, Vice President Mike Pence is known as a port of calm and stability amid the churn of chaos.  So on Tuesday, when he abruptly abandoned a planned trip to New Hampshire after he had already boarded Air Force …

Russian oligarch's story could spell trouble for Team Mueller  —  Sometimes it is the quiet, elusive ones who come back to haunt you.  And for ex-special prosecutor Robert Mueller, one of those might be a Russian billionaire named Oleg Deripaska.  —  The oligarch who once controlled Russia's …

Have We Seen The Last Of Eric Swalwell?  —  We've been closely following the race among the less-popular Democratic candidates to make the stage for each debate, including looking at the Democratic National Committee's tiebreaker rules.  The latest: Steve Bullock has inched ahead of Eric Swalwell …

Amazon Alexa keeps your data with no expiration date, and shares it too … If you have hangups about Amazon and privacy on its smart assistant, Alexa, you're not alone.  Even after Amazon sent answers to a US senator who had questions about how the tech giant retains voice data and transcripts …