Trump just admitted something he probably shouldn't have about the census citizenship question  —  President Trump just explained why he thinks we need a citizenship question on the census.  But in doing so, he seems to have said the quiet part out loud — and conceivably could have undercut the Justice Department's legal case.

Trump blames rain and teleprompter for his July 4 speech gaffe  —  President Trump on Friday blamed inclement weather and a malfunctioning teleprompter for flubbing part of his Independence Day speech.  During the rain-soaked “Salute to America” event, Trump

Democratic congresswoman secretly sending staff into Mexico to coach asylum-seekers  —  A Democratic congresswoman is sending staff to Mexico's northern border town of Ciudad Juárez to find migrants returned from El Paso, Texas, under the “remain in Mexico” policy …

Trump Begins Long Golf Weekend, Bringing Taxpayers' Tab To $108 Million  —  The candidate who used to hammer Barack Obama for golfing too much is on track to play two and a half times as much as his predecessor and at three times the cost to taxpayers.  —  President Donald Trump began a three …

Joe Biden Interview: “Talk About The Future” In Dem Primary  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden closed out his busy 4th of July day in Iowa with a trip to a baseball stadium, greeting newly-naturalized U.S. citizens and taking in the I-Cubs game with Iowa activists.

Williamson warns US elections could become more like Iran's  —  DOVER, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson on Friday warned that American elections could become more like voting in countries like Iran.  —  Speaking at a campaign event in Dover, New Hampshire …

Haunted by the Reagan era  —  Past defeats still scare older Democratic leaders — but not the younger generation  —  Newly elected Democrats in the House of Representatives spent June 27 with the sinking feeling that it was happening again: Their party was going to cave to President Trump …

Border Pediatrician Says “Severe Trauma” Is Being Done to Kids in Custody There  —  A pediatrician on the front lines says that terrible conditions in Border Patrol facilities are causing long-term psychological damage.  —  The physical danger of overcrowded, underresourced detention …

Trump Is Falling Almost 1 Million Jobs Short Vs. Obama  —  I cover technology companies, worldwide economies and the stock market  —  The U.S. Bureau of Labor announced that the economy added 224,000 jobs in June vs. expectations of 160,000 and May's revised result of 72,000.

Reluctant witnesses in FISA abuse probe agree to talk to DOJ inspector general  —  Key witnesses sought for questioning by Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz early in his investigation into alleged government surveillance abuse have come forward at the 11th hour, Fox News has learned.

Biden would name a teacher as education secretary, wouldn't appoint his wife  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden told public school teachers Friday that the first thing he would do as president would be to pick a teacher as Education secretary.  —  But he made a pledge about that appointment.

Fact-checking Trump's South Lawn remarks on Obama and China tariffs  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump made a number of false claims during a lengthy exchange with reporters on the White House South Lawn Friday morning before departing for a weekend in New Jersey.  —  Here's our fact check:

Russian state TV hosts mocked Trump's July 4 event as ‘low energy’  — President Donald Trump's July 4 festivities featured military flyovers, Bradley fighting vehicles, and M1A2 tanks.  —  Russian state media mocked President Donald Trump's “Salute to America” July 4th event, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

US denies German-Iranian father visa needed to attend son's funeral  —  The US consulate accused a German-Iranian father of using his late son's funeral as an excuse to migrate to the US.  Seyed Shahram Iranbomy was denied the visa he needed to attend.  He's lived in Germany for 40 years.

The Dominance of the White Male Critic  —  Conversations about our monuments, museums, screens and stages have the same blind spots as our political discourse.  —  Ms. Méndez Berry and Mr. Yang started a program to amplify the work of critics of color.

Breakdown of Trump's 4th of July Failures  —  A lot of people decided to ignore Trump's planned “festivities” yesterday in protest of him commandeering the holiday for his own campaign and ego purposes.  I was planning on ignoring everything, too, but so many ridiculous and concerning things happened …