Susan Collins, a Fixture in Maine, Has Twin Troubles: Trump and Kavanaugh  —  EASTPORT, Me.  — Senator Susan Collins jogged her way through the Fourth of July parade in this picturesque little port city, handing out American flag stickers to cheers and shouts of “Thank you!”

Elizabeth Warren's first law review article blasted an anti-busing court ruling  —  Harris confronts Biden over busing, school desegregation  —  Washington (CNN)The most dramatic showdown during the first Democratic debate was between Sen. Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden …

Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.  —  An out-of-the-way border station in the desert outside of El Paso has become the epicenter of outrage over the Trump administration's policies on the southwest border.  —  CLINT, Tex. — Since the Border Patrol opened …

Arizona governor slammed for a photo showing him wearing Nike shoes 2 days after yanking incentives for a new Nike plant over ‘Betsy Ross flag’ sneakers  — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is facing criticism for a photograph showing him wearing Nike shoes on Thursday.

Progressive Boomers Are Making It Impossible For Cities To Fix The Housing Crisis  —  Residents of wealthy neighborhoods are taking extreme measures to block much-needed housing and transportation projects.  —  SEATTLE — In May 2018, a public meeting in a wealthy enclave of one of America's …

It's Nancy Pelosi's Parade  —  “If the left doesn't think I'm left enough, so be it,” she told me.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump have a lot in common.  —  Neither one drinks, yet they have family vineyards.  They both love big bowls of ice cream.

Moment white supremacist is engulfed in flames after pouring petrol on synagogue  —  Tristan Morgan splashed fuel through a window at Exeter Synagogue but took the full blast of the explosion in his face  —  Terrorist firebomber blasted by flames during arson attack on synagogue

Damage to homes, but no deaths reported, in 7.1 magnitude California earthquake … The 7.1 magnitude earthquake that rocked Southern California on Friday night tipped buildings off their foundations and left residents on edge but did not cause any fatalities or major injuries, officials said.

Joe Biden keeps making things worse for himself  —  In an especially combative interview Friday with CNN's Chris Cuomo, Joe Biden was hoping to rebound from his dismal debate performance.  Instead, he kept making it worse.  —  Most notably, the former vice president stumbled trying to explain …

Buttigieg campaign multiplies in size after huge cash haul  —  Before the first Democratic presidential debates kicked off last week, close to 100 Pete Buttigieg supporters and donors sheltered from the Miami heat in a Hilton hotel conference room, where Buttigieg's senior staff briefed …

France has turned into one of the worldwide threats to free speech  —  Just over one year ago, French President Emmanuel Macron came to the United States to import two potentially invasive species to Washington.  One was a tree and the other was a crackdown on free speech.

After confronting a diner in a MAGA hat, customer gets tossed from Hill Country Barbecue  —  A public relations contractor who previously worked for the Democratic National Committee said that he was kicked out of Hill Country Barbecue Market after he confronted a diner wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat on the Fourth of July.

Starbucks shop boots police officers because customer ‘did not feel safe’ around them: reports  —  Some police officers in Tempe, Ariz., say they were asked to leave a Starbucks coffee shop on the Fourth of July because a customer complained they “did not feel safe” with the cops present, according to reports.

Britain's man in the the US says Trump is ‘inept’: Leaked secret cables from ambassador say the President is ‘uniquely dysfunctional and his career could end in disgrace’  —  Britain's Ambassador to Washington has described Donald Trump as ‘inept’, ‘insecure’ and ‘incompetent’ in a series of explosive memos to Downing Street.

Biden condemns violent Antifa assault on conservative journalist Andy Ngo  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke out against the violent assault on journalist Andy Ngo.  —  The Democratic presidential candidate “believes violence directed at anyone because of their political opinions is never acceptable …

Amtrak Has Lost Money for Decades.  A Former Airline CEO Thinks He Can Fix It.  —  Onetime Delta boss Richard Anderson has nearly eliminated the railroad's operating losses, but some train fanatics are fuming about the changes.  Among his challenges: congressmen whose rural states and districts are traversed by long-haul trains.

Mad magazine's demise is part of the ending of a world  —  The demise of Mad magazine is hardly a surprise.  Times are tricky for print publications in general — all the more so for a title targeted with exquisite precision at middle-school boys.  They are Nature's neglected travelers …

Ilhan Omar's American story: It's complicated  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Rep. Ilhan Omar stepped to the edge of the stage in front of about 400 Richfield High School students and squinted into the lights.  —  More than two decades had passed since she and her family fled civil war in Somalia, first for a Kenyan refugee camp and then America.