Jeffrey Epstein Was a ‘Terrific Guy,’ Donald Trump Once Said.  Now He's ‘Not a Fan.’  —  WASHINGTON — It was supposed to be an exclusive party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald J. Trump's members-only club in Palm Beach, Fla. But other than the two dozen or so women flown in to provide the entertainment …

Justice Dept. Tells Mueller Deputies Not to Testify, Scrambling an Agreement  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is seeking to discourage Robert S. Mueller III's deputies from testifying before Congress, potentially jeopardizing an agreement for two of the former prosecutors …

Migrant kids in overcrowded Arizona border station allege sex assault, retaliation from U.S. agents  —  Migrant children held in Yuma, Arizona, report sex assault and retaliation for protests in addition to unsanitary conditions and overcrowding.  —  WASHINGTON — The poor treatment …

Appeals court skeptical Obamacare can survive  —  NEW ORLEANS — A panel of federal appeals judges aggressively questioned whether Obamacare can survive during Tuesday afternoon oral arguments in a case that could upend the 2010 health care law.  —  Two Republican appointees …

Billionaire insists he has legal parking spot on West Village street, infuriating neighbors who say he created a fake space for himself  —  A billionaire hedge fund honcho carved out a personal driveway in a West Village sidewalk — and didn't pay a dime for the brazen annexation of public space.

McConnell likens himself to Obama: ‘We both are the descendants of slave owners’  —  The Senate majority leader, who opposes reparations, was asked about NBC News' report that two of his great-great-grandfathers owned at least 14 slaves.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …

Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling  —  The interview was contentious at first, according to two people familiar with the matter, but investigators ultimately found his testimony credible and even surprising.  —  Christopher Steele, the former British spy behind the infamous …

Robert Foster, GOP governor candidate, denies woman reporter access because of her gender  —  In recent weeks, in an attempt to better inform readers about candidates in the upcoming Republican gubernatorial primary, Mississippi Today has asked to shadow each contender seeking the GOP nomination.

Exclusive: The true origins of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory.  A Yahoo News investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2016, Russian intelligence agents secretly planted a fake report claiming that Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was gunned down by a squad …

How Ross Perot paved the way for Donald Trump  —  The first paragraph of H. Ross Perot's obituary was written decades before his death: He's a self-made billionaire who became the most successful third-party presidential candidate in nearly a century.  —  But the legacy of Perot …

Strip club to host golf tournament at Trump resort in South Florida  —  President Trump's golf resort in Doral, Fla., is scheduled to host a golf tournament Saturday put on by a Miami-area strip club, which will allow golfers to pay for a dancer to serve as their “caddy girl” while they play at the president's club.

A black principal, four white teens and the ‘senior prank’ that became a hate crime  —  The students swore they weren't racists.  Now a Maryland judge would decide their fate.  —  The principal saw a swastika first.  It was inky black, spray painted on a trash can just beside the entrance to the high school.

Trump looks to rally controversial online allies at White House social media summit  —  President Trump has summoned Republican lawmakers, political strategists and social-media stars to the White House on Thursday to discuss the “opportunities and challenges” of the Web —but his upcoming summit …

‘American Carnage’ Shows How War Between Republicans Led to Their Peace With Trump  —  Over the weekend we learned that President Trump — who has taken credit for an economic turnaround that began under Barack Obama and a hot streak by the Boston Red Sox — insists that he predicted …

Judge Nap: Trump could find himself in hot water following Biden's tax return release  —  Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said former Vice President Joe Biden's release of his personal tax returns would put pressure on President Trump if Biden were the Democratic nominee in 2020.

GOP at war over fundraising  —  Tensions over the future of the GOP's grassroots fundraising are reaching a breaking point, with the national party turning to strong-arm tactics to get Republicans behind its new, Donald Trump-endorsed platform for small donors.

LAND OF A MILLION ORPHANS: DailyMail.com investigates the hidden African crisis driven by AIDS and meets ‘children raised by children’ left behind in Zambia  — Zambia is a land-locked nation in sub-Saharan Africa whose population of 17 million includes 1 million orphans, according to the United Nations Development Programme

AP-NORC Poll: Many feeling vulnerable despite economic gains  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are generally satisfied with their personal finances, but many lack confidence in their ability to afford retirement, an emergency expense or even their daily living costs.

North Carolina likely sending another white male Republican to Congress  —  State Rep. Greg Murphy has won the Republican nomination in North Carolina's heavily red 3rd District, making him the strong favorite to succeed the late Walter B. Jones, who died in February.

Rapinoe 42, Trump 41  —  By popular demand PPP tested how a Megan Rapinoe v. Donald Trump 2020 match up would shake out, and we found that Rapinoe gets 42% to 41% for Trump.  —  Trump's 41% standing is familiar territory.  On PPP's last public national poll we tested 8 of the actual Democratic candidates …

An assault on DA Larry Krasner's discretion is an assault on Philadelphia's sovereignty |  Editorial  —  Philadelphia has enjoyed home rule since 1952, at least in theory.  Harrisburg lawmakers have made a habit of nipping away at the city's ability to govern itself.  In the 1990s, they took away gun control.

Iran's uranium breach doesn't warrant a U.S. military escalation  —  There has been a frightening escalation in the showdown between Iran and the United States this week, after Iran announced on Sunday that it had deliberately breached the limits of the 2015 six-country nuclear-peace treaty …

Pelosi questions Barr's credibility, says she'll no longer address anything he says  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday declined to answer a reporter's question about an assertion by Attorney General William P. Barr, saying he had lied to Congress and that she would no longer address “anything more that he has to say.”