Scaling Wokeback Mountain  —  WASHINGTON — I was feeling on edge.  Writing a column that sparks an internecine fight among the highest-profile women in the Democratic Party is nerve wracking.  —  So I went to the gym.  Alex Toussaint, the digital Peloton instructor inside the little screen …

Jeffrey Epstein Was a Sex Offender.  The Powerful Welcomed Him Anyway.  —  A strange thing happened when Jeffrey Epstein came back to New York City after being branded a sex offender: His reputation appeared to rise.  —  In 2010, the year after he got out of a Florida prison …

Deflecting blame, Acosta pointed finger at others.  Why they may have some explaining to do  —  On Oct 23, 2007, as federal prosecutors in South Florida were in the midst of tense negotiations to finalize a plea deal with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a senior prosecutor in their office …

Immigration-Enforcement Raids Begin in New York  —  ICE agents attempt raids in at least two city neighborhoods; President Trump says roundups will focus on criminals  —  Federal immigration authorities attempted raids in at least two neighborhoods in New York City on Saturday …

Armed man attacking Tacoma's ICE detention center killed in officer-involved shooting  —  Tacoma police said they shot at an armed man early Saturday who was attacking the Northwest Detention Center, the holding facility in Tacoma for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  The man died at the scene.

Trump: Republicans like Paul Ryan are ‘weak, ineffective & stupid’  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday broadened his attack on Paul Ryan, saying conservatives like the former speaker “almost killed the Republican Party” because they were “weak, ineffective & stupid.”

Trump Administration Gets Court Victory in Sanctuary Cities Case  —  SEATTLE — A federal appeals court on Friday gave President Trump a rare legal victory in his efforts to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities, upholding the Justice Department's decision to give preferential treatment …

Guatemala: Leftist Opposition And Alleged Interference By U.S. State Dept Risk Immigration Agreement  —  The Guatemalan Constitutional Court placed an injunction against Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales ' government Saturday from signing the much anticipated 'Safe Third Country Agreement …

Midtown Blackout Knocks Out Power to More Than 45K: ConEd  —  Firefighters were responding to reports of people trapped in elevators  —  A blackout across much of midtown Manhattan and part of the Upper West Side knocked out power to more than 45,000 customers on Saturday evening, Con Edison said.

Jeffrey Epstein Taught at Dalton.  His Behavior Was Noticed.  —  Some students at the esteemed Manhattan prep school recall that Mr. Epstein, now charged with sex trafficking, was willing to violate norms in his encounters with girls.  —  In the mid-1970s, students at one of New York's …

OxyContin Made The Sacklers Rich.  Now It's Tearing Them Apart.  —  A rash of lawsuits, which accuse its Purdue Pharma of helping fuel the addiction crisis, has exacerbated longstanding divisions  —  Jacqueline Sackler was fed up.  HBO's John Oliver had just used his TV show to pillory her family …

Britain's Ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch claimed that Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal as an act of ‘diplomatic vandalism’ to spite his predecessor Barack Obama  —  Responding to Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu's incendiary claim that publishing the contents of the documents …

AP Exclusive: New election systems use vulnerable software  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania's message was clear: The state was taking a big step to keep its elections from being hacked in 2020.  Last April, its top election official told counties they had to update their systems.

WATCH: Protesters Tear Down American Flag From ICE Facility, Replace It With Mexican Flag And Defaced Blue Lives Matter Flag  —  Demonstrators at a protest outside an Aurora, Colorado Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on Friday removed an American flag and replaced it with the Mexican flag.

Arizona Dems want Ducey, AG to investigate child abuse allegations at Yuma Border Patrol facility  —  Arizona Dems want Ducey and AG to investigate child abuse allegations at Yuma border patrol facility  —  YUMA, AZ — Members of the House and Senate Democratic caucus sent a letter …