Trump Employs an Old Tactic: Using Race for Gain  —  For the fourth season of “The Apprentice,” Donald J. Trump searched for a gimmick to bolster ratings.  His idea was simple if explosive — pit an all-white team against an all-black team.  —  “Do you like it?” he asked …

Russia's Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: ‘Largest Data Breach In Its History’  —  I write about security and surveillance.  —  Red faces in Moscow this weekend, with the news that hackers have successfully targeted FSB—Russia's Federal Security Service.

State rep. says man told her to ‘go back where you came from’ at grocery store  —  COBB COUNTY, Ga. - A man accused of harassing an African American Georgia lawmaker at a Cobb County grocery store has come forward to tell Channel 2 Action News his side of the story.

Brexit funder Arron Banks threatens Netflix over Great Hack documentary  —  Legal threat comes as campaigners warn UK government that courts are being used to intimidate journalists  —  The businessman Arron Banks and the unofficial Brexit campaign Leave.EU have issued a legal threat …

A New Red Scare Is Reshaping Washington  —  WASHINGTON — In a ballroom across from the Capitol building, an unlikely group of military hawks, populist crusaders, Chinese Muslim freedom fighters and followers of the Falun Gong has been meeting to warn anyone who will listen that China poses …

‘He always doubles down’: Inside the political crisis caused by Trump's racist tweets  —  President Trump's own top aides didn't think he fully understood what he had done last Sunday, when he fired off a trio of racist tweets before a trip to his golf course.

In ‘Send Her Back’ Fallout, Trump Amplifies Praise From Right-Wing British Commentator  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday extended the debate over a chant of “send her back!” at his campaign rally in North Carolina this week when he retweeted a right-wing British commentator …

The Democratic Party Is Getting Crushed in Fundraising: “They Need to Get Their Shit Together”  —  WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee is getting smoked by its GOP counterpart in fundraising — and some major Democrats are panicked it could hurt their chances at defeating President Trump next year.

Border agents use tear gas to stop nearly 50 undocumented migrants who stormed Rio Grande bridge  —  U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents had to use tear gas and pepper spray early Saturday to stop nearly 50 “undocumented individuals” from illegally entering the U.S. after they stormed …

Boris Johnson, Britain's likely next prime minister, is a hack — a journalist who has reached the pinnacle of power  —  LONDON — Boris Johnson, the far-ahead front-runner to become Britain's prime minister this week, waved a vacuum-packed fish over his head and railed at the European Union.

‘I just made it up’: Florida Dem admits lying about treating Pulse shooting victims after going on the record as saying ‘I personally removed 77 bullets from 32 people.  It was like an assembly line’  — Elizabeth McCarthy told the Florida Department of Health that she had fabricated claims …

Joe Biden compares Trump to segregationist George Wallace  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Joe Biden, former U.S. vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate, compared President Donald Trump on Friday to the late George Wallace, a prominent supporter of racial segregation.

For ‘client’ Jeffrey Epstein, an unlocked cell in a Florida jail  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — In 2008, a supervisor at the county jail here alerted staff members to the needs of an inmate serving an 18-month sentence for sex crimes involving a minor.  Jeffrey Epstein, he wrote in a memo …

Oliver Stone Asks Vladimir Putin to Be His Daughter's Godfather  —  “OK, we'll make her that,” the bootlicking filmmaker said when the Russian leader asked if she'd be willing to convert to Orthodox Christianity.  —  Filmmaker and conspiracy theorist Oliver Stone has made no secret …

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Trump's immigration policies are about ‘ethnicity and racism’  —  AOC confronts DHS chief over border agent Facebook group  —  Washington (CNN)Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday slammed President Donald Trump's policies on immigration in her latest argument …

U.K. Warns Iran of ‘Serious Consequences’ for Seizing Oil Tanker  —  LONDON — Britain on Saturday warned Iran that “there will be serious consequences” for seizing a British-owned oil tanker and warned ships to avoid the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route for the world's oil supplies.

Gazette opinion: More a sycophant than a Senator  —  There is no shortage of fools in Washington, D.C.  —  Or even in Montana.  —  Because fools, as the saying goes, rush in where wise men fear to tread.  —  Wise men, or even those with common sense, would see President Donald Trump's most recent Twitter tirade and back away.