Better to have a few rats than to be one  —  In case anyone missed it, the president of the United States had some choice words to describe Maryland's 7th congressional district on Saturday morning.  Here are the key phrases: “no human being would want to live there,” it is a …

Spare Me the Purity Racket  —  WASHINGTON — After I interviewed Nancy Pelosi a few weeks ago, The HuffPost huffed that we were Dreaded Elites because we were eating chocolates and — horror of horrors — the speaker had on some good pumps.  —  Then this week, lefty Twitter erected …

Russia protests: Riot police violently break up Moscow demonstration as thousands take to streets in defiance of Kremlin  —  Hundreds arrested during protest calling for free elections  —  The arrests began even before the protest started.  A woman was prised from a street bench.

Partisan differences on impeachment remain after Mueller testimony, as nearly half of Americans show little movement: POLL  —  Following more than six hours of questioning of former special counsel Robert Mueller before two different congressional committees, Democrats and Republicans remain largely splintered …

A red state is plastering ‘In God We Trust’ on the walls of public schools.  It's mandatory.  —  South Dakota's Republican lawmakers said it was about history — the motto appears on money, on license plates and in the fourth stanza of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Senator intervenes at border to help Mexican family apply for asylum  —  CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A pregnant Mexican woman suffering complications was told by immigration officers that they couldn't process her family's asylum claim at the U.S. border on Saturday before a U.S. senator intervened …

Boris Johnson forms “war cabinet” to prepare for no-deal Brexit  —  Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom's newly installed prime minister, has set up a “war cabinet” to deliver Britain's exit from the European Union “by any means necessary” by Oct. 31, the Sunday Times first reported.

You know who was into Karl Marx?  No, not AOC.  Abraham Lincoln.  —  The two men were friendly and influenced each other  —  It was December 1861, a Tuesday at noon, when President Abraham Lincoln sent his first annual message ⁠ — what later became the State of the Union ⁠— to the House and Senate.

Why Trump Spent His Summer Vacation Sending Racist Tweets  —  For the second July weekend, President Trump has tweeted offensive slanders about nonwhite Democratic House members who anger him.  The latest installment involves claims that Representative Elijah Cummings, chairman …

Dan Quayle: If Democrats ‘put up some total left winger’ Donald Trump will be re-elected  —  With Mike Pence's election as vice president, Indiana now has six veeps, second only to New York state.  Here's a peek at the Hoosiers who have held the No. 2 position in the land.  (Dwight Adams/IndyStar)