Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting Suspect Posted About Far-Right Book Moments Before Shooting  —  Santino Legan allegedly told an eyewitness he was “really angry” and ranted in white supremacist fashion on Instagram from the event.  —  The gunman who murdered three people at a food festival …

Release Detail  —  July 29, 2019 - Biden Bounces Back As Harris Slumps Among U.S. Dems, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 54 Percent Of All U.S. Voters Say Never Trump  —  Former Vice President Joseph Biden reverses his slump following the first Democratic presidential debate …

House Republicans plan yearly retreat in Baltimore despite Trump's attacks  —  President Trump on Saturday called Baltimore a “very dangerous & filthy place” and suggested that Democratic politicians, including Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, had made the city all but uninhabitable.

Intel officials worry Trump's pick for top spy will politicize the job  —  Although Ratcliffe's website says he “put terrorists in prison,” there is no evidence he ever prosecuted a terrorism case.  —  WASHINGTON — Hours before President Donald Trump announced him as the pick to be the new director …

2 top Dem senators give boost to impeachment effort  —  Patty Murray doesn't typically make waves.  But the low-key senator's endorsement of an impeachment inquiry is doing exactly that in the Senate Democratic Caucus.  —  The No. 3 Senate Democrat threw her considerable political weight behind …

Trump aide submitted drafts of 2016 ‘America First’ energy speech to UAE for edits, emails show  —  When candidate Donald Trump prepared to give a major energy speech during the 2016 campaign, one of his closest advisers provided a pre-speech review to senior United Arab Emirates officials …

You'll never believe what Donald Trump just said about 9/11  —  (CNN)Donald Trump has always had a bit of Walter Mitty in him.  But on Monday morning, in a speech to first responders and others impacted by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, he took his fantastical memory of himself to new and not-at-all-appropriate heights.

McConnell lashes out at media, Democrats over “Moscow Mitch” label  —  Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the Senate floor Monday to angrily defend himself against allegations that he is doing the bidding of Russian President Vladimir Putin by blocking a series of election security bills proposed by Democrats.

Inside the Secret Campaign to Export U.S. Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia  —  Industry coalition's push to win over the Trump administration is concerning officials on Capitol Hill who are fearful that it could threaten U.S. national security.  —  When President Donald Trump took the stage …

Top DCCC staffer out amid diversity uproar  —  The executive director of the House Democrats' campaign arm is stepping down amid an outcry from Democratic lawmakers over the lack of diversity in the committee's senior ranks.  —  Executive Director Allison Jaslow, a close confidante …

Two Men Arrested for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS  —  John Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael Bailey, the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Michael McGarrity, Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division …

Stephen Miller wants Border Patrol, not asylum officers, to determine migrant asylum claims  —  Officials say Miller has long seen asylum officers as soft and believes Border Patrol agents would be tougher critics of asylum seekers.  —  WASHINGTON — White House adviser Stephen Miller wants …

The Trump Strain in American History  —  White supremacy has its own peculiar logic, to which the president is peculiarly attuned.  —  President Trump has done nothing for his white working-class voters.  His signature tax cut was a giveaway to powerful business interests and wealthy heirs.

Is Sally Quinn an Aristocrat?  Let's Ask Sally Quinn  —  Despite not completely miserable DC-area weather, a segment of journalism Twitter users spent part of their weekends debating whether Sally Quinn is an aristocrat.  How did we get here?  It involves Maureen Dowd, Howard Fineman …

Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid  —  First, parents turn over guardianship of their teenagers to a friend or relative.  Then the student declares financial independence to qualify for tuition aid and scholarships.

Inside Trump's 'Apprentice'-worthy showdown with airline CEOs  —  Exclusive: The president rebuffed U.S. airlines and trade adviser Peter Navarro in a tense Oval Office meeting.  —  WASHINGTON — The three largest U.S. airlines presumed that President Donald Trump would take their side in a ferocious …

Alan Dershowitz, Devil's Advocate  —  The noted lawyer's long, controversial career—and the accusations against him.  —  “A lie is a lie is a lie,” Whoopi Goldberg said.  It was May 2nd, and she was on the set of “The View,” the daytime talk show that she co-hosts.

Trump Intel Pick John Ratcliffe Started Theory of FBI Anti-Trump ‘Secret Society’  —  The congressman debuted the mysterious text messages on Fox News.  It became a mini-scandal before the full context became known.  —  Donald Trump's new pick for Director of National Intelligence played …

State spent $234K on Trump trip to Turnberry  —  The State Department spent nearly $234,000 on President Trump's trip last July to his property in Scotland, according to a new report from the department's inspector general.  —  Inspector General Steve Linick wrote in a July 22 letter …

Michigan's White, Blue-Collar Voters Helped Give Trump the White House.  Will They Turn on Him in 2020?  —  WARREN, Michigan — Ryan Hartung has worked at General Motors' Warren transmission plant for 13 years, a short stretch compared to his dad and many others who put in decades at the plant.