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.

Gilroy Festival Shooting in California Kills at Least 3  —  At least three people were killed and 12 more were injured in a shooting at a garlic festival in Gilroy, Calif., on Sunday, the authorities said.  —  A suspect carrying an assault-style rifle was fatally shot by the Gilroy police …

POLITICO Playbook PM: NYT tackles the Biden age question  —  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP this morning condemned the mass shooting in California as a “wicked murder” and said “we're praying for those who are recovering right now in the hospital. ...  We will continue to work together as communities …

Top DCCC staffer out amid diversity uproar  —  The executive director of 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 …

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.

Warren moves to outflank Trump on trade  —  Elizabeth Warren released a trade plan Monday that's closer to Donald Trump's agenda than Barack Obama's.  —  The sweeping trade agenda, posted on Medium ahead of a town hall in Toledo, Ohio, on Monday evening, channels many of the critiques …

‘He realizes now that he screwed up’: Biden scrambles to recover from debate flop  —  Not long after his anemic performance in the first presidential debate, as his poll numbers began to slide, Joe Biden had conversations with nervous donors and personally assured them his campaign was on track.

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.

Inside Donald Trump's ‘brilliant and sinister’ merchandising operation  —  Brad Parscale had just boarded a Jet Blue flight earlier this month when the paper straw he was using ripped in half.  —  As he tried to keep his iced tea from spilling onto his suit, the annoyed Trump campaign manager tweeted …

Don't get complacent.  Things really are that bad under Trump.  —  The economy is humming.  We're not at war (much).  So he can't be that bad, right?  —  Steadfast NeverTrumpers may find it hard to believe, but I'm hearing that argument more and more lately, as people try to come to terms …

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.

GOP senators give tepid response to Trump's pick for spy chief  —  Trump nominates Rep. John Ratcliffe as new intel chief  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's choice of Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace respected former Sen. Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence in one of the most powerful …

The print reader in chief: Inside Trump's retro media diet  —  He slams the mainstream media as dishonest liars.  He calls journalists the “enemy of the people.”  He rages at the television hosts he watches during his “Executive Time.”  He hasn't held a traditional White House news conference …

In early fundraising surge, vulnerable House Dems bank cash  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican pathway for recapturing House control in next year's election charges straight through the districts of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents, especially freshmen.

Texas Made An Example Out Of Crystal Mason — For Trying To Vote  —  She's appealing a five-year prison sentence and fighting to save her home, all so the state can prop up the myth of “voter fraud.”  There are serious questions about the case against her.  —  RENDON, Texas ― …

Trump's Attack on Baltimore Doesn't Go Far Enough  —  Say what you want about President Trump's Twitter habits, he has a way of suddenly bringing an issue to the surface that people have long known about, but never wanted to confront.  The only problem with his latest tweetstorm about Baltimore is that he hasn't gone far enough.

The Real Problem With Trump's Rallies  —  There are a lot of similarities between the president and George Wallace of Alabama.  But there's also one big difference.  —  Mr. Kruse is a professor of history at Princeton.  —  President Trump's political rallies are certainly a spectacle, but a spectacle we've seen before.

Vladimir Putin critic Alexey Navalny hospitalized with suspected poisoning, doctor says  —  A doctor for Russia's most prominent opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, has suggested the activist has been poisoned after he was hospitalized Sunday after falling mysteriously ill in a Moscow jail.