Trump's tax returns required under new California election law  —  President Trump will be ineligible for California's primary ballot next year unless he discloses his tax returns under a state law that immediately took effect Tuesday, an unprecedented mandate that is almost certain to spark …

Trump's pick for intelligence director misrepresented role in anti-terror case  —  President Donald Trump's pick for the next director of national intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, has misrepresented his role in an anti-terrorism case that he's repeatedly cited among his credentials related to national security issues.

‘Moscow Mitch’ Tag Enrages McConnell and Squeezes G.O.P. on Election Security  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell is usually impervious to criticism, even celebrating the nasty nicknames that have been bestowed on him by critics.  But Mr. McConnell, the Senate majority leader …

Trump's Racism Is a National Emergency  —  But even after his slander of Elijah Cummings, too few Democrats grasp the danger at hand  —  I often learn about President Trump doing or saying something bigoted before I've had a chance shake the cobwebs loose, as my father's expression goes.

Suburban women recoil as Trump dives into racial politics  —  BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Carol Evans approves of Donald Trump's immigration policy.  She gives him credit for the strong economy.  But the Republican from the affluent Milwaukee suburbs of Waukesha County, a GOP bedrock in the state …

GOP senator introduces bill banning ‘addictive’ social media features  —  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a freshman who has emerged as a top Republican critic of major technology companies in Congress, on Tuesday will introduce a bill banning social media companies from building “addictive” features into their products.

I Played Trump in Hillary Clinton's 2016 Debate Prep.  Here's What It Takes to Beat Him.  —  Before any of them takes the debate stage on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 2020 Democratic candidates will already have put in dozens of hours each preparing.  But here's what they need to understand …

Release Detail  —  July 30, 2019 - Trump Is Racist, Half Of U.S. Voters Say, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Voters Say Almost 2-1 Don't Impeach President  —  President Donald Trump is racist, American voters say 51 - 45 percent in a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.

Why Does No One Care That Trump Is Lying About Elijah Cummings' District?  —  1. He's Lying, Again  —  There's a great deal to unpack in the Trump-Elijah Cummings-Baltimore incident.  —  So let's start with the fact that Cummings has been a pretty great colleague to his Republican friends in the House.

Republicans sue to block Michigan redistricting commission … (Photo: Dale G. Young, The Detroit News)  —  Lansing — Republicans are suing to stop Michigan's new citizen redistricting commission before it begins, alleging the voter-approved amendment is “blatantly unconstitutional” …

Majority of Trump's Trade Aid Went to Biggest Farms, Study Finds  — 54% of the aid payments went to just one-tenth of recipients  — President approved new $16 billion round of trade aid for 2019  —  Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars.

Kamala Harris steps away from the far-left cliff on health care  —  The Post reports: … In stepping back from a plunge over the far-left cliff, she apparently has listened to policy concerns (e.g. cost, logistics) and taken in polling data that show voters are concerned more about universal coverage …

Elizabeth Warren's trade plan is bad politics and worse policy  —  Seriously, it's really, really bad.  —  As noted yesterday in this space, Donald Trump's trade policies are a real drag on U.S. economic growth.  Don't just take my word on it — economic papers confirm that Trump's escalating series …

ACLU says Trump administration has taken more than 900 migrant children from parents since judge ordered practice to be curtailed  —  Acting homeland security secretary Kevin McAleenan has said that family separations remain “extraordinarily rare” and occur only when the adults pose a risk …

Man Who Shaun King Falsely Accused Of Murdering Black Girl Dead From Apparent Suicide  —  A Houston-area man who social media activist Shaun King falsely accused of murdering a 7-year-old black girl late in 2018 has died from an apparent suicide after hanging himself in his jail cell earlier in July.

CNN and Jeff Zucker plot 2020 election coverage and promise things will be different  —  “Side shot!  Side shot!  Side shot!”  —  It's Mueller Day in Washington, and the man calling out instructions in the darkened control room of CNN's Washington bureau gets his wish as the screens …

Democrats Are Veering Left.  It Might Just Work.  —  Put a bunch of Democrats on the stage and they can't help but go off the rails: They compete with each other to win the favor of liberal activists, and saddle themselves with unrealistic positions that could leave a nominee vulnerable in the general election.

House GOP fears retirement wave will lead to tsunami  —  House Republicans plotting to win back their majority in Congress fear they are on the brink of a massive wave of retirements that could force them to play defense in a high-stakes presidential election year.

Rat Photo bombs FOX45 live shot  —  BALTIMORE (WBFF) - A rat was seen running through a FOX45 reporter's live shot during a story on President Trump's tweet Baltimore is rat-infested.  Maxine Streicher was in west Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood today to report on conditions.

Jeffrey Epstein was served court papers shortly before he was found injured in jail cell  —  The legal documents were filed in connection with a lawsuit by a woman who says Epstein raped her when she was 15.  —  A day or two before he was found injured in his New York jail cell …

US presidential envoy sent to Sweden for A$AP Rocky's trial  —  HELSINKI (AP) — American rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault as his trial in Sweden opened Tuesday, a month after a street fight that landed him in jail and became a topic of U.S.-Swedish diplomacy.

Jamestown ceremony marks birth of democracy in America; black Va. legislators skip because of Trump  —  Virginia's black state lawmakers are boycotting Tuesday's commemoration of 400 years of representative democracy, saying the Jamestown event “will be tarnished unduly” by the participation of President Trump.