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.

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.

Smearing Mitch McConnell  —  Democrats and the media distort his record on Russia.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Mitch McConnell, the most phlegmatic man in American politics, rarely gets riled up.  But on Monday the Senate Majority Leader let it rip in defense of his reputation, and we're glad he did.

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.

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 …

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” …

College Financial-Aid Loophole: Wealthy Parents Transfer Guardianship of Their Teens to Get Aid  —  Education Department, universities are investigating the practice, which has been used in the Chicago area  —  CHICAGO—Amid an intense national furor over the fairness of college admissions …

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.

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 …

Capital One Announces Data Security Incident  —  Perpetrator Arrested by Federal Law Enforcement  —  Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) announced today that on July 19, 2019, it determined there was unauthorized access by an outside individual who obtained certain types …

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.

Why Democrats Are Unsure About How to Confront Trump's Race-Baiting  —  WASHINGTON — For three weeks President Trump has engaged in the sort of racial divisiveness unseen from a national political figure since the days of George Wallace, pushing forward with grievance-based attacks …

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 …

Stop dithering, Democrats.  Impeach Donald Trump now or change the channel for good.  —  Democrats look indecisive.  They are trapped in a cell of their own making and if they don't get out of it soon, they will hand Trump a second term.  —  CONNECT  —  It's the night of Nov. 3, 2020 …

The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security  —  Politics intruded on science and intelligence.  That's why I quit my job as an analyst for the State Department.  —  Dr. Schoonover was a senior analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the State Department.

Climate Change and Russia Are Partisan Flashpoints in Public's Views of Global Threats  —  More Americans have positive views of free trade agreements  —  The public's views of two global threats facing the United States have changed in the past few years.

A wealth tax will not solve US inequality  —  There has been much written lately about imposing an explicit wealth tax, as well as higher income taxes, on the richest Americans.  —  Several Democratic presidential contenders, most notably Elizabeth Warren, have called for a wealth tax …

The Fed's real message: Save the economy from Trump  —  In the case of Donald Trump vs. the U.S. Federal Reserve, the president of the United States is likely to secure a winning verdict this week.  —  Central bank officials are expected to cut interest rates for the first time since …

France hits back at Trump's ‘stupid’ wine tariff threat  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on French wine in retaliation for France's digital services tax is “absurd” and “absolutely stupid,” the country's agriculture minister said Tuesday.

The Note: Debate could mark moderates' last stand  —  What happens if the titans don't want to clash?  —  Two progressive powerhouses will be center stage for night one of the second Democratic debate on Tuesday.  The party will be watching for Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren to mix it up …

Chris Wray's FBI continues to cover for Team Comey's Russia shenanigans  —  The FBI is going to court to fight the public release of a small number of documents the State Department sent to agents from Christopher Steele, the British intelligence operative and Hillary Clinton-paid political muckraker, during the 2016 election.

What I've learned from living in today's Ellis Island  —  Beto O'Rourke: From punk rock to presidential candidate  —  Beto O'Rourke is one of 10 presidential candidates taking part in a Democratic debate Tuesday, July 30, at 8:00 p.m. ET, on CNN.  Ten others will debate on Wednesday evening.

Rural hospitals foundering in states that declined Obamacare  —  More than half of all rural hospitals in Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma lost money from 2011 through 2017.  —  In Kansas, the bloodletting was even more widespread.  —  Two out of three rural hospitals …

Why the Mystery of Russiagate Hinges on the Mystery of Joseph Mifsud  —  For many, trying to follow Robert Mueller's testimony was like someone whose Italian is limited to grazie and ciao taking in an opera in Venice: You might follow the action but sorting out the story through the lyrics is another thing altogether.