Police source: 18 killed, multiple injured in El Paso Walmart shooting  —  UPDATE: 2:26 p.m. - A spokesperson from Del Sol hospital confirms they received a total of 11 victims ranging in age from 35 years old to 82 years old.  —  Two of those patients are in stable condition and nine are listed in critical condition.

Michael Avenatti is mulling a run for president again after declaring he would not seek nomination  —  KEY POINTS  — Michael Avenatti, who in the past represented porn star Stormy Daniels against the likes of President Donald Trump and his then fixer Michael Cohen, told CNBC late on Friday …

Trump Fuels Racial Disharmony.  Will It Motivate or Discourage Black Voters?  —  DETROIT — Mark Greer is a black Detroiter so outraged by President Trump's regular stream of invective toward people of color that he does his best to avoid exposure to him.  —  So when he clicked on a YouTube link …

Deprived of Power, House Republicans Head for the Exits  —  WASHINGTON — Imagine being swept out of power in Congress and relegated to the role of spectator and naysayer as your political opponents dictate the terms of legislative debate.  Add in the specter of a painful slog to re-election …

Baltimore Sun Torches Donald Trump: ‘Dancing On Graves’ Of City's Dead  —  “This is the behavior of a jerk, a clod, a dolt, a schmuck.”  —  The Baltimore Sun's editorial board on Friday published yet another blistering opinion piece about President Donald Trump, in which it took him to task …

The Problem With Greta Thunberg's Climate Activism  —  Her radical approach is at odds with democracy.  —  Mr. Caldwell is the author of “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West.”  —  Climate activists in Western Europe had already been radicalizing …

The Reverend Bill Owens Stands Behind Trump  —  During the past several weeks, President Trump has been ramping up his racist and inflammatory attacks on nonwhite lawmakers and activists.  After telling four lawmakers of color to “go back” to where they came from, he targeted Representative Elijah Cummings …

John Ratcliffe (R-Loser) Gets the Full Trump Treatment  —  The resume-padding backbencher raved at Mueller on camera and found himself at the peak of Trump's regard.  But like a gram of pure coke, there are consequences when the fun stops.  —  By RICK WILSON8.2.19 8:31 PM ET

Elizabeth Warren is running a brilliant campaign  —  David Axelrod, a senior CNN political commentator and host of “The Axe Files,” was senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.

Rep. Devin Nunes Sues Group Calling Him a ‘Fake Farmer’  —  Rep. Devin Nunes' (R-CA) campaign is suing a group of people who called him a “fake farmer”, claiming the defendants were coordinating with “dark money” groups to hurt his campaign.  The Fresno Bee reports that the campaign sued …

Fox News Host: 'I Don't Know Where To Begin' Debunking Donald Trump's Latest Lie  —  Neil Cavuto fact-checked Trump's latest false claims about U.S. tariffs on products imported from China.  —  Fox News' Neil Cavuto wasted no time in fact-checking President Donald Trump's latest claims …

Should the age of sexual consent be lowered?  —  Consent laws exist for a reason.  But that hasn't stopped lawyers and pundits from making demonstrably flawed arguments as “devil's advocates.”  —  The devil is a notoriously misleading advocate.  Lawyers and pundits who revel in advancing arguments …

Artist Cages ‘Make Way for Ducklings’ Statue To Protest Child Detention Centers  —  Early Friday morning, local artist Karyn Alzayer went to work at the Boston public gardens.  She put chicken wire cages around the iconic “Make Way for Ducklings” statue, separating the baby ducklings …

An elite D.C. girls' school thought its founding nuns taught slaves to read.  Instead, they sold them off for as much as they could.  —  The cash-strapped nuns were desperate to sell their slaves.  —  It was the 1820s, and debt was piling up for Mother Agnes Brent, superior of the Georgetown Visitation Convent in Washington.

Exclusive — Kevin McCarthy Details GOP Plan to Retake House Majority: 31 Democrats Sit in Districts Donald Trump Won  —  Republicans only need to net win back 20 seats from Democrats to retake their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy broke …

An impeachment inquiry has begun  —  Those eager for the start of an official inquiry by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee into the possible impeachment of President Trump need wait no longer.  —  A memorandum, submitted by the committee on July 26 to the U.S. District Court for the District …

The Amazon is approaching an irreversible tipping point  —  The results would be disastrous, for Brazil and for the world  —  The amazon basin, most of which sits within the borders of Brazil, contains 40% of the world's tropical forests and accounts for 10-15% of the biodiversity of Earth's continents.

Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Excellence  —  A former dean of the Yale Law School sounds a warning.  —  Anyone who has followed the news from college campuses over the past few years knows they are experiencing forms of unrest unseen since the late 1960s.  —  Now, as then, campuses have become an arena for political combat.

Bill Maher Goes Full Marianne Williamson on Antidepressants  —  While critics have tried to paint the 2020 candidate as a “crazy lady,” Maher declared, “I agree with everything.”  —  In the days after she became the most-Googled candidate at the first of two Democratic primary debates this week …