Was Trump's El Paso Visit a Turning Point?  —  A day of racist comments left him looking small and isolated, while the city united against him.  —  Mr. Parker is the author of “Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America.”  —  EL PASO — If consoling the nation in a time of desperate need …

Harry Reid to Dems: Kill the Filibuster to Tackle the Climate Crisis  —  The former majority leader has some thoughts about what his party should do should it return to power.  —  As the Democratic Party debates what to prioritize should it take power following the 2020 elections …

Biden Holds Lead, Warren on the Chase  —  Most prefer public option over Medicare for All; Less than half the 2020 field seen as likely to beat Trump  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Former Vice President Joe Biden maintains a lead in the Hawkeye State, but Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren …

I can no longer justify being a part of Trump's ‘Complacent State.’ So I'm resigning.  —  Chuck Park's resignation from the Foreign Service is effective Thursday.  —  I was 26, newly married and more than a little idealistic when I set off for my first diplomatic assignment almost a decade ago …

ICE Raids Miss. Plant After $3.75 Million Sexual Harassment Settlement  —  Today, ICE carried out what is believed to be the largest immigration raid in decades when they detained 680 workers at seven poultry plants in Morton, Mississippi.  —  The workers, many of them members of the United Food …

Ocasio-Cortez rips her ex-chief of staff for ‘divisive’ tweet about fellow Dems, but insists he left her office on good terms  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez scolded her ex-chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti on Wednesday for comparing some of her centrist colleagues to racist Dixiecrats …

Andrew McCabe sues FBI over firing, alleges plot by Trump to oust those disloyal to the president  —  Andrew McCabe, the acting FBI director who authorized an investigation into President Trump for ties to Russia and possible obstruction of justice, filed a lawsuit against the bureau …

Superior man believed he was acting on Trump's orders in attacking boy for wearing hat during national anthem  —  The attorney for a 39-year-old man charged with assaulting a child who didn't take his hat off for the national anthem says his client, compromised by a traumatic brain injury …

U.S. State Department Official Involved in White Nationalist Movement, Hatewatch Determines  —  A U.S. State Department official oversaw the Washington, D.C.-area chapter of a white nationalist organization, hosted white nationalists at his home and published white nationalist propaganda online, Hatewatch has determined.

Trump Suggests He's Likely to Commute Sentence of Rod Blagojevich  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday night that he was “strongly considering” commuting the 14-year prison sentence of Rod R. Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was convicted of trying …

Banks Hand Over Documents on Russians Possibly Linked to Trump  —  Some documents are related to Russians who may have had dealings with Mr. Trump, his family or Trump Organization  —  Major Wall Street banks have given congressional committees investigating President Trump thousands of pages …

Exclusive: Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials  —  The top voting machine company in the country insists that its election systems are never connected to the internet.  But researchers found 35 of the systems have been connected to the internet …

U.S. Intel Officials Eye Disinformation Campaign Targeting John Bolton's Family  —  Cybersecurity experts say an effort to implicate Bolton in a global drug trafficking ring bears hallmarks of past Iranian influence operations.  —  American intelligence officials are monitoring …

Warren Joins O'Rourke in Calling Trump a White Supremacist  —  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said on Wednesday night that she believed President Trump was a white supremacist, broadly accusing him of dividing Americans along racial lines and providing direct …

Facebook Offers News Outlets Millions of Dollars a Year to License Content  —  Company approached ABC News, Dow Jones, Washington Post and Bloomberg as it plans to launch news section  —  Facebook Inc. FB 2.71% is offering news outlets millions of dollars for the rights to put their content …

Senate GOP plans to divert health, education funds to border wall  —  Senate Republicans are looking to pay for President Donald Trump's border wall in part by putting about $5 billion less in the largest domestic spending bill, several people with knowledge of the process said.

Washington Post Adds Whopping 15 Corrections To Article  —  Authors and journalists make mistakes like everyone else.  Sometimes a media outlet has to add a correction to an article.  Sometimes they have to retract an article.  Sometimes they should retract an error-riddled article.

Trump pressured his alcoholic brother about his career.  Now he has regrets.  —  President Trump remembers coming home in the mid-1960s to read reports on the cost of mops and paint as he prepared to work in the family real estate business.  He was astonished to find his older brother …

Yes, Republicans Should Worry About Texas  —  The past week brought a surge of strange news out of Texas.  First, three Republican congressmen, representing suburban San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston, decided to retire.  These retirements are from districts that all saw surprisingly strong showings …

Border numbers dip below 100k for 1st time in months  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of migrants encountered by U.S. authorities at the southern border has dropped below 100,000 for the first time in five months amid increased collaboration with Mexico and Guatemala to crack down on the flow …

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Tucker Carlson goes on vacation as criticism mounts over false claim about white supremacy ‘hoax’  —  New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  You can sign up for free right here.  —  Facing mounting controversy for declaring …

‘We Are Being Eaten From Within.’ Why America Is Losing the Battle Against White Nationalist Terrorism  —  When you think of a terrorist, what do you see?  For more than a generation, the image lurking in Americans' nightmares has resembled the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks: an Islamic jihadist.