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 …

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 …

Trump campaign, GOP committees halt Twitter spending after McConnell account locked  —  President Donald Trump's campaign and the major, national Republican campaign committees announced Thursday they will stop spending money to advertise on Twitter after the social media platform locked …

Sobbing 11-year-old girl begs for dad's release after massive ICE raid  —  After ICE agents took approximately 680 workers at seven Mississippi food processing plants into custody on Wednesday in the largest single-state immigration raid in U.S. history, 11-year-old Magdalena Gomez Gregorio tearfully begged for her father's release.

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 …

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 …

The Harvard Professor Scam Gets Even Weirder Six other men describe their encounters with the same mysterious Frenchwoman.  —  Two weeks ago, New York readers were introduced to Bruce Hay, the Harvard Law School professor who had a brief affair with a young woman named Maria-Pia Shuman …

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 …

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 …

Hickenlooper's possible retreat to Senate race in Colorado could be rocky  —  For months, former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper has been under pressure from fellow Democrats to abandon his long-shot presidential bid and tackle a task closer to home — challenging vulnerable Republican Sen. Cory Gardner.

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 …

Trump announces departure of No. 2 intelligence official Sue Gordon  —  President Donald Trump announced that the country's No.2 intelligence official resigned today, adding more uncertainty to the search of who will eventually lead the country's spy apparatus.

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.

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.

DHS Was Asked What They're Doing About White Nationalist Terror.  They Sent a Report About Environmentalists  —  The agency called it an “administrative error”  —  WASHINGTON — It was a pretty straightforward request.  —  In January, the watchdog group American Oversight asked the Department …

The FBI Needed Child Porn Charges to Arrest a Man with “Hunting Guides” for Jews, Muslims, and Refugees  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  The FBI received a tip in January that someone was posting “hunting guides” online targeting Jews, Muslims, and refugees.

Racial slurs and swastika found at scene of house explosion in Ohio, sheriff says  —  (CNN)Racial slurs and a swastika were found spray-painted on a garage at the scene of a house explosion in Ohio, officials said Wednesday.  —  Wayne County Sheriff's deputies and fire officials responded …

Lead U.S. prosecutor in '08 Epstein case — who sources say wanted to charge him — resigns  —  A. Marie Villafaña, the lead federal prosecutor who helped negotiate a controversial plea deal for accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, has submitted her resignation to the Justice Department, the Miami Herald has learned.

DSA Is Doomed  —  I am working class and a Marxist-Leninist.  I believe in a revolution of the proletariat, and the usurpation of the ruling class.  As I looked around the political landscape after Donald Trump's election win, I noticed the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

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 …

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 …