Before Jail Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Was Left Alone and Not Closely Monitored  —  Before Jail Suicide, Epstein Was Left Alone and Not Closely Monitored  — The disclosures about apparent failures in the financier Jeffrey Epstein's detention deepened questions about his death.

The brand label that stokes Trump's fury: ‘Racist, racist, racist.’  —  President Trump considers himself a branding wizard, but he is vexed by a branding crisis of his own: how to shed the label of “racist.”  —  As the campaign takes shape about 15 months before voters render a verdict on his presidency …

Epstein Suicide Conspiracies Show How Our Information System Is Poisoned  —  With each news cycle, the system grows more efficient.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.  —  Even on an internet bursting at the seams with conspiracy theories and hyperpartisanship …

Bernie Sanders staffers manhandle press at Iowa State Fair  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — A campaign staffer for Bernie Sanders was screamed at by a local photojournalist who was repeatedly shoved following the Vermont senator's remarks at the Iowa State Fair.  —  The confrontation erupted …

Florida white supremacist arrested for threatening shooting at Walmart, police say  —  A Florida white supremacist has been arrested for threatening a shooting at a Walmart just days after 22 people were killed at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in one of the worst mass shootings in the country's modern history.

The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism  —  Sweden was long seen as a progressive utopia.  Then came waves of immigrants — and the forces of populism at home and abroad.  —  RINKEBY, Sweden — Johnny Castillo, a Peruvian-born neighborhood watchman in this district of Stockholm …

Scoop: Inside Trump's strange pen-pal diplomacy with Justin Trudeau  —  President Trump has sent highly unusual, Sharpie-written notes to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at least twice, Axios has learned.  —  One missive was so odd, the Canadian ambassador double-checked with the White House to be sure it wasn't a prank.

Banning Assault Weapons Works  —  That's why, as president, I will push to ban them again.  —  Mr. Biden, a former senator and vice president, is a Democratic candidate for president.  —  Each time a mass shooting strikes one of our communities we grieve.  We gather our loved ones.

Watch out for John James in 2020 … (Photo: Robin Buckson, The Detroit News)  —  John James is heading into the 2020 U.S. Senate race ready for battle, to use the candidate's military-flavored lingo.  —  The Detroit businessman and combat veteran is making another bid for the office …

Goldman Sachs economists say fears rise that U.S.-China trade war leading to recession  —  (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) said on Sunday that fears of the U.S.-China trade war leading to a recession are increasing and that Goldman no longer expects a trade deal between the world's …

Exclusive: Anthony Scaramucci says Trump may need to be replaced for 2020  —  Anthony Scaramucci, who famously served as President Trump's communications director for 11 days, says Republicans may need to pick a different candidate in 2020.  —  Driving the news: In a phone interview on Sunday afternoon …

Inside the Government, Addressing Domestic Terrorism Has Been Fraught  —  WASHINGTON — Not long after Barack Obama took office in 2009, a Homeland Security Department analyst produced a report presciently predicting that the deep economic downturn, the rise of social media and the election …

Surrogate Angels of Death What to make of the First Lady holding the motherless child and youngest survivor of the El Paso massacre.  —  Imagine this: A shooter has entered a public place, where you are walking with your family.  You have but a minute to realize you can save your 2-month-old …

Why Are Florida Republicans So Afraid of People Voting?  —  There's no other logical explanation for the effective poll tax that lawmakers recently passed.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.

Suspect in Oslo mosque shooting expressed right-wing sympathies, say police  —  Oslo, Norway (CNN)The man suspected of opening fire at a mosque in the Norwegian capital of Oslo on Saturday has expressed right-wing sympathies online, the police said in a news conference Sunday.