Trump's Personal Assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, Steps Down  —  President Trump's personal assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, whose office sits in front of the Oval Office and who has served as the president's gatekeeper since Day 1 of his administration, resigned on Thursday, two people familiar with her exit said.

New report details Comey plan to ambush Trump with Moscow sex allegation  —  A just-released Justice Department inspector general's report provides new details on a January 2017 plan by then-FBI Director James Comey, top bureau officials, and the nation's intelligence chiefs to spring …

As he campaigns for president, Joe Biden tells a moving but false war story  —  HANOVER, N.H. — Joe Biden painted a vivid scene for the 400 people packed into a college meeting hall.  A four-star general had asked the then-vice president to travel to Kunar province in Afghanistan …

Leaked Emails Show How White Nationalists Have Infiltrated Conservative Media  —  Conservative institutions in the Donald Trump era have often sought to portray themselves as shocked and appalled by the so-called “alt-right.”  White nationalists have also engaged in their own efforts …

Aides Admit Trump Was Faking Those “Phone Calls” With China  —  The president was reportedly “eager to project optimism that might boost markets,” which should hearten the Chinese.  —  At last week's G7 summit in Biarritz, Donald Trump gave an entire network of world leaders whiplash when he declared …

Mugshots show White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham after drunk driving arrests in 2013 and 2015  —  Being Donald Trump's spokeswoman can drive a person to drink, but Stephanie Grisham had a record of drunk driving long before she got the job in June.

Gov. Kay Ivey apologizes for racist skit from time at Auburn  —  Gov. Kay Ivey is contacting state legislators, and apologizing for her role in a racist student skit from her time as an Auburn student.  —  Ivey was president of her Alpha Gamma Delta pledge class at Auburn.

Trump cancels trip to Poland, says he is staying in the U.S. to monitor Hurricane Dorian  —  President Trump announced Thursday that he is canceling a planned trip to Poland and will remain in the United States to monitor Hurricane Dorian, which is headed toward a potential landfall in Florida …

Ex-aide to James Mattis claims Pentagon is holding up his memoir  —  In a lawsuit, Mattis' former communications director claims the Pentagon has prolonged review of his manuscript “to benefit” the former secretary.  —  A top aide to former Defense Secretary James Mattis filed …

Conservatives say we've abandoned reason and civility.  The Old South said that, too.  —  Conservatives say we've abandoned reason and civility.  The Old South used the same language to defend slavery.  —  After the El Paso shooting, Ben Shapiro — a popular conservative podcaster …

No One Cares About Attacks Against The Orthodox Because You've Been Dehumanizing Us For Decades  —  You've all heard the story: A Haredi Jew violently assaulted in broad daylight somewhere in New York City.  It happens so often now, with what is almost a chilling regularity …

Donald Trump Jr. touts Bevin to a mostly-empty arena in Kentucky coal country  —  Donald Trump Jr. spoke to a mostly-empty arena in Pikeville Thursday afternoon, hoping to muster support within a historically Democratic county for the reelection of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.

Sick Migrants Undergoing Lifesaving Care Can Now Be Deported  —  LOS ANGELES — Maria Isabel Bueso was 7 years old when she came to the United States from Guatemala at the invitation of doctors who were conducting a clinical trial for the treatment of her rare, disfiguring genetic disease.

No distractions: An NFL veteran opens up on his sexuality  —  Ryan Russell is a three-year NFL veteran.  He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 2015 after a successful college career at Purdue.  He played one season with the Cowboys and two for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  He started seven games for the Bucs in 2017.

How a Ring of Women Allegedly Recruited Girls for Jeffrey Epstein  —  After Mr. Epstein's suicide, his inner circle of girlfriends, employees and other associates is now under scrutiny by prosecutors.  —  Haley Robson was a 16-year-old South Florida high school student when an acquaintance …

Two Polling Methods, Two Views of Trump's 2020 Re-election Chances  —  Is the president basically like other presidents, or is he uniquely divisive?  —  There are two major theories about President Trump's standing heading into his re-election campaign.  Over the last few months …

Most Canadians Are Now Better Off Than Most Americans  —  Middle-class people in the U.S. are losing ground to their peers in other rich countries.  —  Everybody knows that the U.S. version of capitalism is rougher and tougher than is the norm in other affluent countries.

Kennedy holds 17-point lead over Markey in poll  —  MORE THAN A YEAR out from the 2020 US Senate primary, Massachusetts Democratic voters strongly favor Congressman Joe Kennedy over Sen. Ed Markey, according to an online poll conducted last weekend.  —  When respondents were pressed to make a choice …

Mark Sanford ponders another rocky trail: challenging Trump  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mark Sanford knows he's a longshot if he decides to challenge President Donald Trump — but he says he's survived long odds in the past.  —  The South Carolina Republican's tenure as governor was rocked …

Arizona's Governor Is Leading Republicans' Quiet, Radical Takeover of State Supreme Courts  —  Democratic presidential candidates are mostly tiptoeing around the idea of court-packing, toying with the idea of adding seats to the U.S. Supreme Court without committing to a real plan.

Fox News's Shepard Smith pushes back on Trump: 'There's no new wall ... not true'  —  Fox News chief anchor Shepard Smith on Wednesday disputed President Trump's recent remarks about border wall construction, saying on air that “there is no new wall.”  —  Smith's remarks were in response …

Release Detail  —  August 29, 2019 - Majority Of Voters Say Climate Change Is An Emergency Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; 72% Say Congress Needs To Act To Reduce Gun Violence  —  A majority of registered voters nationwide, 56 percent, say that climate change is an emergency, while 42 percent do not.

The Trump Administration Wants To Start DNA Testing Undocumented Immigrants In Government Custody  —  The Trump administration wants to expand its DNA testing program by enabling Customs and Border Protection officials to extract genetic material from undocumented immigrants in its custody …

(UPDATED) To Absolutely No One's Surprise, MSNBC Ends Saturday Night Politics With Donny Deutsch  —  MSNBC's Saturday Night Politics with Donny Deutsch has ended after airing just 13 episodes.  —  Deutsch, an ad exec turned political commentator, led the show on 8 p.m. Saturday nights which launched on May 4.

Cadbury's Unity Bar promotes diversity with four different kinds of chocolate  —  Candy brand debuted limited-edition product to celebrate India's Independence Day  —  Editor's Pick  —  Marketers are embracing diversity in myriad ways, from bringing to the fore stories of underrepresented groups …

Pete Buttigieg Has Cooled Off But His Campaign Says It's Time For “Phase Three”  —  When Pete Buttigieg walked onstage at this month's Iowa Democratic Wing Ding dinner, the crowd exploded into perhaps their loudest cheer for any of the 20 presidential candidates there that night.

The Washington Post's Latest Fact Check of Bernie Sanders Is Really Something  —  Why is did the paper's fact checker call Bernie Sanders's accurate claim about medical bankruptcies “false”?  —  Medical debt is a major driver of personal bankruptcy.  This is a fact that Bernie Sanders highlights …

Iranian Rocket Launch Ends In Failure, Imagery Shows  —  Satellite imagery shared exclusively with NPR shows that an Iranian rocket appears to have exploded on the launch pad Thursday.  —  The imagery from the commercial company Planet and shared via the Middlebury Institute …

Trump says it would be ‘disloyal to my followers’ to do a CNN interview  —  President Trump on Thursday said he's not inclined to do an interview with CNN because he thinks it would be “disloyal” to his supporters.  —  “They are begging me to do an interview, and I just think it would be disloyal …