The Man Who Couldn't Take It Anymore  —  On December 19 of last year, Admiral Michael Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met James Mattis for lunch at the Pentagon.  Mattis was a day away from resigning as Donald Trump's secretary of defense, but he tends to keep his own counsel …

The DOJ's inspector general buries the real news  —  With William P. Barr as President Trump's attorney general, one must always keep in mind that everything out of this Justice Department will be spun, shaded or, in the case of Robert S. Mueller III's report, misrepresented with the sole purpose …

E.P.A. to Roll Back Regulations on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to announce on Thursday that it intends to sharply curtail the regulation of methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change, according to an industry official with knowledge of the plan.

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 …

Republicans grow anxious about the Trump economy  —  Republicans have sat patiently with President Donald Trump on his tariff roller-coaster ride with China.  Now they're starting to feel queasy.  —  Trump argues his escalating trade war will force China to the table for a deal.

Texts With Donald Trump's New Challenger: (Woke?)  Joe Walsh  —  This is an excerpt from The Stakes 2020, BuzzFeed News' newsletter about what really matters in the 2020 campaign.  You can sign up here.  —  Joe Walsh came out of nowhere with the tea party surge in 2010 …

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 …

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 …

Sasha Obama set to begin college career at University of Michigan  —  Ann Arbor — Former President Barack Obama's younger daughter, Sasha, is poised to begin her college career at the University of Michigan next week.  —  Sasha, whose legal name is Natasha, was seen by students attending …

Final lineup set for sole night of ABC Democratic primary debate  —  The final lineup for the third Democratic debate is set for a single night in Houston in two weeks on Sept. 12.  —  Eight months into the campaign season, the third matchup in a series of Democratic National Committee …

Senate Republicans tell Supreme Court not to be ‘cowed’ by Democratic senators  —  All 53 Republicans in the Senate urged the Supreme Court on Thursday not to be “cowed” by a brief from a handful of Democratic senators that warned that the court risks its impartial reputation if it continues …

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 …

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 …

Dallas-area school staffer put on leave after allegedly threatening student with deportation  —  Lancaster, Texas - The parents of a 14-year-old Hispanic student at the Lancaster Independent School District's Obama 9th Grade Center are furious after, they say, a staffer threatened the teen with deportation.

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, shows smoke billowing from the pad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in northern Iran.

A Plague of Flies Descends on Karachi: 'They're Hounding People'  —  KARACHI, Pakistan — First came the floods, as weeks of monsoon rains deluged neighborhoods across Karachi, sending sewage and trash through Pakistan's largest city.  Then came the long power outages, in some cases for 60 hours and counting.

FBI studies two broken cameras outside cell where Epstein died: source  —  (Reuters) - Two cameras that malfunctioned outside the jail cell where financier Jeffrey Epstein died as he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges have been sent to an FBI crime lab for examination, a law enforcement source told Reuters.

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.

Space Command set to open, will defend US interests in space  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mindful of President Donald Trump's intense interest in space, the Pentagon is declaring U.S. Space Command open for business as part of a broader effort to better defend American interests in space.

Scoop: Netanyahu tried to reach Trump to block Zarif meeting  —  While Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was making his way to France for a surprise visit at the G7 summit on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team scrambled to make sure President Trump …

Why Gillibrand crashed and burned  —  On Tuesday night, Kirsten Gillibrand gathered her family and her campaign manager, Jess Fassler, at her home in Troy, N.Y., for a reality check.  —  The New York senator had barely registered in polls all year despite burning through a $10 million campaign war chest.

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 …

Trump can change history by declassifying three Obama-era documents  —  My sources tell me President Trump is putting the finishing touches on a White House initiative to declassify documents that have remained hidden from the public for far too long.  —  This welcome effort to provide …