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 …

What that Comey Email Report Really Says  —  The Inspector General of the Justice Department has determined that it is misconduct for a law enforcement officer to publicly disclose an effort to shut down his investigation.  —  Michael Horowitz would probably not describe his findings that way.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

The Trump team is now lying about lying  —  Cuomo to Trump press secretary: He lies and you know it  —  (CNN)On Wednesday night, Trump reelection campaign press secretary Kayleigh McEnany did an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo.  It was, uh, contentious.  But one part of the back-and-forth between …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

(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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Accuses Democrats of Vast Plot to ‘Replace American Citizens with Illegals’  —  Fox News host Jeanine Pirro repeated a conspiracy theory held by some White Supremacists on Thursday while claiming that Democrats are waging a vast “plot” to “replace American citizens with illegals.”

U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman's comments on recent Ohio cases involving political violence  —  Remarks as prepared announcing federal criminal charges against James Reardon:  —  Good morning.  Thank you for coming today and thank you to all of the local police chiefs who are here.

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.