Trump's personal assistant fired after comments about Ivanka, Tiffany  —  Madeleine Westerhout, who left her White House job suddenly on Thursday as President Trump's personal assistant, was fired after bragging to reporters that she had a better relationship with Trump than his own daughters …

Trump Tweets Sensitive Surveillance Image Of Iran  —  President Trump has tweeted what experts say is almost certainly an image from a classified satellite or drone, showing the aftermath of an accident at an Iranian space facility.  —  “The United States of America was not involved …

Bolton sidelined from Afghanistan policy as his standing with Trump falters  —  As the president's top aides prepared for a high-stakes meeting on the future of Afghanistan earlier this month, one senior official was not on the original invite list: national security adviser John Bolton.

How a Tax Break to Help Poor Communities Became a Bonanza for the Rich  —  NEW ORLEANS — President Trump has portrayed America's cities as wastelands, ravaged by crime and homelessness, infested by rats.  —  But the Trump administration's signature plan to lift them …

World War II and the Ingredients of Slaughter  —  The spirit of certitude that dominated the politics of the 1930s is not so distant from us today.  —  World War II began 80 years ago this Sunday after Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a “nonaggression” pact that was, in fact, a mutual aggression pact.

What happened when Trump visited the African American History Museum, according to its founding director  —  In his upcoming memoir, newly appointed Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III describes the private tour he gave President Trump of the National Museum of African American History and Culture …

You may have seen him on a prayer candle, but James Comey is no saint  —  New revelations have made clear the conclusion many of us had already come to: James Comey was a reckless and untrustworthy FBI director.  —  CONNECT  —  Since President Trump fired FBI director James Comey in May 2017 …

Woman tosses Molotov cocktail into Fla. Citizenship office  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman tossed a lit Molotov cocktail into the lobby of a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Oakland Park, Florida.  But no major injuries were reported, according to a report of the incident sent …

Pro-Trump super PAC paid thousands to firm owned by Trump's campaign manager  —  (CNN)A company that President Donald Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale, says he owns has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the President's flagship political action committee, which is barred from coordinating with the campaign.

Former Marine said he'd ‘slaughter’ antifa.  The FBI, using Oregon's new red flag law, took his guns away  —  Shane Kohfield stood outside the home of Portland's mayor in July wearing body armor and a “Make America Great Again” baseball cap, a large knife strapped to one shoulder and a copy …

KMOX EXCLUSIVE: Illinois GOP congressman John Shimkus will not run in 2020  —  He announced it Friday on the Mark Reardon Show.  —  ST. LOUIS (KMOX) — Illinois GOP Rep. John Shimkus announced Friday on the Mark Reardon Show that he will not run for reelection in 2020.

'I'm rooting for a direct hit on Mar a Lago!'  Former Canadian prime minister creates Twitter storm  —  A powerful storm has formed in the Atlantic, threatening Florida and parts of the Bahamas.  But another one formed on Twitter this week, after a former Canadian prime minister tweeted …

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Was Hacked On Twitter  —  Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was compromised on Friday afternoon and tweeted the n-word and anti-Semitic remarks.  A source confirmed he had his mobile device “SIM swapped.”  —  The official Twitter account of Jack Dorsey …

Sen. Bernie Sanders teases plan to cancel $81 billion in Americans' medical debt  —  FLORENCE, S.C. — Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to release a new proposal to cancel $81 billion worth of medical debt Americans are struggling to pay off, according to his presidential campaign …

Their Own Two Feet  —  As the new public face of the Trump administration's draconian immigration policies, acting USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli has wasted no time stirring up collective ire.  Most notably, he set off a firestorm of criticism by rewriting the iconic Emma Lazarus poem …

Don Jr.'s rally to help struggling Kentucky governor bombs when no one shows up  —  Gov. Matt Bevin is 9 percentage points behind Democrat Andy Beshear in the latest poll in Kentucky.  —  Donald Trump Jr. could not attract much of a crowd in an extremely pro-Trump area of Kentucky to rally for Gov. Matt Bevin on Thursday.

How Brazil's nationalist leader built a bond with Trump and won his support in the Amazon fires dispute  —  President Trump was preparing for the Group of Seven summit in France when he learned that one of his most ardent suitors was trying to reach him.  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro needed a favor …

TVs to shoes: This time consumers face pain of Trump tariffs  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's trade war with China, until now mainly an abstraction for American consumers, is about to hit home.  —  Beginning Sunday, the U.S. government will begin collecting 15% tariffs …

Immigration lawyers report Canadian Muslims being denied entry to U.S.  —  ‘In all my years, I have never seen such a Kafkaesque scenario,’ lawyer says  —  A number of Canadian Muslims have been turned away at the Canada-U.S. border in recent weeks, immigration lawyers say.

Michael Flynn's Lawyers Escalate Attacks on Prosecutors  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Michael T. Flynn, the president's first national security adviser, escalated their attacks on prosecutors on Friday, recycling unfounded conspiratorial accusations in a last-ditch bid to delay his sentencing …

A man in Islamic dress told a Starbucks employee his name was Aziz.  She put ‘ISIS’ on the cup.  —  In the same city where a Starbucks employee last year called police on black men for sitting quietly, two men in Islamic dress walked into a different Starbucks store for a drink.

This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for American democracy  —  This is no time to be on the sidelines.  —  Stacey Abrams: Stand up and be counted.  “I do not want to serve in the Senate,” says the hugely popular former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee.  —  Steve Bullock: Stand up and be counted.