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.

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.

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.

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.

Comey's classified misconduct and the media's flawed coverage of it  —  A major headline from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest inspector general report is that fired FBI Director James Comey mishandled classified information.  But you'd never know it from most of the day-after media reporting on the historic findings.

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 …

Pull it together, Joe Biden  —  As you may have heard, speaking to an audience in New Hampshire, Joe Biden told a very moving story about his interaction with a war hero.  The only problem is that he got just about every detail in the story wrong, as a Post investigation subsequently revealed.

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 …

Tomi Lahren Admits Her ‘Freedom’ Clothing Line Not Made in USA  —  Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren admitted Friday that her new “Freedom” athleisure line, a collaboration with athletic-wear line Alexo Athletica, was not made in the United States.  —  “Like many American small business owners, Alexo aims to be Made in America.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Billionaire 2020 hopeful Tom Steyer remains an investor in funds tied to the firm he founded  —  KEY POINTS  — Billionaire Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer remains an investor in assets tied to the hedge fund he founded.  — Steyer has made millions through funds tied …

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.

North Carolina 9: McCready Has Narrow Lead in New Bipartisan Poll  —  By Nathan L. Gonzales and Leah Askarinam  —  Democrat Dan McCready has a narrow advantage over Republican Dan Bishop heading into the final days of the Sept. 10 redo election in North Carolina's 9th District, according to a new bipartisan poll for Inside Elections.

Tehran Threatens a Think Tank  —  The regime targets a U.S. group for opposing the 2015 nuclear deal.  —  By The Editorial Page  —  As Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif negotiates with Europe to keep the 2015 nuclear deal alive, he sells the Islamic Republic as a normal government wronged by a rogue Trump Administration.

Menstruating Migrant Girls ‘Visibly’ Bleeding Through Pants While Detained, Lawsuit Says  —  Court filings detail reports from teen girls who say they were given one sanitary pad a day.  After that, they were forced to sit in soiled underwear and pants.  —  Migrant girls being held …

'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 …

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 …

Arizona Republic Editor Warns Staff To ‘Carefully Consider The Consequences’ Of Unionizing  —  Greg Burton accused union sympathizers of “surveilling” other journalists, saying that's something he'd expect of a murderer or child molester.  —  Arizona Republic Executive Editor Greg Burton sent …

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 …