Gunman kills 7 in a rampage that started with a West Texas traffic stop  —  Odessa, Texas (CNN)A man who was pulled over by Texas troopers shot at them with a rifle and sped away, setting off a terrifying rampage that ended with seven victims and the shooter dead, police said.

How Much Will the Trade War Cost You by the End of the Year?  —  A new wave of tariffs by the Trump administration went into effect on Sunday, rendering the majority of goods imported to the United States from China subject to import taxes.  —  It is the latest move in a drawn-out conflict between the world's two largest economies.

Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice  —  The singer on living with Parkinson's, the perils of stardom, and mourning what the border has become.  —  It's been ten years since Linda Ronstadt, once the most highly paid woman in rock and roll, sang her last concert.

Trump doesn't think he's ‘ever even heard of a Category 5’ hurricane.  Four such storms hit the US since he took office  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said Sunday that he's “not sure that (he's) ever even heard of a Category 5” hurricane, despite four such storms having threatened the US since he took office.

Representative Matt Schaefer  —  “Do something!” is the statement we keep hearing.  As an elected official with a vote in Austin, let me tell you what I am NOT going to do.  I am NOT going to use the evil acts of a handful of people to diminish the God-given rights of my fellow Texans.  Period.

Trump targets Debra Messing after actress calls for exposing Hollywood donors  —  President Trump on Sunday targeted actress Debra Messing after she called for publicizing the list of donors who are reportedly attending a Beverly Hills fundraiser where the president is slated to appear.

Ocasio-Cortez mocks Boston ‘Straight Pride Parade’ over lack of women  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called out participants in Boston's “Straight Pride Parade,” saying it should have been called the “I-Struggle-With-Masculinity” parade.

The Trump decision that pushed James Mattis to his breaking point  —  The retired four-star Marine Corps general said in an interview with CBS that aired Sunday that he had intended to serve the full four years, but resigned when he determined his views were not “aligned” with President Donald Trump's.

Some secrets do keep.  A year later, the Trump official who penned an explosive op-ed is still unknown.  —  Almost a year later, we still don't know.  —  Outside of a tiny circle of insiders, no one knows who wrote the instantly viral op-ed column about President Trump that appeared in the New York Times last Sept. 5.

Trump campaign plots to make allegations of social media bias core part of 2020 strategy  —  President Trump's campaign and key allies plan to make allegations of bias by social media platforms a core part of their 2020 strategy, officials tell Axios.  —  The big picture: Look for ads …

In Trump country, a group of coal miners rebel over lost jobs, missed paychecks  —  CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Sitting in lawn chairs plopped in the middle of train tracks, two coal miners smoked and chewed tobacco to pass the time.  There's been little else to do here for the past four weeks …

With meticulous planning then mass arrests and ‘torture’, Kashmir's autonomy was lost  —  Warning: this article contains images which some readers may find distressing  —  When Jammu and Kashmir's governor addressed the world in a press conference on 4 August, people in the Muslim-majority valley were worried.