West Texas Shooting Spree Terrorized Two Towns and Killed 7  —  ODESSA, Tex. — The 36-year-old man who terrorized two West Texas towns with an assault-style rifle Saturday had been fired from his trucking job a few hours before he led the authorities on a chaotic high-speed chase that ended …

Hawkish Trump officials plot national security actions against China  —  As the Chinese government accelerates its crackdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters, the Trump administration has sharpened its view of the world's most important bilateral relationship.

Trump doesn't think he's ‘ever even heard of a Category 5’ hurricane.  Four such storms have threatened 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 …

Presidential hopefuls face a stubborn problem: how to bump Biden  —  Joe Biden's fellow candidates have compared him to Donald Trump, dismissed him as past his sell-by date and gone public in unison with concerns about his previous positions on race, abortion and even his physically affectionate campaign style.

Odessa, Texas mayor blames ‘problem of the heart’ and video games for most recent mass shooting  —  The Texas legislature had numerous bills they could have passed this session that would have dealt with disturbed potential mass shooters, but they decided not to act on those.

Trump's lost summer: Aides claim victory, but others see incompetence and intolerance  —  When President Trump presided over the battle tanks and fighter jets, the fireworks and adoring fans on July 4, he couldn't have known that the militaristic “Salute to America” — as well to himself …

Reporter calls White House ‘unprofessional’ in cutting off his access  —  Playboy reporter Brian Karem on Sunday called the White House's decision to suspend his press pass “unprofessional,” adding that he had just made “a joke.”  “And I'll never apologize for a joke that got a laugh.”

Among the Texas shooting victims: A high school student, a beloved uncle and a father of two  —  Saturday's mass shooting in West Texas was different.  —  Unlike the other shootings that have shaken Texas over the past several years, in which gunmen targeted people who had gathered for a common purpose …

Top literary agents say Trump's ex-personal secretary could make millions  —  A couple of Washington's top literary agents say President Trump's former personal secretary, Madeleine Westerhout, could make millions if she writes a tell-all of her time working for the president.

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.

From Icon to Just a Con  —  Most of us who came of age in the 1970s revered the university—even as it was still reeling from 1960s protests and beginning a process that resulted in its present chaos and disrepute.  —  Americans of the G.I. Bill-era first enshrined the idea of upward mobility through …

Here's How Parliament Is Plotting to Stop a No-Deal Brexit  —  Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story.  —  Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to take Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal on Oct. 31 will be tested in a crunch battle in Parliament this week.

In escalating trade war, US consumers may see higher prices  —  The United States and China on Sunday put in place their latest tariff increases on each other's goods, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other consumer items before the holiday shopping season.