Special Report: Hong Kong leader says she would ‘quit’ if she could, fears her ability to resolve crisis now ‘very limited’  —  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she has caused “unforgivable havoc” by igniting the political crisis engulfing the city and would quit …

Does Joe Biden Want to Be Doing This?  —  On certain days, Biden 2020 can feel more like a dutiful slog than the last march of a happy warrior.  —  “How badly do you want to be president?”  Joseph R. Biden Jr. was asked after a recent speech in Prole, Iowa.

Tony Blair: BoJo's Laying A Trap, And Corbyn's The Bait  —  “We want a general election,” Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn declared today, in order to “do everything we can in the coming weeks to prevent a no deal [Brexit].”  His more wily predecessor warned in response that Corbyn's walking into “an elephant trap.”

Mark Di Stefano  —  With the country lurching from one political and constitutional crisis to another, you'll be happy to know that the start of Downing Street's daily media briefing on Monday, was dominated by one thing: Boris Johnson's new dog!  —  The Jack Russell rescue pup has been the centre …

Trump Spends Labor Day Morning Attacking ‘LameStream Media’: ‘Beyond Fake, They Are Corrupt’  —  President Donald Trump spent Labor Day morning by sending out a series of tweets attacking what he calls the Fake News media.  —  While Category 5 Hurricane Dorian slowly makes …

No ‘Mixed’ or ‘Gay’ Couples, Mississippi Wedding Venue Owner Says on Video  —  LaKambria Welch claims her brother and his fiancée had been in contact with the owner of Boone's Camp Event Hall making wedding arrangements for about a week when, suddenly, the owner of the Booneville …

The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy  —  NBER Working Paper No. 26187  —  NBER Program(s):Health Economics, Law and Economics, Labor Studies, Public Economics, Political Economy … You may purchase this paper on-line in .pdf format from SSRN.com ($5) for electronic delivery.

Why's it so hard for us to say out loud that Trump has lost his mind?  —  OPINION: Why is it so hard for us to say out loud the blazingly obvious about the president of the United States: that he has utterly lost his mind.  If Donald Trump were appointed the principal of your local secondary school tomorrow …

Why Trump may protect 1 group of immigrants  —  The president may offer Venezuelans protections, in a move that could help win over Hispanic voters in Florida ahead of the 2020 election.  —  President Donald Trump is considering shielding one group of migrants in the U.S. — Venezuelans …

Beto O'Rourke's Presidential Campaign Suddenly Has A Purpose  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA — It was a question that Democrats had faced for years.  As Beto O'Rourke traveled around the country calling for gun control, a reporter asked, how would he reassure lawful gun owners who were afraid …

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 …

$1,000 a month, no strings attached  —  JACKSON, Miss. — Cheryl Gray had sat through so many presentations about programs to lift herself out of poverty that she could practically recite all the advice.  But the one she heard last November seemed too generous to be true.

President Donald Trump, On Category 5 Hurricanes  —  Today Donald Trump stated in reference to Hurricane Dorian that “I'm not sure that I've even ever heard of a Category 5 [...] A Category 5 is something that I'm not even sure that I've ever heard the term.”

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.”

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 …