Faced With Criticism, Trump Administration Reverses Abrupt End to Humanitarian Relief  —  LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would reconsider its decision to force immigrants facing life-threatening health crises to return to their home countries …

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.”

Nashville school bans “Harry Potter” series, citing risk of “conjuring evil spirits”  —  A Catholic school in Nashville, Tennessee has banned the “Harry Potter” series because a reverend at the school claims the books include both good and evil magic, as well as spells, which …

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 …

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 realities of a no-deal Brexit  —  As so often in the last three years, much of our political debate is ducking the central strategic questions and is obsessing, in increasingly hysterical fashion on all sides, about tactical ones.  —  We face the most explosive political week for years, perhaps decades.

North Korea Missile Tests, ‘Very Standard’ to Trump, Show Signs of Advancing Arsenal  —  As North Korea fired off a series of missiles in recent months — at least 18 since May — President Trump has repeatedly dismissed their importance as short-range and “very standard” tests.

Explosives found near Labor Day parade route in N.J. town.  One man in custody.  —  UPDATE: Explosive devices cancel Labor Day parade.  Suspect's brother says they're just fireworks.  —  A Middlesex County man is in police custody after several pipe bomb-like devices were found near …

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 …

Texas Republicans just don't get it  —  Another mass shooting in Texas.  Once more, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is, oh, so concerned and sad, as new laws go into effect weakening gun regulation.  ("I am heartbroken by the crying of the people of the state of Texas.

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 …

London mayor mocks Trump for dealing with hurricane ‘out on the golf course’  —  London Mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his rivalry with Donald Trump, mocking the U.S. president for “dealing with a hurricane out on the golf course” over the weekend.  —  Khan's comments came after Trump pulled …

Owner of site linked to US mass shootings says hate posts never tolerated  —  MANILA - The owner of a website linked to mass shootings in the United States has said hate posts on the site were never tolerated.  —  Jim Watkins, owner of website 8chan, made the statement in an affidavit submitted …

Time for Europe to Do More to Help Ukraine, U.S's Pence Says  —  U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said the American people “stand with Ukraine” but that European nations should do more to help the former Soviet republic.  —  The U.S. has “carried the load” on Ukraine and “we've been proud to do that …

Mike Pompeo is chided for traveling to a diplomatic meeting without the press  —  New York (CNN Business)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departed the United States on Monday for a short trip abroad without taking any members of the press, a move that drew a reproof from an organization …

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 …

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.”

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.”