Brexit Vote Goes Against Boris Johnson, and He Calls for an Election  —  LONDON — British lawmakers on Tuesday rose up against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, moving to prevent him from taking the country out of the European Union without a formal agreement.  The epic showdown has Britain on the verge of a snap general election.

Trump Labor Aide Quits After Anti-Semitic Facebook Posts Surface  —  A recently appointed Trump Labor Department official with a history of advancing controversial conservative and faith-based causes in court has resigned after revelations that he wrote a 2016 Facebook post suggesting the Jewish-controlled media “protects their own.”

Judges strike down NC state legislature lines as unconstitutional gerrymandering  —  North Carolina's political maps for the state legislature are unconstitutional and must be redrawn before the 2020 elections, lawyers for the winning side said Tuesday.  —  The ruling hasn't been posted online yet …

McMillon to Associates: Our Next Steps in Response to the Tragedies in El Paso and Southaven  —  Press Kit  —  A month ago, in El Paso, Texas, a gunman with an assault-style rifle launched a hate-filled attack in our store, shooting 48 people resulting in the loss of 22 innocent lives.

Elizabeth Warren embraces Jay Inslee's climate change platform  —  Warren to audience member: You may want to sit for this  —  (CNN)Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday announced she would adopt Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's 10-year climate plan, while also expanding on his blueprint with a series …

Trump administration raids military construction projects for border wall  —  The Trump administration is carrying out plans to raid $3.6 billion in military construction projects to build the border wall, further inflaming lawmakers who have accused President Donald Trump of illegally overriding Congress' spending decisions.

Conversion therapy crusader has something to say: He's gay  —  “Conversion therapy is not just a lie, but it's very harmful,” said McKrae Game, a South Carolinian who founded one of the nation's biggest ex-gay ministries.  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C. - A South Carolina man who founded …

Judge tells White House to reinstate reporter's pass  —  A judge has blocked the White House's decision to revoke the press pass of Playboy correspondent Brian Karem over a Rose Garden showdown in July with former White House aide Sebastian Gorka.  —  U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras issued …

Whoopi Goldberg Goes Off on Debra Messing: 'You Don't Have the Right!'  —  “Listen, the last time people did this, people ended up killing themselves,” Goldberg said, referring to Joseph McCarthy's Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s.  —  Whoopi Goldberg is not impressed with actress Debra Messing's call …

Trump made ‘suggestion’ Pence stay at president's Irish golf club, VP's chief of staff says  —  “I don't think it was a request, like a command,” Pence's chief of staff Marc Short told reporters Tuesday.  “I think that it was a suggestion.”  —  President Donald Trump suggested …

AP source: Texas shooter purchased AK rifle at private sale  —  ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The gunman in a West Texas rampage that left seven dead obtained his AR-style rifle through a private sale, allowing him to evade a federal background check that previously blocked him from getting a gun …

Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband wants divorce after affair bombshell: source  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Rep. Ilhan Omar's marriage appears to be headed for the rocks, a longtime friend of the couple told The Post.  —  The congresswoman's husband Ahmed Hirsi, the source said, is poised to file for divorce …

McConnell: ‘Over-the-top’ Moscow Mitch nickname effort to ‘smear’ me  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday vehemently denounced political opponents who have dubbed him “Moscow Mitch,” calling the nickname an “over-the-top” effort to “smear” him.

Trump's Wacky, Angry, and Extreme August  —  President Trump ended August as he began it, with a blast of angry tweets, ad-hominem insults, and bizarre fulminations that have become so standard that they no longer receive the attention they deserve—emanating, as they do, from the world's most powerful leader.

‘Details Are Irrelevant’: Biden Says Verbal Slip-Ups Don't Undermine His Judgment  —  Toggle more options  —  Joe Biden wants voters to look at the big picture.  —  His campaign is focused on a mission to “restore the soul of this nation.”  —  That's also why the former vice president does …

US Imposes Sanctions on Iran Space Agencies  —  The United States has imposed its first-ever sanctions against Iran's space agency, accusing it of disguising a missile program.  —  “The United States will not allow Iran to use its space launch program as cover to advance its ballistic missile program …

The Disgraced Cardinal and the Small Town Where He Was Sent to Disappear  —  VICTORIA, Kansas—On a cloudy Sunday morning in August, Father John Schmeidler delivered a brisk homily at St. Fidelis Catholic Church on the virtue of trusting that God always has a plan.

State Department Failed to Shield Its Diplomats From Political Reprisals, Officials Concede  —  But the department's top leaders say they can't sack the Trump appointee at the center of scandal.  —  U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan has acknowledged having failed to act more vigorously …

Investigation: Anti- ICE “Never Again Action” Not The Spontaneous Grassroots Group It Claims To Be  —  Never Again Action bears all the signs of movement hijacking by anti-Israel activists with pre-existing and current relationships who saw an opportunity to position themselves within a broader movement.

After beating by guards, Florida woman is a quadriplegic.  She's suing.  —  In what's being called one of the worst prison beatings in memory, four male Florida prison guards attacked an inmate suffering from mental illness, slammed her to a concrete floor, elbowed her in the neck …

Trump's 2020 pitch: A powerless presidency  —  Analysis: The most powerful man in the world would like voters to know he is beset on all sides by sinister forces that deprive him of the authority he needs to deliver on his vision for America.  —  WASHINGTON — The most powerful man in the world prefers to portray himself as a martyr.

Mike Johnston ends his U.S. Senate campaign against Cory Gardner  —  U.S. Senate candidate Mike Johnston said Tuesday he is suspending his campaign.  —  Johnston, a 44-year-old former state senator, led the crowded Democratic field this year in fundraising and was a top-tier candidate in the polls.