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.

A Top White House Reporter Is Taking Over The Washington Free Beacon  —  A leading political reporter is leaving Politico to lead the neoconservative flagship Washington Free Beacon, the latest move in a conservative media world attempting to adjust to the age of Donald Trump.

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's schedule shows a president with plenty of downtime this summer  —  President Trump's daily Twitter feed in recent weeks has been a torrent of personal attacks, news commentary, weather reports, unfounded claims and congratulatory notes.  But when it comes to his day job, the American people have seen little of him.

Hong Kong's Leader, Carrie Lam, to Withdraw Extradition Bill That Ignited Protests  —  HONG KONG — Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's chief executive, said Wednesday that the government would withdraw a contentious extradition bill that ignited months of protests in the city, moving to quell …

Why is the Russian meddling in 2016 such a big secret?  I'm not allowed to say.  —  Stephanie Murphy, a Democrat, represents Florida's 7th Congressional District in the House of Representatives.  —  In May, other members of Florida's congressional delegation and I were briefed for 90 minutes …

North Carolina Court Strikes Down Gerrymander, Citing Smoking Gun Evidence in the Hofeller Files  —  A North Carolina court struck down the state's legislative maps on Tuesday, ruling that the districts amounted to a partisan gerrymander in violation of the state constitution.

Top Interior official who pushed to expand drilling in Alaska to join oil company there  —  Joe Balash, a Trump appointee, had served as assistant secretary for Land and Minerals Management until Aug. 30  —  Last summer, Scott Pruitt left his job heading the Environmental Protection Agency …

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.

Bill Flores Announces Intent to Not Seek Re-election in 2020  —  f t # e  —  U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) announced today that he will not seek another term in Congress.  Flores is currently serving his fifth term representing the 17th Congressional District of Texas …

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 …

The Trump Voters Whose ‘Need for Chaos’ Obliterates Everything Else  —  Political nihilism is one of the president's strongest weapons.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  Over the four years during …

The Secret History of the Push to Strike Iran  —  Hawks in Israel and America have spent more than a decade agitating for war against the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.  Will Trump finally deliver?  —  In july of 2017, the White House was at a crossroads on the question of Iran.

‘They are riding a rubber ducky into alligator-infested waters’  —  President Donald Trump is staring down a series of trigger points that will determine whether he enters the 2020 campaign backed by his most valuable asset — a healthy U.S. economy — or empty-handed and further on the defensive.

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 …

Kroger asks customers to quit openly carrying guns in stores  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. grocer Kroger Co (KR.N) has begun asking customers to stop openly carrying firearms in stores, a change in policy, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.  —  Kroger previously had followed local and state laws on the matter, she said.

Why Trump's hurricane antics are so terribly odd  —  In recent years, American presidents have routinely been evaluated on their administrations' responses to hurricanes.  In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, George W. Bush created a low standard, and there's a broad expectation …

G-7 at Trump's Doral resort?  The original sin of this presidency is failure to divest.  —  Trump's corruption now includes more than 2,300 conflicts of interest that benefit his finances, break his promises and violate the Constitution.  —  CONNECT  —  President Donald Trump's use …

‘Father is Surgeon,’ ‘1 mil pledge’: The Role of Money in USC Admissions  —  Emails in college admissions cheating scandal show the role donations played in decisions to accept students  —  BOSTON—Emails among athletics, admissions and fundraising officials at the University …

The Trump hush money mystery House Democrats should try to solve  —  President Donald Trump with Attorney General William Barr in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 11, 2019 in Washington, DC.  Alex Wong/Getty  —  Why did the investigation wrap up?

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 …

China has reasons to keep fighting a trade war  —  How a protracted tariff feud actually benefits Beijing.  —  As new U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods took effect this week, China filed a case with the World Trade Organization alleging unfair trade practices.