Trump called Fox News correspondent into Oval Office to argue he wasn't wrong about Alabama  —  (CNN)Fox News senior White House correspondent John Roberts had just finished his 3 p.m. live shot on Thursday when President Donald Trump beckoned him into the Oval Office.

Former Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz announces he will not run for president  —  Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz formally abandoned his pursuit of an independent campaign for president Friday, telling his supporters in a letter that he found it tougher than he expected to capture …

Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses as Trump challengers cry foul  —  Four states are poised to cancel their 2020 GOP presidential primaries and caucuses, a move that would cut off oxygen to Donald Trump's long-shot primary challengers.  —  Republican parties in South Carolina …

American Airlines mechanic in Miami charged with sabotaging plane.  It aborted takeoff.  —  An American Airlines mechanic was arrested Thursday on a sabotage charge accusing him of disabling a navigation system on a flight with 150 people aboard before it was scheduled to take off from Miami International Airport earlier this summer.

And Now, a Word From a Fanatic  —  Inside the mind of an internet extremist.  —  I am a sick man.  I am a spiteful man.  I am an unattractive man.  I believe my liver is diseased.  —  I am one of those fanatics on the alt-right and the alt-left, the ones who make online forums so vicious …

'It's Kind of Like an Addiction': On the Road With Trump's Rally Diehards  —  Libby DePiero is almost always one of the first few people in line at the president's campaign events, part of the self-described group of ‘Front Row Joes’ who routinely travel to see the president perform.

Military Base Loses Funding for New School to Trump's Border Wall  —  WASHINGTON — For almost two decades, families at Fort Campbell, the sprawling Army base along the Kentucky-Tennessee border, have borne the brunt of the country's war efforts as a steady clip of troops with the 101st Airborne Division …

Biden Fund-Raiser Draws Climate Change Protesters  —  Joe Biden defied the activists and attended a fund-raiser co-hosted by Andrew Goldman, a founder of a fossil fuel company.  —  Defying criticism from climate activists, Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Thursday attended a fund-raiser co-hosted …

Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried, ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95  —  Until 2017, he was the only leader his country had known since independence in 1980.  He presided over its long decline.  —  Robert Mugabe, the first prime minister and later president of independent Zimbabwe …

CNN's 7-Hour ‘Climate Change’ Town Hall was a man-made disaster for Democrat presidential candidates  —  It's AOC's party now: A self-parody of what Green New Deal woke totalitarianism sounds like, with an abnormal focus on meat.  —  The presidential ambitions of the leading Democrat candidates …

John ‘Sully’ Sullivan was ‘everything we wanted America to be’  —  Communities of friends, family and admirers in Washington, Massachusetts and Jordan came together this week to mourn the passing of John Sullivan, former U.S. diplomat, husband, father, humanitarian, cancer survivor and the life of every party he attended.

U.S. Payrolls Rise 130,000, Boosted by 25,000 for Census Count  —  U.S. companies' hiring stumbled in August, likely cementing expectations for a second straight Federal Reserve interest-rate cut as trade uncertainty and softer global growth weigh on the outlook.

Obama Swept Iran Terror Plot Under the Rug  —  Former Defense Secretary James Mattis has a book coming out in which he is harshly critical of President Obama.  Among other things, he recalls his dissent from Obama's decision to pull troops out of Iraq prematurely, which had nearly-disastrous consequences.

Trump officials broke law by using entrance fees to keep parks open, watchdog says  —  The Interior Department broke federal spending law when it dipped into national park fees to keep its most popular sites operating during this winter's partial federal shutdown, the Government Accountability Office concluded Thursday.

Dismissing Trump as a crumbling, unfit fool will get us four more years.  Don't buy it.  —  The worst can happen again.  Democrats are embarking on a messy primary, Biden is a ripe Trump target, and any 3rd-party candidate could be a spoiler.  —  CONNECT

Post-Gazette newsroom donates Pulitzer monetary award to Tree of Life congregation  —  Staffers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette were surprised to learn April 15 that, along with the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news, came a monetary award of $15,000.  —  The newspaper was honored with a Pulitzer …

Farm Loan Delinquencies Surge in U.S. Election Battleground Wisconsin  —  WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Farm loan delinquencies rose to a record high in June at Wisconsin's community banks, data showed on Thursday, a sign President Donald Trump's trade conflicts with China and other countries …

David French DESTROYS Sohrab Ahmari (and the idea of 'illiberal conservatism')  —  Here are a few things that the New York Post's Sohrab Ahmari, noted public Catholic intellectual, apparently believes:  — American Christianity is intolerably beset by tyrannical leftists …

Trump Meets With Democratic Senator on Gun Legislation  —  President discusses background checks without giving Sen. Joe Manchin a signal of intentions  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump met with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin at the White House on Thursday to discuss a policy response to the string …

Kara Swisher on Ambition, Bragging, and Having a Baby at 56  —  Doing the Most is a special series about ambition — how we define it, harness it, and conquer it.  As part of the theme, we're interviewing successful women about what motivates them to be so good at what they do.

'I don't see any path for Biden to win the nomination without South Carolina'  —  ROCK HILL, S.C. — Joe Biden's front-running presidential bid will live or die by the black vote.  His campaign finally acknowledged it this week.  —  Advisers to the former vice president began lowering expectations …

Donald Trump Has Never Explained a Mysterious $50 Million Loan.  Is It Evidence of Tax Fraud?  —  Donald Trump's massive debts—he owes hundreds of millions of dollars—are the subject of continuous congressional and journalistic scrutiny.  But for years, one Trump loan has been particularly mystifying …

Made In America: For $9.50 An Hour, They Brew Tear Gas For Hong Kong  —  A BuzzFeed News investigation found low-paid American workers producing tear gas in potentially dangerous conditions.  It's then shipped to Hong Kong, where it's used against pro-democracy protesters.  —  Reporting From

Trump Is Winning His War on the FBI  —  Former FBI Director James Comey influenced the course of the 2016 election, investigated presidential candidates from each party, and was fired by one of them for leading an inquiry into foreign interference with American democracy.

In Bahamas, a Blind Father Wades to Safety, His Disabled Son on His Shoulders  —  NASSAU, the Bahamas — The roof had blown clean off.  Outside, the ocean surged, swallowing the land.  Brent Lowe knew he had to escape — and take his 24-year-old son, who has cerebral palsy and can't walk, with him.

Putin's ‘Chef’ Preps Soldiers for Final Assault on Syrian Rebels  — Mercenaries are said to mass for Russia-led attack on Idlib  — Pacifying province is key to cementing Assad's hold on power  —  Russia's military is incorporating mercenaries hired by a wealthy ally …

FBI monitoring immigration activists as violent “extremists” — though there's been no violence  —  Memo from FBI's Phoenix office claims “anarchist extremists” may seek “armed conflict,” citing almost no evidence  —  An FBI document obtained by Yahoo News shows that the bureau is monitoring groups …

Trade uncertainty to trim $850 billion global output: Fed paper  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Trade policy uncertainty driven by the Trump administration's escalating dispute with China means hundreds of billions of dollars in lost U.S. output and as much as $850 billion lost globally through early next year …

Exclusive: U.S. congressional probe finds possible lapses in Deutsche Bank controls - sources  —  LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. congressional investigators have identified possible failures in Deutsche Bank AG's (DBKGn.D) money laundering controls in its dealings with Russian oligarchs …