How Trump's Plan to Secretly Meet With the Taliban Came Together, and Fell Apart  —  WASHINGTON — On the Friday before Labor Day, President Trump gathered top advisers in the Situation Room to consider what could be among the profound decisions of his presidency — a peace plan with the Taliban …

Elizabeth Warren rises as Joe Biden clings to delegate edge — CBS News Battleground Tracker  —  This poll tells a story of Elizabeth Warren rising.  But not Joe Biden falling.  —  The former vice president now clings to a narrow lead over Warren in our CBS News/YouGov Tracker estimate …

Democrats to Broaden Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump to Corruption Accusations  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats return to Washington this week poised to significantly broaden their nascent impeachment inquiry into President Trump beyond the findings of the Russia investigation, but they will confront a fast-dwindling political clock.

Previously Unknown Sources Come Forward in a New Book About Harvey Weinstein  —  Two years before the allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against Harvey Weinstein became public, his own brother and business partner, Bob Weinstein, confronted him, pleading with him to get medical treatment …

Air Force leaders order probe of Trump resort stays  —  The U.S. Air Force has ordered a world-wide review of how it chooses overnight accommodations on long flights following revelations that air crews had occasionally stayed at President Donald Trump's Scotland resort while refueling at a small commercial airport nearby.

No sign of Trump's hurricane here in Alabama  —  MOBILE, Ala. — The city stands.  —  The grocery stores are fully stocked, the Home Depot has no lack of generators, tarps and plywood, and it's business as usual at the Waffle Houses.  —  Boaters on the Mobile River have been urged to caution …

Democrats Need to Get More Ruthless  —  And to stop helping Trump's re-election chances.  —  How important do Democrats think it is to beat President Trump in 2020?  —  Obviously, most Democrats would say it's vitally important.  Four more years of the Trump presidency could allow …

Train wreck Britain still shows America a thing or 2 about political courage, cowardice  —  Who would ever want to live in this train wreck of a Western democracy?  The government is led by an utter buffoon — an oversize clown with yellow hair blowing every which way who can't utter …

Trump to visit Baltimore Thursday, a city he called a ‘rodent infested mess’  —  Just weeks after lambasting Baltimore as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” President Trump will visit the Maryland city to huddle with congressional Republicans — a gathering that could draw local protests …

He Who Must Not Be Tolerated  —  Joi Ito's fall from grace for his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was much deserved.  But his style of corner-cutting ethics is all too common in tech.  —  Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.  —  Voldemort?

As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE — A Monticello tour guide was explaining how enslaved people built, planted and tended a terrace of vegetables at Thomas Jefferson's estate earlier this summer when a woman interrupted to share her annoyance.

What If We Stopped Pretending?  —  The climate apocalypse is coming.  To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can't prevent it.  —  “There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “only not for us.”  This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters strive …

China's trade with US shrinks as tariff war worsens  —  BEIJING (AP) — China's trade with the United States is falling as the two sides prepare for negotiations with no signs of progress toward ending a tariff war that threatens global economic growth.  —  Imports of American goods tumbled 22% …

Manager: Trump family building ‘dynasty’ for decades to come  —  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign manager predicted Saturday that the president and his family will become “a dynasty that will last for decades,” transforming the Republican Party while hewing to conservative values.

California boat fire probe widens as FBI serves search warrants on Conception owner  —  In a significant expansion of the investigation into the Labor Day boat fire that killed 34 people, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the U.S. Coast Guard served warrants Sunday …

He's in: Mark Sanford, SC Republican, formally declares GOP White House 2020 bid  —  Facing long odds in a fractured Republican Party, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford this morning formally announced his bid to challenge President Donald Trump for the White House.

Inside the Democrats' massive trove of Trump 2020 opposition research  —  The DNC research team has mined thousands of lawsuits from nearly 50 states as part of a massive new trove on President Trump that will be weaponized through pols and reporters in key battlegrounds.

Trump Raids Funds Meant to Deter Russia to Pay for His Wall  —  National security experts believe it could be a gut punch to U.S. diplomatic and security interests in a part of the world that's been a sore spot for the president: Europe.  —  The Trump administration's move to divert billions …