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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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?

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 …

‘She Said’ Recounts How Two Times Reporters Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story  —  SHE SAID  —  Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement  —  Tell the truth: Do you really need to hear more about Harvey Weinstein?  The open bathrobe, the hotel hot tubs …

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.

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.

AP: Share of women seeking out-of-state abortions increases  —  ATLANTA (AP) — At a routine ultrasound when she was five months pregnant, Hevan Lunsford began to panic when the technician took longer than normal, then told her she would need to see a specialist.

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 …

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 …

Trade between U.S. and China plummets ahead of October negotiations  —  Trade between China and the United States has continued to fall ahead of October negotiations and a further tit-for-tat escalation of tariffs, according to customs data reported by the AP.