My Statement on the Passing of Rep. John Lewis  —  America is a constant work in progress.  What gives each new generation purpose is to take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further — to speak out for what's right, to challenge an unjust status quo, and to imagine a better world.

DHS Official On Reports Of Federal Officers Detaining Protesters In Portland, Ore.  —  NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with acting Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli about reports of federal officers using unmarked vehicles to detain protesters in Portland, Ore.  —  SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST:

Joni Ernst: If Trump has a Supreme Court nominee, Senate should hold hearings  —  U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Friday that the Senate should hold hearings on any Supreme Court nomination President Donald Trump might make this year, even if he loses November's election.

An update on our security incident  —  As we've been informing via the @TwitterSupport account, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, we detected a security incident at Twitter and took immediate action.  As we head into the weekend, we want to provide an overview of where we are.

Trump Promotes Caricature of What Conservatives Want  —  A series of events during his White House tenure has made clear that Mr. Trump views the voters he calls “my people” through the lens of what he imagines they like.  —  Standing in the White House colonnade this week …

Fox host Chris Wallace fact-checks Trump claim Biden wants to defund police  —  “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace in a new interview shut down President Trump's claim that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is in favor of defunding the police.

World's Most Wanted Man Jan Marsalek Located in Belarus; Data Points to Russian Intel Links  —  It can safely be assumed that Jan Marsalek is currently one of the most hunted-for persons on earth.  The company he oversaw operationally, Germany's Wirecard, collapsed overnight last month …

White House portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush moved from prominent space to rarely used room  —  WH: Trump's doing a lot of things at once amid case surge  —  (CNN)The official portraits of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were removed from the Grand Foyer …

American Crime and the Baltimore Model  —  Cities across the country are in danger of making the same mistakes.  —  In 2014, there were 211 homicides in the city of Baltimore.  The following year, there were 342, an astonishing increase of 62 percent.  The murder rate has barely budged since.

Rancor between scientists and Trump allies threatens pandemic response as cases surge  —  This week's remarkable character assault by some top White House advisers on Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's leading infectious-disease expert, signified President Trump's hostility toward medical expertise …

The FBI's Dossier Deceit  —  New evidence that the bureau knew the Russia info was phony in 2017.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  The Justice Department's release of documents from the Obama Administration's 2016-17 Trump-Russia investigation is beginning to paint a picture, and the more we learn the worse the FBI looks.

St. Louis Gun Couple to Join Friday Night Trump Campaign Event  —  The St. Louis couple at the center of a firestorm over their armed confrontation with a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters will join an official Trump campaign event on Friday night.  —  Mark and Patricia McCloskey …

Trump keeps fighting a Confederate flag battle many supporters have conceded  —  President Donald Trump is fighting to retain people's right to fly the Confederate battle flag — but many of his own supporters and government have already turned in their swords.

Trump may finally be facing the political consequences of his untrustworthiness  —  Concerns about President Trump's dishonesty began before he entered the White House, but the consequences of his not being trustworthy are now fully evident.  —  Trump surpassed 20,000 false or misleading claims …

The Revolution Is Winning  —  Radicals from the 1960s and 1970s now hold powerful positions in government and academia  —  T  —  his is what the revolution looks like.  —  Weather Underground terrorists, who made no secret of being anti-AmeriKKKan “small-c” communists …

See You Next Friday: A Farewell Letter  —  The good news is that my last column in this space is not about “cancel culture.”  Well, almost.  I agree with some of the critics that it's a little nuts to say I've just been “canceled,” sent into oblivion and exile for some alleged sin.  I haven't.