Intel CEO leaves American Manufacturing Council  —  Earlier today, I tendered my resignation from the American Manufacturing Council.  I resigned to call attention to the serious harm our divided political climate is causing to critical issues, including the serious need to address the decline of American manufacturing.

Justice demands 1.3M IP addresses related to Trump resistance site  —  The Department of Justice has requested information on visitors to a website used to organize protests against President Trump, the Los Angeles-based Dreamhost said in a blog post published on Monday.

Bannon in Limbo as Trump Faces Growing Calls for the Strategist's Ouster  —  WASHINGTON — Rupert Murdoch has repeatedly urged President Trump to fire him.  Anthony Scaramucci, the president's former communications director, thrashed him on television as a white nationalist.

Protesters pull down Confederate statue at old Durham County courthouse  —  DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) - A crowd of protesters gathered outside the old Durham County courthouse on Main Street Monday evening in opposition to a Confederate monument in front of the government building.

Trump campaign emails show aide's repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings … Three days after Donald Trump named his campaign foreign policy team in March 2016, the youngest of the new advisers sent an email to seven campaign officials with the subject line: “Meeting with Russian Leadership - Including Putin.”

Trump ‘seriously considering’ a pardon for ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio  —  EXCLUSIVE: President Trump may soon issue a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the colorful former Arizona sheriff who was found guilty two weeks ago of criminal contempt for defying a state judge's order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants.

Amateur Sleuths Aim to Identify Charlottesville Marchers, but Sometimes Misfire  —  After a day of work at the Engineering Research Center at the University of Arkansas, Kyle Quinn had a pleasant Friday night in Bentonville with his wife and a colleague.  They explored an art exhibition …

Trump Job Approval Rating Now at 34%, New Low  —  President Donald Trump's job approval rating in Gallup Daily tracking is at 34% for the three-day period from Friday through Sunday — by one point the lowest of his administration so far.  —  It is difficult to pinpoint the precise cause …

DC Hotels Kept Canceling On Richard Spencer, So He Had To Hold A Press Conference In An Apartment  —  The white nationalist was forced to hold the event at what he called his office and a part-time residence in Alexandria, Virginia, instead.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC

North Korea Backs Off Guam Missile-Attack Threat  —  Kim Jong Un warns he could change his mind if the U.S. persists in ‘extremely dangerous reckless actions’  —  SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has decided not to launch a threatened missile attack on Guam, Pyongyang's state media reported …

Explaining Trump's Charlottesville Behavior  —  The nucleolus of Trump.  —  You can choose to have whatever opinion you have on the president's statement today condemning white supremacists, but it's hard to believe he would have read it out if he'd had his druthers.

Paul Manafort Sought $850 Million Deal With Putin Ally and Alleged Gangster … Paul Manafort partnered on an $850 million New York real estate deal with an ally of Vladimir Putin and a Ukrainian moneyman whom the Justice Department recently described as an “organized crime member.”

Where the robots are  —  Where are the robots, exactly?  One answer—if you read the steady flow of doomy articles online — is that automation is everywhere, not just all over the media but (you would have to conclude) thoroughly infiltrating the economy.  In that sense, the trend seems omnipresent …

‘Very threatening’: Mother of Charlottesville suspect James A. Fields called 911 twice … CHARLOTTESVILLE — Years before a 20-year-old Ohio man allegedly rammed his car into a panicked crowd of activists in Charlottesville, it was his disabled mother who was terrified.

If Trump goes down, Pence will too  —  When Al Gore became vice president, legendary scholar Richard Neustadt — one of Gore's former professors — sent him a memo with advice.  One sentence stuck with me: “The White House staff lives in the present, the VP's staff in the future.”

Charlottesville Victim's Mother To Trump: Thank You  —  Susan Bro provided a moment of extraordinary grace as she mourns the murder of her daughter, Heather Heyer, by trying to heal the divide in the nation after the Charlottesville terrorist attack.  While the political debate …

Trump's Business of Corruption  —  What secrets will Mueller find when he investigates the President's foreign deals?  —  President Donald Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow recently told me that the investigation being led by Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed by the Justice Department …