Black-clad antifa attack peaceful right wing demonstrators in Berkeley  —  Their faces hidden behind black bandannas and hoodies, about a 100 anarchists and antifa — “anti-fascist” — barreled into a protest Sunday afternoon in Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park.

What can we say about the role of climate change in the unprecedented disaster that is unfolding in Houston with Hurricane #Harvey?  —  There are certain climate change-related factors that we can, with great confidence, say worsened the flooding.  —  Sea level rise attributable to climate change …

Trump's business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president  —  Donald Trump during a 2005 visit to Colorado to speak at a business convention.  At his right is Felix Sater, a Russian-born real estate developer.  (Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)

Mexico offers to help Harvey-soaked Texas  —  Updated at 10:30 p.m. with additional information.  —  The Mexican government expressed its solidarity Sunday with the United States following the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and offered assistance to Texas.

Trump vents over missing China tariffs: report  —  President Trump earlier this month accused some of his top economic advisers of being “globalists” who were resisting his agenda, Axios reported on Sunday.  —  During John Kelly's first week as White House chief of staff …

Exiles on Pennsylvania Avenue: How Jared and Ivanka Were Repelled by Washington's Elite  —  “What is off-putting about them,” one political veteran told me, “is they do not grasp their essential irrelevance.  They think they are special.”  —  I. AIR FORCE ONE

Joe Arpaio's first impression of his presidential pardon: Is it fake?  —  When Joe Arpaio's attorney first showed him the presidential pardon, the former sheriff's first reaction was to ask if it was a fake.  —  Late Friday afternoon, attorney Mark Goldman was already driving to Arpaio's house …

Fascism, American Style  —  As sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., Joe Arpaio engaged in blatant racial discrimination.  His officers systematically targeted Latinos, often arresting them on spurious charges and at least sometimes beating them up when they questioned those charges.

Trump Reverses Obama Policy on Surplus Military Gear for Police  —  WASHINGTON — Reversing an Obama-era policy, President Donald Trump Monday removed restrictions on the kinds of surplus military gear the Defense Department can turn over to local police departments.

Tillerson switcheroo may happen sooner than expected  —  As of last night, we were told that no replacement of SecState Rex Tillerson is imminent.  But some switcheroo may happen sooner than expected, given the jaw-dropping reporting by Axios' Jonathan Swan last evening in his weekly Sneak Peek newsletter:

Amazon Cuts Prices at Whole Foods by Up to 43% on First Day  —  Internet giant bought upscale grocery chain for $13.7 billion  —  Some prices unchanged but favorites like avocados are cheaper  —  Amazon.com Inc. spent its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market.

President Trump, first lady plan to travel to Texas Tuesday  —  President Donald Trump will travel to Texas Tuesday in response to record-level flooding from Hurricane Harvey, according to the White House.  —  “We are coordinating logistics with state and local officials, and once details are finalized …

Leaked Chats Show Charlottesville Marchers Were Planning for Violence  —  Well before a white nationalist “Unite the Right” demonstration turned deadly in Charlottesville this month, attendees were planning for violence, according to leaked online chats.  In private chat channels …

White House ‘pressuring’ intelligence officials to find Iran in violation of nuclear deal  —  Intelligence analysts, chastened by the experience of the 2003 Iraq war, are said to be resisting the pressure to come up with evidence of Iranian violations

Team Trump turns to Rove playbook to juice 2018 turnout  —  Donald Trump's White House may take a page from the Karl Rove playbook.  —  The administration has been in talks to put conservative initiatives on the ballot in 2018 midterm battleground states in hopes of energizing base voters dispirited …

It's Time: Congress Needs to Open a Formal Impeachment Inquiry  —  President Donald Trump at Liberty University on May 13, 2017.  (Shealah Craighead/White House)  —  Last Tuesday, the New York Times published a foggy story noting that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell …