Escalating Clash With Canada, Trump Is Isolated Before North Korea Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated a bitter clash with some of America's closest allies on Sunday, lashing out through his advisers at Canada's prime minister in unusually personal terms and leaving himself …

U.S. won't bring up North Korea's human rights issues at Singapore summit  —  WASHINGTON — Wounded from torture and starving, Grace Jo's father died on a train heading to a North Korean prison camp, a fellow inmate told his family.  His crime: illegally possessing a bag of rice during the 1990s famine.

Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together  —  The president's ‘unofficial filing system’ involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they're supposed to be preserved.  —  Solomon Lartey spent the first five months of the Trump administration working in the Old Executive Office Building …

Mark Sanford running scared in Trump-fueled primary  —  A last-minute barrage of commercials from Sanford — a notoriously frugal figure who hasn't spent money on TV advertising in five years — is a sure sign he's under duress.  —  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — GOP Rep. Mark Sanford has spent …

Facebook “embeds,” Russia and the Trump campaign's secret weapon  —  Brad Parscale, digital director for Trump's campaign, was a critical factor in the president's election.  Now questions surround how he did it  —  Tonight you will hear from the man President Donald Trump appointed as his 2020 re-election campaign manager.

Inside Obama's secret meetings with 2020 contenders  —  Still the reluctant leader of the Democratic Party, Obama has been providing counsel to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other presidential hopefuls.  —  Barack Obama has in recent months met with at least nine prospective 2020 …

Top Senate Democratic super PAC to make $80 million fall TV investment in nine battleground states  —  The top Senate Democratic super PAC plans to spend about $80 million to reserve fall airtime for television commercials in nine battleground states, a sizable early investment in pursuit of winning control of the Senate.

British campaigners file US lawsuit against firms controlled by Arron Banks  —  A British public interest group has filed a lawsuit in a Mississippi court against two companies controlled by Arron Banks, the pro-Brexit donor, following allegations that the firms may have violated UK data protection rules …

Ex-NFL player was house hunting when neighbor called police, rep says  —  An ex-NFL player was house hunting for his mother-in-law in southern California when he was arrested on suspicion of burglary after a neighbor called police, authorities and the former tight end's representative said.

Scoop: Trump tells Macron the EU is “worse” than China  —  When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington, he and President Trump had a tough conversation about trade that foreshadowed the breakdown of transatlantic relations at the G7 summit.  —  What happened: In their bilateral meeting …

New Russian Media Venture Wants to Wage ‘Information War’ in Washington, D.C. … A Russian government adviser who aims to wage “information war” in the U.S. and Europe is running a new media venture blocks from the White House that cybersecurity experts say has ties to the country's infamous disinformation apparatus.

Donald Trump's New World Order  —  How the President, Israel, and the Gulf states plan to fight Iran—and leave the Palestinians and the Obama years behind.  —  On the afternoon of December 14, 2016, Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, rode from his Embassy to the White House to attend a Hanukkah party.

Italian mayors rebel against Salvini's order to block migrant ship  —  A number of mayors across southern Italy are pushing back against Matteo Salvini's decision Sunday to close off the country's ports to a rescue ship carrying more than 600 migrants.  —  Salvini — Italy's new interior minister …

Scott surges past Nelson with older Florida voters  —  Gov. Rick Scott is virtually tied with Sen. Bill Nelson among Florida voters, but the Republican is dominating the Democrat by 9 points among those nearing or at retirement age — a group that casts the majority of Florida's votes.

Cynthia Nixon skips Puerto Rican Day Parade  —  Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Nixon blamed rival Gov. Cuomo for causing woes in Puerto Rico - but then she skipped Sunday's Puerto Rico Day Parade in Manhattan, instead traveling to Rochester to campaign.