Numb to Outrage, Republican Voters Feel a Deepening Bond to Trump  —  LEESBURG, Va. — Gina Anders knows the feeling well by now.  President Trump says or does something that triggers a spasm of outrage.  She doesn't necessarily agree with how he handled the situation.  She gets why people are upset.

Katie Arrington alert, talking after surgery following two-car fatal accident Friday night  —  Katie Arrington, who two weeks ago won the Republican 1st Congressional District nomination over Mark Sanford, was in a fatal car accident late Friday, sustaining serious injuries but was alert …

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Kicked Out of Restaurant on Moral Grounds  —  A restaurant owner in Lexington, Virginia kicked Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her party out of his restaurant ... on moral grounds.  —  The waiter at The Red Hen said, “I just served Sarah Huckabee Sanders for a total …

Arguments, confusion, second-guessing: Inside Trump's reversal on separating migrant families  —  The White House's hastily crafted executive order to end child separations spurred confusion and fights within the federal government, and second-guessing from the president who had demanded the order in the first place.

Mueller's Fruit of the Poisonous Tree  —  It makes no difference how honorable he is.  His investigation is tainted by the bias that attended its origin in 2016.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation may face a serious legal obstacle: It is tainted by antecedent political bias.

Britain Has a Russia Collusion Scandal Now.  It Looks Exactly Like Trump's.  —  The most important thing to understand about the Russia scandal is that it perfectly fits a clear pattern of behavior.  What Vladimir Putin is accused of doing to help Donald Trump win the presidency …

Children's Cries Brought Down Walls Of Indifference  —  The cries of children pierce our hearts.  Scientists say they're meant to.  They move us to love and protect children.  This response is healthy; it's human; and it keeps humanity going.  —  As Dr. Marc Bornstein …

Seven Ways Alabama Has Made It Harder to Vote  —  Five years ago, the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act.  Since then, Alabama has enacted a slew of restrictive voting laws and policies.  —  Five years after the Supreme Court invalidated …

President Trump, Deal Maker?  Not So Fast  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump likes nothing more than presenting himself as the ultimate deal maker, the master negotiator who can translate his success in business into the worlds of politics, policy and diplomacy.  “That's what I do, is deals,” he said one day last month.

Officer fired for “abusing his authority” by pulling over daughter's boyfriend  —  Lorain, OH (WOLO) — A 26 year veteran of the police Lorain Police Department is without a job tonight.  According to his superior officer the officer “abused his authority” when he pulled his daughter's boyfriend …

Two powerful forces collide at the U.S.-Mexico border, as immigration policy meets desperation  —  TIJUANA, Mexico — To Carmen Palma, a Salvadoran migrant waiting at a shelter just south of the border, her 6-year-old daughter's life depends on getting asylum in the United States.

Trump, again and again, describes a world detached from reality  — Over and over, he painted fundamentally false portraits of people and events to flatter himself, discredit predecessors and rivals, and promote his political objectives.  — Some highlights from Trump's week include …

Thousands of Bourbon Barrels Come Crashing Down in Kentucky  —  Bourbon is flowing in Kentucky, but don't grab a glass.  —  Thousands of full barrels of bourbon, and possibly other spirits, came crashing down when a storage warehouse in Bardstown, Ky., partly collapsed on Friday.

Desert Storm memorial to be built on National Mall near Vietnam Wall  —  WASHINGTON — The National Desert Storm War Memorial will be located on the National Mall just steps away from the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, after a federal commission approved the site on Thursday.

Trump-Putin meeting will follow Bolton trip to Moscow, says Pompeo  —  Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, expects a planned visit to Moscow by national security adviser John Bolton will lead to a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.  —  Paul Manafort lawyers want mention of Trump banned in Virginia trial

Donald Trump and the 1930s playbook: liberal democracy comes unstuck  —  “I really don't care.  Do u?” said graffiti on the back of Melania Trump's coat as she boarded the plane for Texas to visit encaged child migrants.  No one, except Donald Trump, who tweeted that her garb was meant as a criticism of the …

3 Charts That Show What's Actually Happening Along The Southern Border  —  The total number of people apprehended for illegally crossing the southern U.S. border has been steadily falling for almost two decades.  It's a long-term trend that sociologists, economists and federal officials have been tracking for years.

Washington, D.C.: the Psychopath Capital of America  —  A new study ranks each state, plus D.C., by their psychopathic tendencies.  The race for first?  It isn't even close.  —  As Washington's shock over winning the Stanley Cup demonstrates, the nation's capital isn't used to being first in anything.

Is Mueller's Team Worried that Trump's Strategy Is Working?  —  The special counsel believes polarized media coverage has poisoned the well of potential jurors.  —  Never one to pass up an opportunity to attack the media, Donald Trump excoriated ABC News on Wednesday after the network aired …

Seth Rogen Reveals How He Dissed Paul Ryan in Front of His Kids … Earlier this month, Mitt Romney hosted his annual summit in Park City, Utah, for “top Republicans, wealthy donors and powerful business leaders.”  —  And Seth Rogen.  —  Yes, the director/star of The Interview …

Lobsters, Small-Batch Whiskey and Trump's Trade War  —  WASHINGTON — The effects of President Trump's trade war are beginning to ripple through the United States economy as steel tariffs disrupt domestic supply chains and global trading partners retaliate against a wide variety of American products …

New LePage threat to stall bonds imperils road repairs, thousands of jobs  —  Governor Paul LePage speaks at a campaign event in a gravel pit in Gray where he received the re-endorsement of the Maine chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors in 2014.