Inside the White House's Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump singled him out for praise even while attacking other members of the Supreme Court.  The White House nominated people close to him to important judicial posts.

Capital Gazette shooting victim Rob Hiaasen: A joyful stylist, a generous mentor  —  Capital Gazette editor Rob Hiaasen has been identified as victim of a shooting at the newspaper.  —  Rob Hiaasen once wrote a description of his ideal job: “I would like to be paid for the occasional amusing remark …

Obama: ‘You are right to be concerned’  —  In his first public comments in months, the former president talks about anger, regrets — and what the Republicans are doing right.  —  LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama's message to Democrats: Stop dreaming of him.  —  Speaking at a Democratic National …

Scoop: Trump's private threat to upend global trade  —  President Trump has repeatedly told top White House officials he wants to withdraw the United States from the World Trade Organization, a move that would throw global trade into wild disarray, people involved in the talks tell Axios.

Sean Hannity blames Maxine Waters for shooting at Maryland newsroom  —  Hannity: “I've been saying now for days that something horrible was going to happen because of the rhetoric.  Really Maxine?”  —  From the June 28 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show:  —  Loading the player reg...

BLOWN TO SHREDS Kim Jong-un has top army officer blasted with 90 bullets for giving his troops extra rations of food and fuel  —  Lieutenant General Hyon Ju-song was put to death after being found guilty of charges of abusing authority, profiting the enemy and engaging in anti-Party acts

“He Could Go Down in History as the Man That Saved This Country”: Freed from Trump, Michael Cohen Sees a New Identity: National Hero  —  As Cohen is further distanced from the president, friends have been encouraging him to change his narrative.  “Washington is actively pushing him away,” a person close to Cohen says.

Agents Seek to Dissolve ICE in Immigration Policy Backlash  —  WASHINGTON — At least 19 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators are seeking to dissolve the agency, concerned that the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal migrants has limited their ability to pursue national security threats …

Exclusive: Trump administration plan would bar people who enter illegally from getting asylum  —  A sweeping regulation being considered by the Department of Justice would likely stop most Central Americans from winning asylum in the US.  —  The Department of Justice, under Attorney General Jeff Sessions …

The Latest: UN migration agency rejects Trump-pitched leader  —  GENEVA (AP) — The Latest on the U.N. migration agency's rejection of (all times local):  —  The U.N.'s migration agency has rejected the Trump administration's proposed candidate to head the body, a post previously held by Americans since 1951.