E.P.A. Aide Questioned Deleting Sensitive Meeting Details.  Then She Was Fired.  —  WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the subject of numerous investigations into claims that he used agency resources for personal benefit …

AP NewsBreak: US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits  —  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned.

Fourth Ohio State wrestler says Rep. Jim Jordan knew about sexual abuse when he was coach  —  The wrestler said Jordan, a former assistant coach at Ohio State, took part in locker-room conversations where athletes discussed the abuse.  —  A fourth former Ohio State University wrestler came forward Thursday …

Michael Cohen tells friends he doesn't think Trump would pardon him  —  Berman: Is Michael Cohen ready to sing?  —  (CNN)Michael Cohen has recently told friends that he is pessimistic that President Donald Trump will offer him a pardon — one more indication that Cohen does not believe his former boss will have his back.

Ed Schultz, former Fargo radio personality, has died  —  Ed Schultz listens to a caller during a broadcast of his nationally syndicated liberal talk show on Feb. 9, 2006.  There's no reason a left-leaning show can't be successful, he says.  “The last time I checked, liberals drive vehicles,” he says.

Schumer urges Trump to tap Merrick Garland for Supreme Court  —  Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) privately urged President Trump in a phone call earlier this week to nominate federal Judge Merrick B. Garland, then President Barack Obama's third nominee to the Supreme Court …

He is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group; So Why is He Working for a Defense Contractor with a Security Clearance?  —  In partnership with: … There likely isn't such a thing as a “typical” violent white extremist in America in 2018.  Still, Michael Miselis — a University of California …

Viral video: Teen says he was attacked for wearing ‘Make American Great Again’ hat  —  Police are investigating after a teen says he was verbally attacked and assaulted at a Whataburger for wearing a Make America Great Again hat.  —  In the video, you can see a man throw a drink …

Trump ‘angry baby’ blimp gets green light to fly over London during president's visit  —  A giant balloon dubbed “Trump baby” has been given the green light to fly near parliament during the president's UK visit.  —  London mayor Sadiq Khan's Greater London Authority has approved a request …

White Fight  —  Under the Trump administration, even naturalized citizens are now a target.  The government agency that oversees immigration applications is hiring lawyers and immigration officers to review cases of immigrants suspected of obtaining citizenship through fake identities or other false information on their applications.

Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe  —  (Bloomberg) — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.

Trump's Mar-A-Lago Wants To Hire 40 More Foreign Workers  —  With the latest filing, the club has now sought to hire more than 240 foreign workers since Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign.  —  Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's private club in Palm Beach, Florida …

Mom Shoots Man Trying to Steal SUV With Kids Inside: Cops  —  The mother shot the man in the head when he refused her orders to stop the vehicle, police say  —  Mom Shoots Kidnapper in the Head: Police  —  A mother shot a man who tried to steal her SUV while her two toddlers were still inside …

Three poachers are EATEN by lions after the men broke into South African nature reserve to slaughter rhinos for their horns  —  A gang of poachers who broke into a South African game reserve to hunt rhinos came off second best when they were attacked and eaten by a pride of hungry lions.

Trump Just Hired A Controversial Former Fox News Executive  —  “It's extraordinary that the president of the United States could hire someone like this.”  —  Former Fox News copresident Bill Shine, who was ousted over the network's mishandling of sexual harassment, just took …

Life in Trump Cabinet: perks, pestering, power, putdowns  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross came in for an Oval Office tongue-lashing after he used a mundane soup can as a TV prop.  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis got overruled by President Donald Trump's announcement that a new “Space Force” is in the offing.

Arizona Senate candidate's husband, who is a top campaign surrogate, spread conspiracy theories online  —  (CNN)Arizona US Senate candidate Kelli Ward's husband has a history of promoting fringe conspiracy theories on social media, a CNN KFile review has found.

Inside the Online Campaign to Whitewash the History of Donald Trump's Russian Business Associates … A mystery client has been paying bloggers in India and Indonesia to write articles distancing President Donald Trump from the legal travails of a mob-linked former business associate.

The U.S. labor shortage is reaching a critical point  — Private payrolls grew less than expected in June, likely due not just to a slowdown in hiring but also a decline in the labor pool.  —  America's labor shortage is approaching epidemic proportions, and it could be employers who end up paying.

I stopped going to the gym because of Trump.  Now I can't open jars  —  I tried out Donald Trump's theory on exercise.  I walked, I did this, I did that.  But I was weak  —  It was November 2016 and the only person I knew who believed Trump would win the US election was the owner of my gym.

Judge largely rejects Trump bid to block California sanctuary laws  —  A federal judge on Thursday rejected the bulk of a Trump administration demand to block three California sanctuary laws, allowing the state to keep in place its most significant legislative measures aimed …

19 Cornell Law Professors: Dismiss Title IX Complaint Against Graduate Student and Give Him His Ph.D.  —  Nineteen Cornell Law School professors signed onto a letter condemning the University's decision to withhold a student's Ph.D. because of the “mere filing” of a Title IX complaint against him.

Far-Right Twitter Keeps Falling for the Same Liberal Troll … The tweet was an obvious troll, by a fake doctor with a profane name.  —  “When Trump supporters come to my office at the Mayo Clinic, I love misdiagnosing their healthy pregnancies as ectopic so they have to abort their white fetuses …

Trade-war's eve  —  Just after midnight tonight the Trump administration is set to impose tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods, escalating a global trade war that has pitted the U.S. against trading partners around the world.  — “Businesses are bracing for disruptions in sales and supply chains …

The centrist heavenly chorus is off-key  —  We human beings cling to dogmas long after they're disproved.  We tend to believe things that make us feel better or remind of us of a past that we miss. This is certainly true of our assumptions about electoral politics.

The Eugenicist Doctor and the Vast Fortune Behind Trump's Immigration Regime  —  Last month, as parents arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border were separated from their children and transferred to detention centers more than a thousand miles away in the Pacific Northwest, as a father of two languished …