President non grata: Trump often unwelcome and unwilling to perform basic rituals of the office  —  Shunned at two funerals and one (royal) wedding so far, President Trump may be well on his way to becoming president non grata.  —  The latest snub comes in the form of the upcoming funeral …

Trump's economic adviser: 'We're taking a look' at whether Google searches should be regulated  —  The Trump administration is “taking a look” at whether Google searches should be regulated by the government, said Larry Kudlow, President Trump's economic adviser, outside the White House Tuesday.

Devin Nunes's Curious Trip to London  —  Earlier this month, as all eyes were on the courtroom dramas unfolding in Virginia—where President Donald Trump's campaign chairman was just convicted on bank- and tax-fraud charges—and in New York—where the president's longtime personal lawyer pleaded guilty …

‘I remember Pearl Harbor’: Inside Trump's hot and cold relationship with Japan's prime minister  —  During a tense meeting at the White House in June, President Trump caught Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe off guard with a pointed remark.  —  “I remember Pearl Harbor,” the president said …

Stormy Daniels Isn't Backing Down  —  Michael Avenatti and Stormy Daniels, photographed in New York.  Zac Posen dress.  Tiffany & Co. earrings.  —  Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, October 2018  —  BY THE TIME I knock on the door of Stormy Daniels's room at the Roger Smith Hotel …

Far-right media misidentifies Jacksonville shooter as Trump-bashing Reddit user  —  The person who was misidentified as the Jacksonville shooter told NBC News, “My takeaway on this is there are a lot of idiots on the internet ... ”  —  A day after a competitive video gamer shot and killed two people …

Manafort Sought Deal in Next Trial, but Talks Broke Down  —  Negotiations stalled after Mueller raised issues  —  Paul Manafort's defense team held talks with prosecutors to resolve a second set of charges against the former Trump campaign chairman before he was convicted last week …

Giuliani's telling admission: All that matters is that Mueller is undermined  —  In a new profile, the New York Times gets at a question we've all been asking for months: What on earth is Rudy Giuliani doing?  Once known as “America's mayor,” he's become the fire-breathing legal spokesman …

Lanny Davis Says He Was A Source For CNN's Trump Tower Story  —  Attorney Lanny Davis says he was an anonymous source in a July CNN story that reported his client, Michael Cohen, had privately claimed that President Trump had advance knowledge of the infamous Trump Tower meeting between his son …

Jerry Falwell Jr. says Sessions has lost evangelical support  —  Jerry Falwell Jr., a top conservative religious leader, said Monday he urged President Donald Trump to fire Jeff Sessions over his handling of investigations into Russian election meddling, saying the attorney general has lost evangelicals' support.

SOURCES: China Hacked Clinton's Private Email Server  — A Chinese-owned company penetrated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private server, according to sources briefed on the matter.  — The company inserted code that forwarded copies of Clinton's emails to the Chinese company in real time.

Student Who Took Classmate's MAGA Hat Says She Was Making Political Statement  —  EL DORADO (CBS13) — A Union Mine High School student is facing battery charges after an altercation in her classroom over a Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” campaign hat.

Source: FBI Agent Told Congress The Bureau Used Leaked Stories To Obtain Spy Warrants  — FBI Special Agent Jonathan Moffa told Congress on Friday that the FBI has used leaked stories to obtain FISA warrants  — Meadows' tweet was referring to Moffa's testimony, a source tells The Daily Caller News Foundation

Fox News Hasn't Always Shared Robert Driscoll's Credentials With Its Viewers  —  Fox News has repeatedly gone to former Justice Department official Robert Driscoll to comment on the Russia investigations, but what viewers don't hear is that he's also the attorney for Maria Butina, the suspected Russian spy charged with criminal counts.

Ted Cruz passes the hat for campaign cash as concern rises about challenger Beto O'Rourke  —  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, during a lunch with colleagues last week in Washington passed the hat for campaign cash, as the Texas Republican's anxiety mounts about the unusually brisk challenge from Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke.

BREAKING: Divided Three Judge Court Holds North Carolina Congressional Redistricting an Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander, Considers New Districts for 2018 Elections  —  In a case with potentially national implications both short term and long, a three judge district court in North Carolina …

The Catholic abuse scandal now leads all the to way the Vatican  —  An ecclesial straight shooter.  A reliable character.  A serious man.  That's how sources familiar with Carlo Maria Viganò describe the Italian archbishop, who served as the Vatican ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2016.

Exclusive poll: Americans believe Cohen, don't want impeachment  —  Data: Survey Monkey online poll conducted August 22-24, 2018 among 4,362 U.S. adults.  Total margin of error is ±3.0 percentage points.  Modeled error estimates: African-American women ±7.0, age 18 to 34 ±4.5 …

Cuomo vs. Nixon Debate?  It's Already Heated (Literally)  —  The first and only debate between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his Democratic rival, Cynthia Nixon, is set for Wednesday, and the candidates have been bunkered in prep sessions with their advisers.  —  But even before the high-stakes …

Mollie Tibbetts's father decries vitriol against Hispanics, saying they're ‘Iowans with better food’  —  Rob Tibbetts spoke kind words about the Hispanic community during his daughter's funeral.  —  It did not take long after authorities in Iowa named a suspect in the killing …

Kushner Cos. fined $210K by New York for false documents  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Kushner family real estate company was fined $210,000 by New York City regulators on Monday following an Associated Press investigation earlier this year that showed it routinely filed false documents …

The School Shootings That Weren't  —  How many times per year does a gun go off in an American school?  —  We should know.  But we don't.  —  This spring the U.S. Education Department reported that in the 2015-2016 school year, “nearly 240 schools ... reported at least 1 incident involving a school-related shooting.”