AOC screamed at Border Patrol agents in ‘threatening manner’ during tour: Witnesses  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., screamed at federal law enforcement agents “in a threatening manner” during a visit to a Border Patrol facility in El Paso, Texas, and refused to tour the facility …

Trump Says Tanks Will Be on Display in Washington for July 4  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that the Pentagon would put military tanks on display on Thursday in Washington as part of his plans to turn the annual Fourth of July celebration in the nation's capital into a salute to the country's military prowess.

Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes  —  Sneaker maker pulls Independence Day-themed shoe after NFL star raised concerns about its symbolism  —  Nike Inc. is yanking a U.S.A.-themed sneaker featuring an early American flag after former NFL star-turned …

CNN Poll: Harris and Warren rise and Biden slides after first Democratic debates  —  Harris confronts Biden over busing, school desegregation  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren have made steep gains after the first Democratic presidential debate …

Ivanka's North Korea Photobombs Perplex White House Officials  —  Multiple officials in Washington were caught off guard by the news that Ivanka Trump had found her way into a conversation about nuclear weapons between her father and Kim Jong Un.  —  When Donald Trump and his advisors crossed …

The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran  —  President Donald Trump may have tired of the men he once called ‘my generals,’ but one retired military leader still has his ear on key foreign policy matters.  —  As President Donald Trump wrestled on the evening of June 20 …

Center for American Progress Puts ThinkProgress Up for Sale  —  News site launched during the Bush years is running millions of dollars short.  Its parent think tank says it will consider the editorial leanings of prospective owners.  —  ThinkProgress, the flagship news site of the Democratic …

New study shows Russian propaganda may really have helped Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies have long insisted that Russian's 2016 propaganda campaign on social media had no impact on the presidential election.  —  A new statistical analysis says it may well have.

‘We all suffer’: why San Francisco techies hate the city they transformed  —  San Franciscans have long complained that tech workers ruined their city, driving up rents and homelessness and eliminating diversity.  Now even the tech workers agree  —  Cities is supported by  —  About this content

Trump looking ‘very strongly’ at delaying census  —  President Trump said Monday he's looking “very strongly” at delaying the 2020 census if the administration is not allowed to add a citizenship question, an unprecedented move that would surely trigger new legal challenges.

Exclusive: Democrats investigating whistleblower claims Pompeo's security picked up Chinese food and his dog  —  Washington (CNN)Democrats on a key House congressional committee are investigating allegations from a whistleblower within the State Department about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …

American Pride Hits New Low; Few Proud of Political System  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, their pride in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since Gallup's first measurement in 2001.  While 70% of U.S. adults overall say they are proud to be Americans …

Far-Right Extremists Wanted Blood In Portland's Streets.  Once Again, They Got It.  —  It's not a surprise a conservative writer was bloodied in a street brawl in Portland ― far-right extremists have been freely hosting skirmishes there for years.  —  A conservative writer was injured …

Record advertising wave heading for swing states in 2020  —  Advertising Analytics, a political ad-tracking firm, projects a total of $6 billion in TV and digital video advertising in 2019 and 2020.  —  Spending on political advertising is projected to smash all-time records in 2020 …

Spies fear a consulting firm helped hobble U.S. intelligence  —  Insiders say a multi-million dollar McKinsey-fueled overhaul of the country's intelligence community has left it less effective.  —  America's vast spying apparatus was built around a Cold War world of dead drops and double agents.

The Next Influx: The Entire World's Poor and Dispossessed  —  Tens of Thousands of “Exotics” and “Extra-Continentals” from around the Globe Moving Through Panama  —  Like the proverbial “bulge in the belly of the snake,” unusually high numbers of non-Latino migrants, obviously not from Central America …

To Evade Sanctions on Iran, Ships Vanish in Plain Sight  —  A week ago, a small tanker ship approached the Persian Gulf after a 19-day voyage from China.  The captain, as required by international rules, reported the ship's position, course, speed and another key detail: It was riding high in the water, meaning it was probably empty.

Another Dead Cyclist In The City  —  Around 9:30 a.m. on June 24 in Manhattan, cyclist Robyn Hightman rounded the corner from 23rd Street onto Sixth Avenue, where they were struck by a large white delivery truck and thrown off their bike into the middle of the street.

A Reluctant Mueller Is Democrats' Best Shot to Revive Their Trump Investigations  — Derailed by snubbed subpoenas, witness defiance, tangents  — Banking on Mueller-testimony jolt is risky, two-edged sword  —  Robert Mueller will appear grudgingly before House committees this month …