Trump just admitted something he probably shouldn't have about the census citizenship question  —  President Trump just explained why he thinks we need a citizenship question on the census.  But in doing so, he seems to have said the quiet part out loud — and conceivably could have undercut the Justice Department's legal case.

Trump blames rain and teleprompter for his July 4 speech gaffe  —  President Trump on Friday blamed inclement weather and a malfunctioning teleprompter for flubbing part of his Independence Day speech.  During the rain-soaked “Salute to America” event, Trump

Williamson warns US elections could become more like Iran's  —  DOVER, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson on Friday warned that American elections could become more like voting in countries like Iran.  —  Speaking at a campaign event in Dover, New Hampshire …

Trump Begins Long Golf Weekend, Bringing Taxpayers' Tab To $108 Million  —  The candidate who used to hammer Barack Obama for golfing too much is on track to play two and a half times as much as his predecessor and at three times the cost to taxpayers.  —  President Donald Trump began a three …

US denies German-Iranian father visa needed to attend son's funeral  —  The US consulate accused a German-Iranian father of using his late son's funeral as an excuse to migrate to the US.  Seyed Shahram Iranbomy was denied the visa he needed to attend.  He's lived in Germany for 40 years.

Buttigieg campaign multiplies in size after huge cash haul  —  Before the first Democratic presidential debates kicked off last week, close to 100 Pete Buttigieg supporters and donors sheltered from the Miami heat in a Hilton hotel conference room, where Buttigieg's senior staff briefed …

Democratic congresswoman secretly sending staff into Mexico to coach asylum-seekers  —  A Democratic congresswoman is sending staff to Mexico's northern border town of Ciudad Juárez to find migrants returned from El Paso, Texas, under the “remain in Mexico” policy …

Haunted by the Reagan era  —  Past defeats still scare older Democratic leaders — but not the younger generation  —  Newly elected Democrats in the House of Representatives spent June 27 with the sinking feeling that it was happening again: Their party was going to cave to President Trump …

Moment white supremacist is engulfed in flames after pouring petrol on synagogue  —  Tristan Morgan splashed fuel through a window at Exeter Synagogue but took the full blast of the explosion in his face  —  Terrorist firebomber blasted by flames during arson attack on synagogue

US Army to drop ‘US’ from name over past links to slavery  —  WASHINGTON—Since 1775, the United States has had an Army, and for most of those 244 years it has been called the “United States Army.”  —  But now the service will drop the words and initials from its title, calling itself simply …

Trump Is Falling Almost 1 Million Jobs Short Vs. Obama  —  I cover technology companies, worldwide economies and the stock market  —  The U.S. Bureau of Labor announced that the economy added 224,000 jobs in June vs. expectations of 160,000 and May's revised result of 72,000.

Russian state TV hosts mocked Trump's July 4 event as ‘low energy’  — President Donald Trump's July 4 festivities featured military flyovers, Bradley fighting vehicles, and M1A2 tanks.  —  Russian state media mocked President Donald Trump's “Salute to America” July 4th event, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

Border Pediatrician Says “Severe Trauma” Is Being Done to Kids in Custody There  —  A pediatrician on the front lines says that terrible conditions in Border Patrol facilities are causing long-term psychological damage.  —  The physical danger of overcrowded, underresourced detention …

Biden would name a teacher as education secretary, wouldn't appoint his wife  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden told public school teachers Friday that the first thing he would do as president would be to pick a teacher as Education secretary.  —  But he made a pledge about that appointment.