Scaling Wokeback Mountain  —  WASHINGTON — I was feeling on edge.  Writing a column that sparks an internecine fight among the highest-profile women in the Democratic Party is nerve wracking.  —  So I went to the gym.  Alex Toussaint, the digital Peloton instructor inside the little screen …

Jeffrey Epstein Was a Sex Offender.  The Powerful Welcomed Him Anyway.  —  A strange thing happened when Jeffrey Epstein came back to New York City after being branded a sex offender: His reputation appeared to rise.  —  In 2010, the year after he got out of a Florida prison …

Deflecting blame, Acosta pointed finger at others.  Why they may have some explaining to do  —  On Oct 23, 2007, as federal prosecutors in South Florida were in the midst of tense negotiations to finalize a plea deal with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a senior prosecutor in their office …

Immigration-Enforcement Raids Begin in New York  —  ICE agents attempt raids in at least two city neighborhoods; President Trump says roundups will focus on criminals  —  Federal immigration authorities attempted raids in at least two neighborhoods in New York City on Saturday …

House Republicans dismissive of Paul Ryan's take on Trump  —  House Republicans are pushing back on former Speaker Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) criticisms of President Trump, with some arguing the Wisconsin Republican didn't yield as much power over the president's decisionmaking as the ex-lawmaker suggested in a new book.

Armed man attacking Tacoma's ICE detention center killed in officer-involved shooting  —  Tacoma police said they shot at an armed man early Saturday who was attacking the Northwest Detention Center, the holding facility in Tacoma for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  The man died at the scene.

Jeffrey Epstein Taught at Dalton.  His Behavior Was Noticed.  —  Some students at the esteemed Manhattan prep school recall that Mr. Epstein, now charged with sex trafficking, was willing to violate norms in his encounters with girls.  —  In the mid-1970s, students at one of New York's …

Guatemala: Leftist Opposition And Alleged Interference By U.S. State Dept Risk Immigration Agreement  —  The Guatemalan Constitutional Court placed an injunction against Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales ' government Saturday from signing the much anticipated 'Safe Third Country Agreement …

Anti-ICE protesters pull down American flag, raise Mexico flag, vandalize ‘Blue Lives Matter’ flag  —  Authorities in Colorado restored an American flag to its place Friday evening after protesters demonstrating outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility pulled …

OxyContin Made The Sacklers Rich.  Now It's Tearing Them Apart.  —  A rash of lawsuits, which accuse its Purdue Pharma of helping fuel the addiction crisis, has exacerbated longstanding divisions  —  Jacqueline Sackler was fed up.  HBO's John Oliver had just used his TV show to pillory her family …

AP Exclusive: New election systems use vulnerable software  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania's message was clear: The state was taking a big step to keep its elections from being hacked in 2020.  Last April, its top election official told counties they had to update their systems.

Britain's Ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch claimed that Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal as an act of ‘diplomatic vandalism’ to spite his predecessor Barack Obama  —  Responding to Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu's incendiary claim that publishing the contents of the documents …

American Carnage: a masterful must-read on Trump's Republican takeover  —  Tim Alberta of Politico has written a compelling, alarming and scoop-heavy history of the fall of the party of Lincoln  —  Like the deity on the sixth day of creation, Donald Trump has recast the Republican party in his own image.

Trump Administration Gets Court Victory in Sanctuary Cities Case  —  SEATTLE — A federal appeals court on Friday gave President Trump a rare legal victory in his efforts to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities, upholding the Justice Department's decision to give preferential treatment …