ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down  —  A search had been underway for a new publisher.  But none was found.  —  ThinkProgress, the influential news site that rose to prominence in the shadow of the Bush administration and helped define progressivism during the Obama years, is shutting down.

Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses as Trump challengers cry foul  —  Four states are poised to cancel their 2020 GOP presidential primaries and caucuses, a move that would cut off oxygen to Donald Trump's long-shot primary challengers.  —  Republican parties in South Carolina …

Bolton-Pompeo relationship hits new low as foreign policy tests mount  —  Washington (CNN)Long-simmering tensions between top figures on President Donald Trump's national security team have devolved into all-out hostility, creating a deep disconnect between staffers on the National Security Council …

'It's Kind of Like an Addiction': On the Road With Trump's Rally Diehards  —  Libby DePiero is almost always one of the first few people in line at the president's campaign events, part of the self-described group of ‘Front Row Joes’ who routinely travel to see the president perform.

Trump Administration Considers a Drastic Cut in Refugees Allowed to Enter U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is considering a plan that would effectively bar refugees from most parts of the world from resettling in the United States by cutting back the decades-old program that admits tens …

Boris Johnson visits a farm, steers bull into police officer  —  LONDON — The steaks have never been so high for Boris Johnson, who has vowed to steer Britain out of the European Union and lead the country forward.  —  But things haven't quite gone to plan for the new prime minister.

Howard Schultz says he won't run for president because people were mean online  —  Several months ago, Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, said he was exploring the possibility of running for president in 2020 as an independent.  It immediately drew scorn from all corners of the internet.

Trump Aides' Poll Finds Gun Control Politically Problematic for the President  —  President Trump assured Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, on Thursday that he was still considering legislation that could include background checks for gun buyers.

Sohrab Ahmari Is a Joke  —  Not too long ago, Sohrab Ahmari, the editor of the New York Post op-ed page, wrote a jeremiad against National Review's David French, succinctly titled “Against David French-ism.”  At its core, it was an argument not only that French was too nice but that he embodied …

Mitch McConnell sinks to new lows in enabling Trump's corruption  —  The diversion of military funds to pay for President Trump's border wall obsession — which is taking money away from more than 100 military projects around the country, just as a junkie's habit might take money from the grocery kitty …

The Washington Post's lost summer  —  It's been a lost summer for the Washington Post.  —  From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the Post had some pretty embarrassing moments.  Whether it was incorrectly stating that presidents do not deliver remarks on the Fourth of July, ignoring speeches by Presidents Reagan …

One Trump fundraiser was all it took to slash SoulCycle's attendance  —  New data shows attendance dipped in the weeks following the boycott.  —  Last month, cancel culture came for SoulCycle.  —  The stationary bike exercise company's liberal user base was outraged at news …

The Secret Files of the Master of Modern Republican Gerrymandering  —  Thomas Hofeller preached secrecy as he remapped American politics from the shadows.  The Republican Party operative, known as the master of the modern gerrymander, trained other G.O.P. operatives and legislators nationwide …

Trump may have committed tax fraud by fabricating a loan to avoid paying income taxes on nearly $50 million  — A bombshell investigation by Mother Jones found that President Donald Trump may have invented a loan to avoid paying income taxes on nearly $50 million.

Justice Department Launches Antitrust Probe Into Four Auto Makers  —  Government seeks to determine if Ford, Honda, BMW, VW violated competition law by agreeing with each other to follow emissions standards beyond those proposed by Trump administration  —  WASHINGTON—The Justice Department …

Dare We Dream of the End of the G.O.P.?  —  In a new book, the pollster Stanley Greenberg predicts a blue tidal wave in 2020.  —  Toward the end of his new book, “R.I.P. G.O.P.,” the renowned Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg makes a thrilling prediction, delivered with the certainty of prophecy.

Trump tries to force Ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election  —  UKRAINE'S NEOPHYTE president, Volodymyr Zelensky, took a big step this week toward proving that he will be, as he promised, the most pro-reform president in Ukraine's history.  On Monday, he laid out a breathtakingly ambitious …

Florida man arrested in Walmart shooting threat called himself white nationalist in Facebook post, cops say  —  FBI agents waited more than an hour at the Winter Park home of Richard Dean Clayton's parents before the 26-year-old entered unannounced through the back door.

‘You need to ask first’: Iowa teacher blasts Biden for grabbing her hands when she asked him a question  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Joe Biden left an Iowa teacher unimpressed with his canned response to her question about collective bargaining, but what she resented more was how he abruptly seized her hands and clung onto them.

“The Most Immoral, Unethical Thing I've Ever Seen In My 15 Years Of Politics” — Inside A Small City Mayor's Campaign For President  —  Wayne Messam's unlikely 2020 campaign has been chaotic from the start.  “It's like we were in some D-list version of The Sopranos.”

Mike Pence will get nothing for his humiliation  —  Vice President Mike Pence is the rare servant who pays his master.  —  This week he visited Ireland, where he stayed at one of President Trump's properties, the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel in Doonbeg.

The Real Donald Trump Is a Character on TV  —  Understand that, and you'll understand who he is and what he's doing in the White House.  —  Mr. Poniewozik is the chief television critic of The Times and the author of “Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television and the Fracturing of America.”

Texas Attorney General Stayed Quiet For Months as a Gun Owner Sent Threats to Kill Immigrants: Report  —  A report out Wednesday by the San Antonio Express-News found that a gun owner in Texas had sent more than 100 pages of racist and violent letters to the Texas Attorney General's office threatening …

James Mattis Doesn't Want to Talk About the President  —  Jim Mattis has been everywhere this week, and nowhere at all.  Over the past several days, President Trump's former Secretary of Defense has appeared on CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC (twice), PBS (twice), NPR, and various podcasts to hawk his new …

Tlaib Meets With Members of Terrorism-Supporting, Anti-Israel Organization  —  Tlaib powwows with members of the Palestine Youth Movement  —  Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) recently met with a controversial pro-Palestinian organization that has encouraged violence against Israel …

Why Steve King's Supporters Are Staying Loyal  —  HOLSTEIN, IOWA—One of Representative Steve King's most ardent defenders is a man named Mark Leonard.  And Mark Leonard is obsessed with the Civil War.  —  A few times every year, the 63-year-old chair of the Ida County Republicans travels to Gettysburg …

The jobs report is even weaker than it seems, shows an economy on tenterhooks at Trump's trade war  —  On it's face, the August jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn't look too bad for the economy.  The economy added 130,000 jobs, missing the 150,000 mark expected by economists.

And Now, a Word From a Fanatic  —  Inside the mind of an internet extremist.  —  I am a sick man.  I am a spiteful man.  I am an unattractive man.  I believe my liver is diseased.  —  I am one of those fanatics on the alt-right and the alt-left, the ones who make online forums so vicious …

White House Considering Direct Purchases of U.S. Mined Uranium  — Government pondering ways to help flagging domestic industry  — ‘The president intends to take bold action,’ executive says  —  The White House is considering a plan that would have the government directly purchase uranium …

Trump Cuts “Muscle” from European Defense to Fund Border Wall  —  The list of military construction projects the Trump administration is defunding to pay for its controversial border wall includes more than $770 million from an initiative started by the Obama administration to shore …