Militias flocked to Gettysburg to foil a supposed antifa flag burning, an apparent hoax created on social media  —  GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PA. — For weeks, a mysterious figure on social media talked up plans for antifa protesters to converge on this historical site on Independence …

With inflammatory July 4 message, Trump distracts from the real threat to America  —  (CNN)As the nation marked a somber Fourth of July with many Americans confined to their homes amid an alarming rise in coronavirus cases, President Donald Trump used his stage on the White House's South Lawn Saturday …

Russian democracy is a farce.  Putin wants the same fate for America  —  Some Russian voters back a ploy by Putin to rule until 2036  —  Garry Kasparov is the chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative.  The views expressed in this commentary are his own.  View more opinion at CNN.

Trump Jumps on Preserving Monuments as Winning Campaign Issue  —  The president's aides see his defense of statues and monuments as a unifying issue beyond his political base  —  President Trump has seized on saving statues and preserving monuments to American history as a winning issue for his re-election …

239 Experts With 1 Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne  —  The W.H.O. has resisted mounting evidence that viral particles floating indoors are infectious, some scientists say.  The agency maintains the research is still inconclusive.  —  The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide …

Donald Trump's shrinking electoral map  —  Donald Trump's campaign once spoke of expanding his electoral map into blue-leaning territory like Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico and New Hampshire.  —  Now, winning at least a handful of those states has become a matter of survival.

Deadly Brain-Eating Amoeba Confirmed in Florida  —  WHAT'S NEXT?  —  Health officials in Florida have sounded the alarm over the discovery of a rare, brain-eating amoeba in the county that encompasses Tampa and several other cities.  The Florida Department of Health announced the news Friday …

The Purpose of Persuasion  —  To defend the values of a free society with courage and conviction, we need to build institutions of our own.  —  1 hr  —  Friends,  —  I'm floored by the response of the past three days.  —  Once I hit send, this article will land in the inboxes of over 15,000 people.

Christopher Columbus statue near Little Italy brought down, tossed into Baltimore's Inner Harbor  —  A crowd of shouting protesters yanked down the Christopher Columbus statue near Little Italy, dragged it to the edge of Baltimore's Inner Harbor and rolled it with a splash into the water …

David Horowitz's Book Predicting a Trump Victory Was Not Well-Timed  —  In these dark times for the Trump reelection campaign, one prophet has emerged to give hope to the faithful.  David Horowitz's latest book, Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win, has won cheerful acclaim.

Ghislaine Maxwell prepared to snitch on ‘big names’ to save herself  —  Many powerful people connected to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell — including Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and Leslie Wexner — could be “extremely worried right now” following Maxwell's arrest — because she wrongly believed they were protecting her.

In an era of racial unrest, Americans converging in D.C. to celebrate the Fourth of July question the meaning of freedom  —  More than two centuries after the Declaration of Independence was signed, Americans converged on the Mall on Saturday for the Fourth of July during a season of protests …

'We've got to do something': Republican rebels come together to take on Trump  —  A slew of organized Republican groups have sprung up to do all they can to defeat Trump in November.  Will their effort work?  —  Just like in 2016, a faction of the Republican party has emerged to try …

In the rush to do the right thing, journalism can't abandon its standards  —  The first time I got in a car to teach my son how to drive, he blew through three stop signs without blinking.  —  “Hey,” I said gently as we came to the fourth.  “You notice those red octagons back there?”