The Latest: Guam adviser urges calm, says no imminent threat

This file photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this photo.

Democrats launch new group aimed at Republican strongholds

A jury is expected to be seated soon in Taylor Swift's civil trial involving a groping allegation against a former DJ. ATLANTA - Dissatisfied with Democratic fortunes in the era of President Donald Trump, a group of prominent Democrats is forming an organization outside the formal party structure with the goal of winning again in Republican-dominated middle America.

N. Korea threatens preemptive strike on Guam as tensions rise

North Korea says it's "carefully examining" plans for launching a preemptive strike against Guam, hours after the Trump administration warned the rogue nation to drop its threats against the United States or face "fire and fury." North Korea said it's studying a plan to create an "enveloping fire" around the U.S. territory, home to Andersen Air Force Base.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters reaffirms – impeach Trump’ mission during BET ceremony

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., offered a thorough response to all the attention she's received in her very public battle against President Trump at BET's " Black Girls Rock! " celebration on Saturday night. Waters is known for her candid and direct remarks, recently saying that she is working to "impeach" the president and proudly proclaiming that she's "a strong Black woman" in a broadcast interview, and she brought the same fiery soundbites to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center as she received her "social humanitarian" honor.

Inside the bad blood between President Trump and Richard Blumenthal

One of President Donald Trump's recent Twitter targets has been Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., with the president recently reviving a controversy involving Blumenthal's military service. Blumenthal's career started in law and then merged into government and public service, but his familial ties put his relatives in Trump's real estate orbit.

American Women’s Party Puts Dems On Notice

When the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee , Representative Ben Ray Lujan , stated last week that the party would support Democratic candidates who are anti-choice in order to try and win traditionally conservative districts, he demonstrated once again how the party continues to ignore its base. This policy is no different than what other past and current Democratic Party leaders have echoed for years, and that is the problem.

GOP insurgents claim Trump mantle, spell trouble for party

Republicans face a problem as they try to defend a slim majority in the Senate and win races elsewhere: Insurgent primary candidates are trying to lay claim to President Donald Trump's mantle, and knock out the establishment's choices. The latest case is in Nevada, where endangered GOP incumbent Sen. Dean Heller drew a challenge Tuesday from businessman and repeat failed candidate Danny Tarkanian, who announced his bid in an early morning Fox News Channel appearance seemingly aimed at an audience of one: the president himself.

J Street hires former Obama administration official as political director

Prior to joining FEMA, he held several positions on Capitol Hill, including as legislative director for former U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa. Davis succeeds Ben Shnider, who is running for a seat on the Montgomery County Council in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Trump pledges action, stepped-up enforcement to combat opioid abuse

President Donald Trump said Tuesday a stronger law enforcement response is needed to combat the opioid crisis, speaking at his New Jersey golf club and flanked by Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price and acting Director of National Drug Control Policy Richard Baum. "It's a problem the likes of which we have never seen.

Luther Strange picks up 2 endorsements in Senate race

U.S. Sen. Luther Strange is endorsed by State Rep. Jim Carns and Perry Hooper Jr. at the Alabama Republican Party headquarters in Hoover. U.S. Sen. Luther Strange is endorsed by State Rep. Jim Carns and Perry Hooper Jr. at the Alabama Republican Party headquarters in Hoover.( U.S. Sen. Luther Strange picked up the endorsement Tuesday of State Rep. Jim Carns, R-Vestavia Hills, who also served as co-chairman of Donald Trump's Alabama campaign.

North Carolina leaders put more meat on Medicaid proposal

Gov. Roy Cooper's administration wants the state's pending Medicaid overhaul to integrate physical and mental health treatment more quickly and expand coverage to more of the working poor in North Carolina, according to its plan unveiled Tuesday. The Department of Health and Human Services released a report explaining how it wants the Medicaid program to look when a 2015 state law directing the reorganization takes effect, possibly in July 2019.

Trump continues raging at the media and polls on the second day of his summer break

President Donald Trump again raged at media outlets during the second day of his summer vacation, criticizing The New York Times, The Washington Post, and pollsters that showed his approval rating at new lows. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, the president went after the Post and the Times for allegedly failing to seriously cover former President Bill Clinton and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch's meeting last year on an airport tarmac during the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's email practices.

Trump’s lawyer is reportedly buttering up special counsel Robert Mueller at Trump’s request

President Donald J. Trump listens as the crowd cheers at a campaign rally at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena on August 3, 2017 in Huntington, West Virginia. One of President Donald Trump's lawyers in the Russia investigation has been sending messages of "appreciation" to FBI special counsel Robert Mueller's office on Trump's behalf, according to USA Today.

Swallowed braces

Doctors at a hospital in Australia were bewildered when a 30-year-old woman showed up with intense stomach pains. Her heart rate was faster than normal, and the membrane lining her abdominal wall was inflamed, one of her doctors wrote in a medical article published Monday by BMJ Case Reports.