The New York Times says that there’s basically a cold war between McConnell and Trump, and they haven’t spoken for weeks.  The relationship between President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, . . .

So earlier today Trump’s OMB guy Mulvaney made a pretty funny joke at Trey Gowdy’s expense. What do you get for someone on his 60th birthday? A razor and a comb.Happy birthday, . . .

Here’s your open thread for today. The topic is where in the world is SooperMexican. See if you can find him in this Trump line in Arizona right now. It goes fast . . .

The pressure mounts for the Missouri State Senator to resign from office after she wished Trump would be assassinated on Facebook: FOX NEWS – Sorry might not cut it for the Missouri . . .

It’s being reported far and wide that Trump has ruled out pardoning former Sheriff Joe Arpaio today: Trump will not pardon Joe Arpaio today, per White House — Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) August . . .

This is a good clip from Alan Dershowitz where he truth-tells on the leftist group Antifa in a way that would make CNN pee their journalistic pants: .@AlanDersh: "Antifa is a radical . . .

As we’ve reported on many times before Christians are undergoing brutal persecution by Islamic terrorist groups around the world. Just last week four of our Christian brothers in Kenya lost their lives . . .

A Univision anchor interviewed a KKK leader at his home in North Carolina and, as you might expect, it didn’t go well. In fact the imperial wizard called the Univision anchor a . . .

Apparently this photo is said to be one of the items that helped convince Trump that Afghanistan is worth fighting for: To convince Trump that Afghanistan was not lost cause, McMaster showed . . .

Apparently some on the Cleveland Browns roster want to follow in Colin Kaepernick’s infamous footsteps to protest the National Anthem, and they did so last night. Here’s a photo from the game: . . .

Newt Gingrich commented this morning on Trump’s rally tonight in Arizona, pointing out that Trump has a choice to make whether to stay presidential as he was in his address last night, . . .

Nikki Haley was on Good Morning America this morning to discuss the presidential address last night on Afghanistan and to discuss Charlottesville. Watch: Haley basically confirmed what I thought I heard last . . .

The Navy is now reporting that the remains of missing sailors have been found in sealed compartments of the USS John McCain: U.S. Navy and Marine Corps divers join search for missing . . .

John Bolton wasn’t jumping up and down over Trump’s Afghanistan address, but he did like it, saying that it was rhetorically good and that we need to see how it plays out. . . .

Lindsey Graham absolutely loved Trump’s Afghanistan plan tonight and he went all out to support it, even telling people that they would own another 9/11 if they didn’t back it. .@LindseyGrahamSC on . . .

President Trump laid out his plan for Afghanistan tonight and the isolationists are not gonna like it. Here’s the entire statement he made to the American people, it’s about half an hour . . .

Senator Susan Collins had the gall to say she’s not sure if Trump is gonna be the 2020 nominee. How dare she! Watch below: Frankly, I’m not sure I’d bet on it . . .

We’ve been in Afghanistan forever it seems – I think around 15 years at this point. Over that period of time I’ve lost all sense of what victory actually looks like there. . . .

A new poll show that few Americans liked Trump’s Charlottesville response. JUST IN: Americans disapprove of Pres. Trump’s response to Charlottesville 2-1, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds. https://t.co/B3bISrDw7S pic.twitter.com/jo23b1OS8z — ABC News . . .

A few hundred Liberty University graduates are supposedly returning their diplomas in an effort to protest their former president’s support for Trump: DC EXAMINER – A growing number of Liberty University graduates . . .