In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception  —  WASHINGTON — North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases that have been identified in new commercial satellite images, a network long known to American intelligence agencies but left undiscussed …

Democrats load “subpoena cannon” with 85+ Trump targets  —  House Democrats plan to probe every aspect of President Trump's life and work, from family business dealings to the Space Force to his tax returns to possible “leverage” by Russia, top Democrats tell us.

In 26 recounts in major races around the nation since 2000, only 3 outcomes changed  —  The races for governor, U.S. Senate and commissioner of agriculture and consumer services are close — even for Florida.  —  But are they so close that a recount is likely to change the result?

As Dems consider impeaching Trump, GOP leaders regret pursuing Clinton  —  If Democrats are trying to reassure anyone that they won't impeach President Trump, they're aren't doing a very good job of it.  —  Just days after her party won control of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi made clear …

Trump wants no more relief funds for Puerto Rico  —  President Trump doesn't want to give Puerto Rico any more federal money for its recovery from Hurricane Maria, White House officials have told congressional appropriators and leadership.  This is because he claims, without evidence …

Richard Ojeda, West Virginia Lawmaker Who Led Teacher Strikes, Will Run for President  —  Richard Ojeda is running for president.  Ojeda, a West Virginia state senator and retired U.S. Army major, lost his congressional bid in the state's 3rd District on Tuesday, but saw the largest swing …

Should the Press Boycott Trump?  Political Strategists Weigh In  —  The CNN chief Jeff Zucker gave his troops unexpected orders the day after President Trump snatched the press credential away from Jim Acosta, one of the network's White House correspondents.  —  The temptation to play it big was strong.

Critics rebuke Mississippi senator's ‘public hanging’ remark  —  A newly published video shows a white Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi praising someone by saying: “If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row.”  —  Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who faces a black Democratic challenger …

Hillary Will Run Again  —  Reinventing herself as a liberal firebrand, Mrs. Clinton will easily capture the 2020 nomination.  —  Get ready for Hillary Clinton 4.0.  More than 30 years in the making, this new version of Mrs. Clinton, when she runs for president in 2020, will come full circle …

‘Being silenced is not acceptable’: Doctors express outrage after NRA tells them ‘to stay in their lane’  —  At first, Judy Melinek didn't know how to respond when she learned about a National Rifle Association tweet last week telling doctors who dared enter the gun debate “to stay in their lane.”

Trudeau acknowledges Canada has listened to Khashoggi tapes  —  Trudeau is the first Western leader to confirm that his country's intelligence services have heard the recordings of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi.  —  LONDON — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday …

The Great War's Great Price  —  Revisiting the wreckage, on the centenary of the armistice  —  There is no monument to the First World War on the National Mall.  Along the two-mile carpet of memory we have created between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, we honor the Civil War …

'You can't beat somebody with nobody': Pelosi foes struggle to find a leader  —  The House Democratic rebels trying to keep Nancy Pelosi from becoming speaker have a big problem: They can't seem to find someone to run against her.  —  The naysayers claim they have the 15 to 20 votes it would take to block Pelosi on the House floor.

Pair survived the Las Vegas massacre.  A California shooting took one away.  —  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The first frantic message buzzed Brendan Hoolihan's phone at about midnight Wednesday, and for hours the messages continued to flood his Snapchat group text.

‘A 5-alarm fire’: GOP desperate to match Dems' online ATM  —  Mitch McConnell stood before a roomful of Republican donors on Wednesday night to thank them for their help in the midterms.  But the Senate leader also issued a dire warning: Democrats had just thumped them in the all-important online donor game …

In Paris, a relatively understated Trump finds he's still the center of the world's attention — and outrage  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  PARIS — President Trump likes to throw Twitter bombs that explode in concentric circles of offensiveness.

Yes, Whitaker's Appointment Is Unconstitutional.  Here's How To Challenge It.  —  Perhaps the most alarming if not exactly surprising fallout from last Tuesday's midterm elections was President Donald Trump's immediate dismissal of his long-beleaguered attorney general, Jeff Sessions …