The Trump Organization Planned To Give Vladimir Putin The $50 Million Penthouse In Trump Tower Moscow  —  President Donald Trump's company planned to give a $50 million penthouse at Trump Tower Moscow to Russian President Vladimir Putin as the company negotiated the luxury real estate development during …

Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros  —  Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook's communications staff to research George Soros's financial interests in the wake of his high-profile attacks on tech companies, according to three people with knowledge of her request …

Scott to oppose Farr nomination to federal bench in NC, ending chances of confirmation  —  Sen. Tim Scott said Thursday he will oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the federal bench, assuring the controversial pick will not be confirmed.  —  The South Carolina Republican was the deciding vote …

Certification in limbo in N.C. House race as fraud investigation continues  —  Mounting evidence of voter fraud in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District could indefinitely delay the certification of a winner, as state election officials investigate whether hundreds of absentee ballots were illegally cast or destroyed.

EXCLUSIVE: Google Employees Debated Burying Conservative Media In Search  — Google employees debated whether to bury The Daily Caller and other conservative media outlets in the company's search function as a response to President Donald Trump's election  — “Let's make sure …

EXCLUSIVE: CNN Fires Marc Lamont Hill Following Israel Comments  —  CNN severed ties with contributor Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday, following comments the university professor made about Israel and Palestine in a speech at the United Nations.  —  “Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN …

How Trump Fuels the Fascist Right  —  President Trump makes constant use of the language and logic of the “new right,” a toxic blend of antebellum white supremacy, twentieth-century fascism, European far-right movements of the 1970s, and today's self-identified “alt-right.”

New Guidance for Federal Employees' Political Activity Goes Too Far  —  This week, the Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) circulated troubling new Hatch Act guidance about the type of activity permitted for federal employees.  The Hatch Act generally prohibits public employees from engaging …

Vice President Mike Pence heading to Mexico for inauguration amid border tension  —  “Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump has railed against Mexico over immigration, touted his plans for a border wall and threatened to close the Southern entry points between the two countries …

GOP unloads on Flake  —  Jeff Flake is finally taking a stand on the need to protect Robert Mueller — and it's infuriating his fellow Republicans.  —  The retiring Arizona senator is undermining the Senate GOP's efforts to approve as many lifetime-appointed federal judges as possible in the lame duck.

Donald & Jean-Claude, a (kinda) love story  —  Donald Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker: It's a pairing that's weird, but somehow it seems to be a hit.  —  The U.S. president has burned through transatlantic relationships like a wildfire through a parched forest.  With German Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was scorn at first sight.

Joe Crowley's Parting Shot: Ousted by Ocasio-Cortez, He Undermined Barbara Lee in House Leadership Race  —  The election of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as House Democratic Caucus chair on Wednesday represented a symbolic and substantive comeback for the wing of the party that had suffered a stunning defeat …

How Twitter's Ban on ‘Deadnaming’ Promotes Free Speech  —  Trans people are less likely to speak up if they know they're going to be constantly told they don't exist.  —  Ms. Molloy is editor at large at Media Matters for America.  —  In September, Twitter announced changes to its …