Mueller's Flynn Memo Should Worry Kushner and Trump  —  The former national security adviser provided information about interactions between the presidential transition team and Russian officials.  —  Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser who pleaded guilty …

Inside The North Carolina Republican Vote Machine: Cash, Pills — And Ballots  —  BLADENBORO, North Carolina — The allegations that Republicans tampered with absentee ballots in a close North Carolina election represent the most serious federal election tampering case in years …

The Latest: Wisconsin Senate limits governor's power  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on Wisconsin Republican lawmakers moving to limit the powers of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general (all times local):  —  The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate has passed …

Alan Simpson cried while writing George H.W. Bush's eulogy — so he wouldn't cry while giving it  —  The call came last Friday night, telling former senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) that his old friend, the 41st president of the United States, had died.  The time had come for Simpson …

Feds Target Butina's GOP Boyfriend as Foreign Agent  —  Paul Erickson served as accused Kremlin spy Maria Butina's guide as she penetrated the American conservative movement.  Now he's under investigation as a Russian agent, too.  —  BETSY WOODRUFF, ERIN BANCO12.5.18 8:00 AM ET

Why We Miss the WASPs  —  Their more meritocratic, diverse and secular successors rule us neither as wisely nor as well.  —  The nostalgia flowing since the passing of George H.W. Bush has many wellsprings: admiration for the World War II generation and its dying breed of warrior-politicians …

Facebook Gave Some Companies Special Access to Users' Data, Documents Show  —  LONDON — Emails and other internal Facebook documents released by a British parliamentary committee on Wednesday show how the social media giant gave favored companies like Airbnb, Lyft and Netflix special access to users' data.

The Democrats' wild 2020 free-for-all  —  Democrats are about to hit the wildest turn we have seen in a presidential campaign.  —  The big picture: Dozens of people are thinking of running — and running early — in the rage-and-rapid-reaction era of Donald J. Trump.

Rudy Giuliani Says Twitter Sabotaged His Tweet.  Actually, He Did It Himself.  —  To Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor who is one of President Trump's lawyers, it was an example of how low Twitter would stoop to carry out its anti-Trump agenda.  —  It was, decidedly, no such thing.

Les Moonves Obstructed Investigation Into Misconduct Claims, Report Says  —  Facing multiple sexual misconduct allegations and fearing his career as an entertainment titan was over, Leslie Moonves, the chief executive of CBS, destroyed evidence and misled investigators in an attempt to preserve …

“Everyone's for Sale”: A Generation of Digital-Media Darlings Prepares for a Frigid Winter  —  Vice, Vox, and BuzzFeed, among other companies that once heralded the dawn of a new media age, are now grappling with decidedly old-media problems.  —  It was around this time last year that things …

Deval Patrick bows out of 2020 presidential run  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is calling close allies and informing them he is not running for president in 2020, sources close to the governor tell POLITICO.  —  Patrick informed staff and advisers of his decision Tuesday …

14 Trump and Russia Questions Robert Mueller Knows the Answers To  —  MICHAEL FLYNN'S SENTENCING memo, filed yesterday with the most intriguing and interesting parts redacted by special counsel Robert Mueller, provided yet another frustrating glimpse into an investigation that seems at times almost maddeningly opaque.

‘My voice went unheard’: Official testifies N.J. Gov. Murphy campaign, administration ignored sexual assault allegation  —  TRENTON — An official in the Murphy administration described in harrowing terms Tuesday how high-ranking members of Gov. Murphy's campaign and staff, including the governor himself …

New York's Vanishing Mayor  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio spends far less time at City Hall than he once did, leading some city officials to ask: Has the mayor lost focus?  —  When the New York City commissioner who oversaw a much-criticized response to a recent snowstorm was told to resign late last week …

Mark Zuckerberg's Biggest Problem: Internal Tensions At Facebook Are Boiling Over  —  “It's the bunker mentality.  These people have been under siege for 600 days now.  They're getting tired, getting cranky — the only survival strategy is to quit or fully buy in.”

Fate of The Weekly Standard is uncertain, editor tells staff  —  New York (CNN Business)The fate of The Weekly Standard, the conservative magazine that has staked out a position as a publication on the right still critical of President Donald Trump, is uncertain, Editor-in-Chief Stephen Hayes told staff …

I'm a Democrat and a Feminist.  And I Support Betsy DeVos's Title IX Reforms.  —  There is an uncomfortable truth in the current system.  No one wants to talk about it.  —  Ms. Bazelon is the director of the criminal juvenile justice and the racial justice clinics at the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Xcel Energy wants carbon-free electricity by 2050  —  Colorado's largest utility ups the ante in its plan for renewables … Xcel Energy, Colorado's largest electric utility, is upping its renewables game with the announcement Tuesday that it has a goal of being 100-percent carbon free by 2050.