Prosecutors' Narrative Is Clear: Trump Defrauded Voters.  But What Does It Mean?  —  WASHINGTON — The latest revelations by prosecutors investigating President Trump and his team draw a portrait of a candidate who personally directed an illegal scheme to manipulate the 2016 election …

Pardoning Paul Manafort would be ‘terrible mistake,’ could ‘trigger a debate’ about pardon power: Sen. Marco Rubio  —  Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said repeatedly that President Donald Trump pardoning former campaign chairman Paul Manafort would be a “terrible mistake,” and that doing so could possibly …

Comey: I'm ‘not friends’ with Mueller  —  Former FBI Director James Comey told House lawmakers Friday that he and special counsel Robert Mueller are “not friends in any social sense,” dismissing President Donald Trump's assertion that the ousted bureau chief is “Best Friends” with the leader of the Russia probe.

Axios AM  —  Subscribe  —  I am off to the beach for a few days.  Jim VandeHei, our CEO, and Justin Green, of PM fame, have the keys.  Send gripes & groans to jim@axios.  —  1 big thing: What we now know about Trump-Russia  —  Even before Robert Mueller reports his findings in the Russia probe …

Old homophobic tweets from Kyler Murray's Twitter account surface after he wins Heisman  —  Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray had a Saturday to remember.  But the Oklahoma quarterback's memorable night also helped resurface social media's memory of several homophobic tweets more than six years old.

We'll Always Have . . . Fort Worth?  —  Conservatives do not do well in the cities.  We assume, strangely, that this indicates a problem with the cities rather than a problem with . . . us.  We may as well be trying to sell New York City and Los Angeles Edsels full of New Coke …

Hush money payments could be ‘impeachable offenses,’ top Dem warns  —  Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said that if accusations that President Donald Trump directed illegal payments during his campaign are true that it would “certainly” be an impeachable offense, but stopped short of saying such action would be taken.

Kudlow: U.S.-China trade talks ‘on track’  —  White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Sunday insisted that U.S.-China trade talks are moving in a “positive” direction, despite mixed signals from top Trump administration officials and the arrest of the chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei.

Beto O'Rourke Emerges as the Wild Card of the 2020 Campaign-in-Waiting  —  WASHINGTON — The 2020 Democratic presidential primary, already expected to be the party's most wide open in decades, has been jostled on the eve of many long-plotted campaign announcements by a political threat …

Trump Can't Settle on a Staff.  It's a Disaster For Him and a Goldmine for Opportunists.  —  If there isn't the necessary process in place, the institutional knowledge on a terrorist threat or covert outreach to a rogue regime official could be gone with the wind.  —  It's like the Hunger Games finally came to Washington.

The U.S. may not ‘believe’ in climate change.  But we're the only one doing something about it  —  Opinion: These days, saying you care about the environment is far more important than actually doing something about it.  —  CONNECT  —  In a selfless effort to save the planet, Legoland theme parks are banning plastic straws.