California's Rep. Brad Sherman to introduce impeachment measure … Rep. Brad Sherman plans to introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump on Thursday, the first day of Democratic control of the House.  —  Sherman (D-Northridge) is reintroducing a measure that he first rolled out in 2017.

Here's who I'd like to see run for president.  (Hint: It's not me)  —  Voters want Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders to run in the 2020 Presidential election, a new poll suggests.  Veuer's Sam Berman has the full story.  —  Former Democratic candidate makes his pick for 2020

GOP senator calls on Congress to end shutdown without border deal  —  Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who faces a potentially tough re-election in 2020, says Congress should re-open the federal government, even without a deal on funding President Trump's border wall.

White House Mulls Jim Webb, Ex-Democratic Senator, as Next Defense Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering Jim Webb, a former Democratic senator and Reagan-era secretary of the Navy, to be the next defense secretary, according to three officials …

Justice Dept. investigating whether Zinke lied to inspector general  —  The Justice Department's public integrity section is examining whether newly departed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied to his agency's inspector general investigators, according to three people familiar with the matter …

Trump Allies Try to Rig the 2020 GOP Nomination … Trump supporters on the Republican National Committee jumped to argue for changing party rules to aid Trump's renomination prospects in 2020.  In particular, Jevon Williams, national committeeman from the Virgin Islands …

First On Nancy Pelosi's Agenda: Attacking Free Expression  —  I have zero interest in financially supporting any politician, much less ones I find morally unpalatable.  Yet Democrats want to force me, and every other American taxpayer, to contribute, as a matter of public policy, to the campaigns of candidates we disagree with.

The weirdly quiet White House  —  Had everything gone to plan, President Trump would have spent Christmas and New Year's Eve at Mar-a-Lago, his private resort in Palm Beach, Fla., as he usually does.  He was all set to go, to join his wife and son there, when, in the middle of December …

Paul Whelan, American Accused of Spying, Is Said to Be Charged in Russia  —  MOSCOW — The Russian authorities have brought espionage charges against an American citizen, Paul N. Whelan, who faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, the news agency Interfax reported on Thursday.

Why Is Trump Spouting Russian Propaganda?  —  It was only one moment in a 90-minute stream of madness.  —  President Donald Trump convened a Cabinet meeting, at which he invited all its members to praise him for his stance on the border wall and the government shutdown.

Undocumented Worker Says Trump Resort Shielded Her From Secret Service  —  A former employee of the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey said that her name was removed from a list of workers to be vetted by the Secret Service after she reminded management that she was unlawfully in the United States …

Full Shutdown of L Train to Be Halted by Cuomo  —  [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]  —  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to announce Thursday that the L train subway tunnel will not fully shut down in April as planned in what would have been one of the …

Feds charge powerful Ald.  Edward Burke with attempted extortion  —  Ald.  Edward Burke has been charged with attempted extortion after the FBI raided his City Hall and Southwest Side ward offices.  —  Longtime Ald.  Edward Burke, one of Chicago's most powerful figures and a vestige …

NBC News veteran warns of ‘Trump circus’ in 2,228-word farewell  —  New York (CNN Business)There are goodbye notes — and then there's William Arkin's frustrated farewell to NBC News.  —  Arkin's 2,228-word memo to his colleagues says that his time at NBC News has been “gratifying.”

The interview Egypt's government doesn't want on TV  —  In an interview with 60 Minutes the Egyptian government later asked not be shown, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi denies estimates of 60,000 political prisoners in his country.  See the full interview, Sunday, January 6 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Trey Gowdy swears off politics as he joins power firm Nelson Mullins in Greenville  —  Former U.S. Congressman Trey Gowdy, who elevated his profile in American politics leading several high-profile government investigations, has joined the Greenville office of power law firm Nelson, Mullins …

Trump Has Officially Made ‘Conservative Ethics’ an Oxymoron  —  The conservative intelligentsia initially greeted the rise of Donald Trump with revulsion.  After some of them peeled off, a minority remained within the party tent on the grounds that they could support Trump's policy goals without endorsing his grotesque character.

China Travel Advisory  —  Exercise increased caution in China due to arbitrary enforcement of local laws as well as special restrictions on dual U.S.-Chinese nationals.  —  Chinese authorities have asserted broad authority to prohibit U.S. citizens from leaving China by using 'exit bans …

Saudi Arabia says 5 face death penalty in Khashoggi killing  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday it will seek the death penalty against five suspects in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a killing that has seen members …

NewsBusters Staffer Locked from Twitter for Mocking Drunk Don Lemon [UPDATED]  —  EDITOR'S NOTE, 3:41 p.m. Eastern: Roughly 15 hours after being locked out of his Twitter account, Twitter restored access to our colleague Nick Fondacaro's Twitter account.  Twitter did not delete the tweet …

Google shifted $23 billion to tax haven Bermuda in 2017: filing  —  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Google moved 19.9 billion euros ($22.7 billion) through a Dutch shell company to Bermuda in 2017, as part of an arrangement that allows it to reduce its foreign tax bill, according to documents filed at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce.

The Bad Stuff That the Stock Market Worried About Is Starting to Happen  — From Apple's sales warnings to an ISM miss, it's piling up  — ‘Fundamentals are strong’ has been rallying cry against rout  —  All of a sudden, the fundamentals aren't looking as strong.