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

Russia has formally charged Paul Whelan, an American citizen, with espionage, Interfax news agency reports  —  Russian investigative agencies on Thursday indicted Whelan, a 48-year-old former U.S. Marine, on charges of spying, Interfax cited an informed source as saying.

Even the Trump-hostile GOP establishment questions Romney's presidential tongue-lashing  —  A Republican establishment impatient with President Trump but uninterested in fomenting an intraparty crackup ahead of 2020 is questioning Mitt Romney's motivation for issuing a scathing takedown of the president.

Welcome to the new Congress.  We've never seen anything like it  —  The new class changing the face of Congress  —  Washington (CNN)The 116th class of Congress broke barriers before its members even set foot in Washington.  —  One example: Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat …

Trump Defends Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan for Some Reason  —  In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded neighboring Afghanistan.  The American interpretation of this invasion, shared by both parties, is that the Soviets were propping up a faltering communist client state, following the …

To beat Trump, Democrats must counter his lies with realistic solutions  —  Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, is former governor of Virginia.  —  As I traveled around the country campaigning for Democrats this past year, one of my takeaways was that there is an overwhelming desire among voters for a return to reality.

‘New Chapter’ in Space Exploration as China Reaches Far Side of the Moon  —  BEIJING — China reached a milestone in space exploration on Thursday, landing a vehicle on the far side of the moon for the first time in history, the country's space agency announced.

Sanders allies contrite, defiant amid harassment allegations  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his chief lieutenants are offering contrition and defiance as they face allegations of sexual harassment that plagued his last presidential campaign and now threaten to derail a second White House bid before it begins.

The 10 new Democratic House committee chairs who are about to make Trump's life hell  —  2019 will be a year of investigations.  —  The Trump administration's free ride from Congress is over.  —  New Democratic House committee chairs are set to launch subpoena-powered investigations …

Coming to Terms with the Impeachment Process: The Case for Starting a Formal Inquiry  —  The day after Donald Trump's inauguration, Peter Wehner wrote with some restraint that the new president “is unlikely to be contained by norms”— that is, by those practices or customs that politicians …

AP Exclusive: A reckoning is underway in US Catholic Church  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children in an unprecedented public reckoning spurred …

A Trump County Confronts the Administration Amid a Rash of Child Cancers  —  JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. — The children fell ill, one by one, with cancers that few families in this suburban community had ever heard of.  An avid swimmer struck down by glioblastoma, which grew a tumor in her brain.

Michael Savage, facing death threats, heads to secret location  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  City, state and federal agencies are taking a look at a vicious, hateful email sent a restaurant frequented by talk radio icon Michael Savage that threatens to shoot up the establishment if he's not denied future service.

Remarks by President Trump in Cabinet Meeting  —  THE PRESIDENT: Okay.  Thank you very much.  Thank you all for being here and joining the first Cabinet meeting of 2019.  It's going to be a very exciting year.  I think it's going to be a very good year.