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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Mexico asks US to investigate tear gas incident at border  —  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's foreign affairs ministry has formally asked the United States government through its embassy for a thorough investigation into a Jan. 1 incident in which U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico to stop crossing migrants.

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.

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 …

White House Predicts ‘Heck of a Lot’ of Companies Sharing Apple Pain  — Apple cut sales forecast for first time in nearly two decades  — China under pressure to make deal with Trump, Hassett says  —  President Donald Trump's trade war with China will force many U.S. companies …

‘What Will I Not Miss?’  In California, a Long Farewell From Jerry Brown  —  WILLIAMS, Calif. — It's time to add another name to the farewell tour circuit in this year of Elton John, Joan Baez, Paul Simon and Ozzy Osbourne: Edmund G. Brown Jr., the governor of California.

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 …