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.

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 …

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 …

The very odd game theory of the 2020 GOP presidential primary  —  Mitt Romney is not running for president.  But he's also not not running for president.  —  In case you haven't noticed, some Republicans are acting very peculiarly about the 2020 presidential race.

Elizabeth Warren is closing her joint fundraising committee as she urges Democrats to shun big money in the 2020 presidential election  — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is closing her joint fundraising committee as she urges fellow Democratic candidates for president to reject money from political action committees.

Why Is Trump Spouting Russian Propaganda?  —  It was only one moment in a 90-minute stream of madness.  —  President 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.

New Muslim congresswoman to be sworn in with Thomas Jefferson's centuries-old Quran  —  When incoming U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is sworn into office Thursday, she will use Thomas Jefferson's centuries-old Quran.  —  Some might be shocked that Jefferson owned an English-translated Quran that dates back to 1734.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Crimson on Capitol Hill: 116th  —  THE SENATE TILTS RED, the House blue for Harvard degree-program alumni or matriculants in the 116th Congress.  The GOP roster now has eight senators (up two) and six representatives (down one); across the aisle are six senators (down one) and 32 representatives (up 3).

How to End Government Shutdowns, Forever  —  As the third government shutdown of the Donald J. Trump presidency drags on, the miserable effects are piling up.  Federal workers, hundreds of thousands of whom are furloughed, are struggling to pay their bills and picking up temporary gigs to make ends meet …

House Democrats slip abortion language into bill to end partial shutdown  —  House Democrats have inserted language to expand abortion access into a bill to end the partial government shutdown set for a vote Thursday.  —  The spending bill would repeal a provision instituted by President Trump …

Germany's Leading Magazine Published Falsehoods About American Life  —  A reporter with Der Spiegel fabricated information in more than a dozen articles—most of which were meant to reveal America's brutality.  —  Visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution