Defender of World Order or Trump Mouthpiece?  Pompeo Is Tested by North Korea, Iran and U.S. Allies  —  WARSAW — In the eyes of Mike Pompeo, the day was shaping up to be one of his most commanding displays of diplomacy since becoming secretary of state.  Months of planning had finally yielded …

After Stinging Presidential Loss, Popular Vote Movement Gains Momentum In States  —  An attempt at an Electoral College workaround is gaining momentum in the Mountain West.  —  Democrats in Colorado and New Mexico are pushing ahead with legislation to pledge their 14 collective electoral votes …

White House to select federal scientists to reassess government climate findings, sources say  —  The White House plans to create an ad hoc group of select federal scientists to reassess the government's analysis of climate science and counter its conclusions that the continued burning …

What triggered the escalation of US-Venezuela policy?  —  For two decades the US was powerless to alter the course of Venezuela's socialist rule.  But, in recent weeks Trump has turned the screws on the Maduro regime.  So, what changed?  How a casual meeting at Trump Tower and a photo op …

Schiff: ‘We will bring Bob Mueller in to testify’ if report not made public  —  House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff on Sunday threatened to call Robert Mueller to Capitol Hill and subpoena his investigative findings if Attorney General William Barr does not make public the special counsel's highly anticipated report.

With women in combat roles, a federal court rules the male-only draft unconstitutional  —  A federal judge in Texas has declared that the all-male military draft is unconstitutional, ruling that “the time has passed” for a debate on whether women belong in the military.

Andrew McCabe's Countdown to the Mueller Report  —  In his new book, the former acting director of the F.B.I. speaks with bracing directness about what was going on in the Trump-Russia investigation and why it matters.  —  In “Seven Days in May,” a popular novel from the early nineteen-sixties …

‘The Monsters Are the Men’: Inside a Thriving Sex Trafficking Trade in Florida  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Something was amiss at a massage parlor near one of the wealthiest barrier islands in Florida.  —  First, a health inspector spotted several suitcases.  Then she noticed an unusual stash of clothing, food and bedding.

The Loud Silence of Mueller's Manafort Memo  —  A nation is waiting, with no clear sense of timing or resolution, to learn whether its leader is a foreign agent of a hostile power.  But the director of this epic tale seems determined to jerk everyone around.  —  Expectations of imminent revelation are routinely deflated.

The Hard Lessons of Dianne Feinstein's Encounter with the Young Green New Deal Activists  —  One imagines that Senator Dianne Feinstein would like a do-over of her colloquy with some young people on Friday afternoon.  A group of school students, at least one as young as seven …

Trump Vents Frustration With Trade Czar as China Talks Continue  — China hawk Robert Lighthizer has been leading trade talks  — March 1 deadline for tariff increase looms ever closer  —  President Donald Trump and his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, have grown increasingly frustrated …

Trump's end run on defense spending  —  President Donald Trump is preparing to ask Congress for yet another increase in defense spending in the coming weeks.  But his plan would evade federal budget limits by stashing nearly a quarter of that money in an off-the-books account …

Rahm's retirement sets off wild Chicago scramble  —  CHICAGO — The Daleys collectively ruled Chicago for a total of four decades, dating back to the 1950s.  Now, after a brief interregnum, the family reign might be extended.  —  Bill Daley, the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama …