Former senior national security officials to issue declaration on national emergency  —  A bipartisan group of 58 former senior national security officials will issue a statement Monday saying that “there is no factual basis” for President Trump's proclamation of a national emergency to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

How Trump's hawkish approach to Venezuela was spurred by a chance Oval Office encounter  —  Many observers see Trump's hawkish approach to Venezuela as a foreign policy aberration.  In reality, though, it's pure Trump.  Over a week of interviews, people with intimate knowledge …

Kamala Harris attracts crowds in Iowa, but leaves questions about what she believes  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Kamala is here.  The news spread quickly on Friday evening through the lobby of a downtown Des Moines hotel, where out-of-town progressives attending a political training and Iowans …

Trump to Legal Team: Stay for Coming Legal Hellscape  —  The president has made private admissions that federal investigations bedeviling his first term in office will be haunting him for possibly years to come.  —  Late last year, over the course of three separate conversations …

Warren shuts down donor dinners, insider access  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced Monday her campaign will shun fundraising through some of the old-fashioned means: dinners, donor calls and cocktail parties.  —  In an email to supporters Monday, Warren also said she won't sell access …

Concerns rise over Neomi Rao, Trump's D.C. Circuit nominee  —  A new obstacle has emerged in the path to Neomi Rao replacing Brett Kavanaugh on the powerful D.C. Circuit Court.  —  The state of play: A source close to the White House confirmation process told me that Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has …

Where in the world does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez live? … She may be America's most famous freshman congresswoman, but in New York, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a virtual ghost.  —  She has no district office and no local phone number, unlike the state's three other freshman members.

Robert Kraft, Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and a day of reckoning for America's billionaires  —  He could have gone anywhere, but Robert Kraft — one of the 100 richest men in America, owner of the Super Bowl champion (sigh) New England Patriots — went to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa …

Ex-Clinton staffers slam Sanders over private jet flights  —  In his campaign launch video last week, Bernie Sanders singled out the fossil fuel industry for criticism, listing it among the special interests he planned to take on.  But in the final months of the 2016 campaign …

Dianne Feinstein Doesn't Need a Do-Over  —  On Friday morning in San Francisco, the Sunrise Movement faced off against the Sunset Movement—and the Sunset Movement won.  It won big.  —  A group of jackbooted tots and aggrieved teenagers showed up at the local office of Dianne Feinstein …

Virginia's Fairfax compares himself to lynching victims  —  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Embattled Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax compared himself to Jim Crow-era lynching victims in a surprise speech Sunday, as he resists widespread calls to resign prompted by allegations of sexual assault.

Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ is the worst best picture winner since ‘Crash’ … “Green Book” is the worst best picture Oscar winner since “Crash,” and I don't make the comparison lightly.  —  Like that 2005 movie, Peter Farrelly's interracial buddy dramedy is insultingly glib and hucksterish …

Vietnam vows ‘maximum level’ security for Trump-Kim summit  —  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on an armored train barreling through China toward Vietnam's capital, and U.S. President Donald Trump about to board a jet for Hanoi, Vietnamese officials scrambled Monday …

Former Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran announces primary challenge to Rep. Diana DeGette  —  Duran: “It is time for something new & different.”  —  Denver7  —  Former Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran will challenge longtime Congresswoman Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary …

Roger Stone's Proud Boys “Volunteers” Have Been Defending Him Online After The Judge Entered A Gag Order  —  WASHINGTON - Questioned in court last week about his recent Instagram post featuring a photo of the judge presiding over his case with what resembled a crosshairs symbol …

Putin's One Weapon: The ‘Intelligence State’  —  Russia's leader has restored the role its intelligence agencies had in the Soviet era — keep citizens in check and destabilize foreign adversaries.  —  Mr. Sipher, a former chief of station for the C.I.A., worked for more than 27 years in Russia and other parts of Europe and Asia.