Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered his chief of staff to grant his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, a top-secret security clearance last year, overruling concerns flagged by intelligence officials …

House Intel Will Call Trump Org Moneyman Allen Weisselberg To Testify  —  The intelligence committee has indicated for months it intends to follow Trump's money.  Allen Weisselberg keeps the Trump Organization's receipts.  —  The House intelligence community intends to call …

Hanoi Summit Failed Because Trump Refuses to Prep  —  Trump hates to prepare and likes to negotiate from the gut.  The Hanoi humiliation with Kim Jong Un was the direct result.  —  Nothing about the Hanoi summit's outcome is a surprise.  The writing was on the wall, the president just refused to read it.

Behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Masterful Interrogation Of Michael Cohen  —  The questions that won the New York congresswoman praise were the combined product of committee staff expertise, collaboration and oratory skills.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) went viral again yesterday.

Ilhan Omar Accuses Israel Hawks of ‘Allegiance to a Foreign Country’  —  Earlier this month, Representative Ilhan Omar tweeted, “It's all about the Benjamins, baby!” in response to a report about AIPAC, a pro-Israel organization.  Omar's tweet echoed a longstanding anti-Semitic trope …

GOP opposition to emergency declaration grows as Trump warns lawmakers  —  GOP opposition to President Trump's emergency declaration at the border grewin the Senate Thursday, even as Trump warned that fellow Republicans who vote to overturn it are putting themselves “at great jeopardy” politically.

Brian Williams may score top time slot after late-night rating success … Brian Williams could come back from TV news exile, Page Six is told.  —  The anchor was booted from the “NBC Nightly News” in 2015 after it was revealed that he'd embellished some stories with fictional details …

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The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy  —  It has not stood the test of time.  Quite the opposite.  —  It's still well under the radar, but the movement to circumvent the Electoral College gained ground this week.  On Sunday, Jared Polis, the governor of Colorado …

How a Private Israeli Intelligence Firm Spied on Pro-Palestinian Activists in the U.S.  —  Hatem Bazian, a veteran pro-Palestinian activist in his fifties, lives with his family on a quiet street in North Berkeley, near the campus of the University of California, where he lectures.

Trump's 2020 money machine in disrepair  —  President Donald Trump wants to raise $1 billion for his reelection.  But his top advisers worry that the super PAC at the center of that effort is hurting, lacking a high-wattage leader who can cajole millionaire and billionaire donors to fork over huge sums.

Netanyahu to stand trial for bribery and breach of trust, pending hearing  —  AG's decision is legal bombshell ahead of April 9 elections, marks first time in Israel's history that serving PM is told he faces criminal charges; premier to speak at 8 p.m.  —  In a move that drastically shakes …