Republicans Sink Further Into Trump's Cesspool  —  What they left out of their questioning of Michael Cohen says more about the degradation of my former party than anything they said.  —  Michael Cohen's testimony before Congress on Wednesday revealed as much about the Republican Party …

Trump's Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse Over North Korean Sanctions  — “Sometimes you have to walk,” President Trump said after he and North Korea's leader abruptly ended their meeting.  — “They were willing to denuke a large portion of the areas that we want, but we couldn't give …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on bribe and fraud charges  —  The indictment marks the first time in Israeli history that a sitting prime minister has been charged with a crime.  —  Israel's attorney general announced Thursday that his office had indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won the Cohen Hearing  —  Too many representatives chose to bloviate instead of interrogate — except for one.  —  Ms. Fredrickson is the president of the American Constitution Society.  —  On Wednesday, Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's one-time personal lawyer and …

GOP nightmare as Alabama's Roy Moore signals he might run again  —  Roy Moore, a conservative lightening rod who cost the Republican party a Senate seat in deep-red Alabama, is signaling fresh interest in mounting another campaign in 2020, sparking alarm on the right that Democratic Sen. Doug Jones …

Scoop: A new conservative media company  —  Jonah Goldberg is leaving National Review in the coming months to start a new conservative media company with Steve Hayes, who was editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard when its owner shut it down in December.  —  Details: Goldberg and Hayes tell …

The 2020 Electoral College: Our First Look  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Our initial Electoral College ratings reflect a 2020 presidential election that starts as a Toss-up.  — We start with 248 electoral votes at least leaning Republican, 244 at least leaning Democratic, and 46 votes in the Toss-up category.

LePage: Eliminating Electoral College Would Make Whites ‘A Forgotten People’  —  Former Gov. Paul LePage (R) tore apart a bill currently in the Maine state legislature that proposes essentially eliminating the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote because it would only “be minorities that elect” the President.

Trump and GOP promised economic growth much better than Obama's.  That's not what happened  — Throughout the 2016 campaign and since, the president and his party have vowed to kick-start tepid Obama-era economic growth.  — New government data show that Trump, too …

GOP Rep. Paul Gosar says climate change isn't real because of photosynthesis  —  At a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday opposing the Green New Deal, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) was asked by a young person what he is doing to address climate change.  He responded:

‘This is not a day at the beach’: Pelosi tells moderate Dems to stop voting with GOP  —  House Democrats held an emotional debate behind closed doors Thursday over how to stop losing embarrassing procedural battles with Republicans — a clash that exposed the divide between moderates and progressives.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Knew She Was Good.  She Fought to Make Sure the World Did Too  —  Ask Julia Louis-Dreyfus how much of her is in Selina Meyer, the politician she plays on HBO's Veep, and she grins.  “Tons!” she says.  Really?  Selina is profane, narcissistic, needy and disagreeable …

Dems want Acosta out over Epstein.  GOP wants to know more... Then there's Matt Gaetz  —  Democrats are calling for Labor Secretary Alex Acosta's resignation.  Republicans support an internal investigation into Acosta's role in a controversial plea deal for multimillionaire sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein in 2008.

U.S. economy grew at a strong 2.9 percent rate in 2018, but missed Trump's goal  —  The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9 percent pace last year, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, a strong rate but just shy of President Trump's goal of 3 percent.  —  Last year's growth marked …