‘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.

Trump's Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse, and Both Sides Point Fingers  —  HANOI, Vietnam — President Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, abruptly ended their second summit meeting on Thursday after talks collapsed with the two leaders failing to agree on any steps toward nuclear disarmament …

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 …

Videos of Mark Meadows saying ‘send Obama home to Kenya’ resurface hours after he's accused of racist stunt  —  The most emotionally fraught moment during the Michael Cohen hearing had nothing directly to do with President Trump's former lawyer but was a tense exchange after one lawmaker accused another …

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 …

Hawley, under pressure from right, overcomes qualms about Trump judicial nominee  —  WASHINGTON  —  After a week of pressure, Sen. Josh Hawley joined his fellow Republicans in advancing President Donald Trump's nominee to a prestigious seat on the federal bench.

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.

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 …

Under Peace Plan, U.S. Military Would Exit Afghanistan Within Five Years  —  WASHINGTON — All American troops would withdraw from Afghanistan over the next three to five years under a new Pentagon plan being offered in peace negotiations that could lead to a government in Kabul that shares power with the Taliban.

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 …

Cory Booker introduces bill to legalize marijuana nationwide, with support from fellow 2020 candidates  — Sen. Cory Booker introduced a bill on Thursday to legalize marijuana nationwide as he mounts his 2020 presidential campaign.  — Co-sponsors include fellow 2020 contenders Elizabeth Warren …

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.

Senate confirms Andrew Wheeler as EPA administrator  —  The Senate has voted 52-47, mostly along party lines, to confirm former coal lobbyist and current acting EPA administrator to permanently head up the agency.  —  Why it matters: Wheeler has acknowledged climate change is a problem …

The politicisation of white evangelical Christianity is hurting it  —  A group of disenchanted evangelicals, the “exvies”, is among the denomination's biggest threats  —  Arms outstretched, the congregation at Hyde Park Baptist Church welcomed the Holy Spirit into their two-storey, stained-glass sanctuary.