Lawyer for Cohen Approached Trump Attorneys About Pardon  —  An attorney for Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, raised the possibility of a pardon with attorneys for the president after federal agents raided Mr. Cohen's properties in April, according to people familiar with the discussions.

AOC's chief of staff ran $1M slush fund by diverting campaign cash to his own companies  —  Two political action committees founded by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's top aide funneled over $1 million in political donations into two of his own private companies, according to a complaint filed …

Ilhan Omar is the Steve King of the left  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar has, yet again, angered many House Democrats and Jewish groups by making anti-Semitic comments over the weekend.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the rest of the leadership need to realize that Omar (D-Minn.) has become their party's version of Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).

'I'm not running': Hillary Clinton rules out 2020 bid for first time on camera in exclusive interview with News 12  —  NEW YORK -  —  Hillary Clinton ruled out a 2020 presidential run for the first time on camera in an exclusive interview with News 12, pledging instead to take an active role …

Republicans are wrong.  Transparency is possible in the Mueller investigation.  —  James Comey is a former director of the FBI and a former deputy attorney general.  —  Attorney General William P. Barr will decide how much of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's findings and conclusions …

Ex-Trump White House lawyer calls Mueller ‘hero,’ says probe is no witch hunt  —  On Congressional investigations into the White House, Ty Cobb said, “It's never gonna be over.”

Trump's Grip Shows Signs of Slipping as Senate Prepares to Block Wall Emergency  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, conceded on Monday that he could not stave off final passage of a resolution overturning President Trump's national emergency declaration …

Trump's Judicial Nominees Aren't Just Ideologues.  They're Really Young.  —  Republicans are about to confirm lifetime federal judges ages 37, 40 and 46.  —  WASHINGTON Senate Republicans voted Monday night to advance the nomination of Allison Jones Rushing, yet another …

H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic  —  Scientists have long tried to duplicate the procedure that led to the first permanent remission 12 years ago.  With the so-called London patient, they seem to have succeeded.

On Amazon, a Qanon conspiracy book climbs the charts — with an algorithmic push  —  The book is currently No. 9 in all books about politics and No. 1 in all books about “Censorship,” one slot ahead of Ray Bradbury's “Farhenheit 451,”  —  A book that pushes the conspiracy theory Qanon climbed within …

T-Mobile acknowledges its patronage of Trump's Washington hotel increased sharply after announcement of merger with Sprint  —  T-Mobile's patronage of President Trump's Washington hotel increased sharply after the announcement of its merger with its Sprint last April, with executives spending …

The left's embrace of modern monetary theory is a recipe for disaster  —  We've seen this movie before.  —  There is widespread frustration with the performance of the economy.  Traditional policy approaches are not delivering hoped-for results.  A relatively unpopular president is loathed …

Elderly Trump Critics Await Mueller's Report — Sometimes Until Their Last Breath  —  Expectations among Democrats are sky-high as reports have emerged about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation coming to an end.  —  In fact, expectations are so intense among some elderly …

Disputed N.S.A. Phone Program Is Shut Down, Aide Says  —  WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has quietly shut down a system that analyzes logs of Americans' domestic calls and texts, according to a senior Republican congressional aide, halting a program that has touched off disputes …

Sen. Jeff Merkley opts out of Democratic presidential contest and will run for reelection to Oregon seat  —  Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) has decided not to run for president, declining to join a crowded race that includes a half-dozen of his Senate colleagues.  —  Merkley announced his decision to supporters Tuesday morning.

John Bolton May Save Us All  —  on the afternoon I met John Bolton, in October, he had just arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia, and wanted to spend a few minutes at leisure.  Bolton has traveled widely, but this trip to Tbilisi was his first, so I volunteered to show him the city.

Stacey Abrams, After Narrow Loss, Has Some Decisions to Make  —  ATLANTA — Pick a strategy Democrats are considering ahead of 2020, and Stacey Abrams's narrow loss in the Georgia governor's race serves either as a blueprint or a warning sign.  —  Democrats are debating how much voting issues …

Trump's Rating on Economy Still Top Strength, Hits New High  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's rating for handling the economy, 56%, is the highest of his presidency and the highest of his approval ratings on any of 14 domestic and foreign issues tested in the latest Gallup poll.

EXCLUSIVE: Fusion GPS Founder Had Contact With State Department Official During 2016 Campaign  — Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson was in contact with a State Department official who had close contacts with dossier author Christopher Steele, according to emails recently obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.

‘Medicare for All’: The Impossible Dream  —  There's no plausible route from here to there.  —  The Brits and Canadians I know certainly love their single-payer health care systems.  If one of their politicians suggested they should switch to the American health care model, they'd throw him out the window.

Inside the Gaetz-Scott Florida feud  —  MIAMI — A feud between Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Rick Scott has broken into the open, putting two of Donald Trump's closest Florida allies at war with each other in a state that's pivotal to the president's reelection campaign.

American Woman, Divorced From Saudi Husband, Is Trapped in Saudi Arabia  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — At first, Saudi Arabia was an adventure for Bethany Vierra.  —  An American from Washington State, she taught at a women's university, started a company, married a Saudi businessman and gave birth to a curly-haired daughter, Zaina.

United States Will Terminate GSP Designation of India and Turkey  —  Washington, D.C. - At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced today that the United States intends to terminate India's and Turkey's designations …