Iowa Poll: Not even in the race, Joe Biden leads herd of Democrats; Bernie Sanders close behind  —  Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders lead the pack among likely Iowa caucusgoers, according to a new Iowa Poll in March 2019.  Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, Amy Klobuchar and Cory Booker also chart.

It Exists: DOJ Finds Letter Ordering Scrutiny of Uranium One, Hillary Clinton  —  Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote the letter on Nov. 22, 2017 for Utah U.S. Attorney John Huber.  Read it here.  —  Betsy Woodruff  —  After it claimed no such document existed …

Town by town, local journalism is dying in plain sight  —  WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Five minutes late, Darrell Todd Maurina sweeps into a meeting room and plugs in his laptop computer.  He places a Wi-Fi hotspot on the table and turns on a digital recorder.

A Tight and Tangled ‘Collusion’ Web  —  Most people reading this will know Sir Walter Scott's famous couplet (from the narrative poem Marmion): … Less well known, but undeservedly so, is the excellent completing couplet by J. R. Pope, published under the sly title “A Word of Encouragement”:

Company founded by Ocasio-Cortez in 2012 still owes $1,870 in taxes  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to pass sweeping tax hikes on the wealthy, but the freshman lawmaker might want to take care of her own unpaid tax bill first.  —  Brook Avenue Press, a company she founded in 2012 …

The Real Horror of the Anti-Vaxxers  —  This isn't just a public health crisis.  It's a public sanity one.  —  How many studies do you have to throw at the vaccine hysterics before they quit?  How much of a scientific consensus, how many unimpeachable experts and how exquisitely rational an argument must you present?

Massage parlor magnate helped steer Chinese to Trump NYC fundraiser, attendee says  —  A Chinese-American massage-parlor entrepreneur arranged for a group of Chinese business executives to attend a paid fundraiser for President Donald Trump in New York City at the end of 2017, according to a source who was present at the event.

A look back at Clinton's impeachment reveals the GOP's searing hypocrisy  —  John Avlon is a CNN senior political analyst and anchor.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author's own.  View more opinion articles on CNN.  —  (CNN)There's an old saying in American politics …

CNN to be sued for more than $250M over ‘vicious’ and ‘direct attacks’ on Covington High student: lawyer  —  CNN is likely to be hit with a massive lawsuit worth more than $250 million over alleged “vicious” and “direct attacks” on Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann, his lawyer has told Fox News.

Let 16-year-olds vote  —  See children confront Feinstein over Green New Deal  —  Noah Berlatsky is the author of “Nazi Dreams: Films about Fascism.”  The views expressed here are solely the author's.  View more opinion articles on CNN.  —  (CNN)My son follows the news closely; he watches John Oliver every week.

CNN's Jeff Zucker Unloads on Fox News ‘Journalists’ at SXSW: ‘They Chose to Work at Fox’  —  ‘The fact is they work at a place that has done tremendous damage to this country,’ the CNN president said at SXSW.  —  Matt Wilstein  —  AUSTIN, Texas—After the Democratic National Committee …

Trump invokes new demand for extracting billions of dollars from U.S. allies  —  In private discussions with his aides, President Trump has devised an eye-popping formula to address one of his long-standing complaints: that allies hosting U.S. forces don't pay Washington enough money.

Mueller vs Barr, and the battle to indict Trump … A good rule in journalism is, or ought to be: Never predict.  (Just report.)  So Cockburn has some explaining to do, having quoted one source saying that Robert Mueller would hand in his report yesterday.

Will Trump Trade the Future for a Hill of Beans?  —  The outlines of a potential trade deal with China suggest President Trump once again is prioritizing superficial gains over America's long-term economic interests.  —  It's easy to sell soybeans to China.  The Chinese are voracious consumers of the world's raw materials.