In unearthed audio, Tucker Carlson makes numerous misogynistic and perverted comments  —  During interviews on Bubba The Love Sponge, Carlson said he “love[s]” the idea of young girls sexually experimenting, used sexist terms to refer to a number of women, and defended statutory rape

Netanyahu-Trump Partnership Is Stronger Than Ever.  Are These Its Final Days?  —  JERUSALEM — In his increasingly uphill re-election battle, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's secret weapon is no secret.  —  It's President Trump.  —  Giant campaign billboards went up in Tel Aviv …

'He's not taking me to Washington?'  Michael Cohen furious at snub: Stormy Daniels' former lawyer  —  Keith Davidson, the former attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, detailed his role in negotiating hush-money deals to keep both women quiet …

The week that could reveal Mueller's end-game  —  Buckle up: The next five days could reveal how the Mueller probe will play out.  —  Paul Manafort will know how long he'll be serving in prison, closing the book on special counsel Robert Mueller's most visible legal fight.

Former Gillibrand aide resigned in protest over handling of sex harassment claims  —  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), one of the most outspoken advocates of the #MeToo movement who has made fighting sexual misconduct a centerpiece of her presidential campaign, spent last summer pressing legislators …

The Six Wings Of The Democratic Party  —  There's a lot of news right now about conflicts within the Democratic Party, and similar stories will likely continue to pop up for the next two years.  Much of this is normal and unsurprising.  The American political system has only two major parties …

Scoop: Trump lied to RNC donors about “Tim Apple” video  —  Republican donors in attendance called it one of Trump's weirdest lies ever.  On Friday night, under a tent erected over the pool at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, President Trump claimed the media were spreading “fake news” …

UK prime minister fights to save Brexit deal  —  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May refused to admit defeat for her European Union divorce deal Monday, despite deadlocked talks with the bloc a day before Parliament is scheduled to vote on the plan.

Beto O'Rourke Moves Toward a 2020 Race He Could Upend, Ready or Not  —  Beto O'Rourke has driven alone across the plains, straining to find his emotional bearings — or at least a Pancake House in Liberal, Kan. He has collected an “El Pasoan of the Year” award, before a modest audience …

Yes, Trump is target of ‘presidential harassment’  —  President Trump often complains that he is the victim of “presidential harassment” — or, as he sometimes puts it, “PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!”  —  “Presidential Harassment by ‘crazed’ Democrats at the highest level in the history of our Country,” Trump tweeted on March 3.

‘F—ing insane’: De Blasio allies warn against 2020 run  —  NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio may be thinking of running for president, but many of those closest to him aren't on board.  —  As de Blasio touted his liberal record in Iowa and South Carolina in recent weeks …

‘Wonder Woman’ takes on Netanyahu with anti-racism post on Instagram  —  JERUSALEM — It looks like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might have gone and upset Wonder Woman.  —  With less than a month to go before Israelis head to the polls on April 9, the long-serving leader …

Will the Masses Finally See Fox News for What It Is?  —  The unholy union between the president and Rupert Murdoch's propaganda network is under fresh scrutiny  —  Less than one week after New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer published a thoroughly reported exposé about Fox News …

Defying Congress, Trump Plans to Renew Fight for Border Wall Funding  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump, undaunted by perhaps the most bruising defeat of his tenure, plans to kick off a fresh effort on Monday to pressure Congress to pay for a wall along the southwestern border …

If Liberals Won't Enforce Borders, Fascists Will  —  I. The Wave That's Still Building  —  Through much of the 20th century, the United States received comparatively few immigrants.  In the 60 years from 1915 until 1975, nearly a human lifetime, the United States admitted fewer immigrants than arrived …

If Trump blows up NAFTA, he'll blow up his reelection  —  THE U.S. economy is in excellent shape, a disappointing February job growth report notwithstanding.  The unemployment rate is only 3.8 percent; inflation is under control.  Both real wages and productivity growth have recently improved.

Democrats Push to Make Washington, D.C., the Fifty-first State  —  In the coming days, the House will vote on, and likely pass, H.R. 51, a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the fifty-first state.  The bill, which has two hundred co-sponsors, was introduced by Eleanor Holmes Norton …

Airlines ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes after Ethiopian air crash  —  (CNN)Airlines in multiple countries have suspended the use of Boeing's new 737 MAX 8 aircraft over concerns about its safety, after an Ethiopian Airlines flight of the same model crashed Sunday killing all 157 people on board.

I'm so, so, so sorry: A Baby Boomer apologizes on behalf of his generation  —  As a professor and dean for the last 30 years, I have sought, with varying degrees of success, to prepare some of you for the world into which you were to graduate.  My generation has been curating that world …

Dems have started the gears of impeachment.  Can they still turn back?  —  For House Democrats, impeaching President Donald Trump is both inevitable and impossible.  —  Democrats anticipate they will gather plenty of evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors on the president's part …