Nancy Pelosi on Impeaching Trump: 'He's Just Not Worth It'  —  Nancy Pelosi stands up in her spacious office in the U.S. Capitol, walks past an enormous window with a commanding view of the Mall and the Washington Monument, and picks up a small plaque from her desk.

Trump proposes $4.7 trillion budget with domestic cuts, $8.6 billion in new funding for border wall  —  President Trump is releasing a $4.7 trillion budget plan Monday that stands as a sharp challenge to Congress and the Democrats trying to unseat him, the first act in a multi-front struggle …

Fox News under fire  —  Fox News has enjoyed record ratings over the past two years, but its close ties to the president and its commitment to right-wing opinion coverage is putting the network on the brink.  —  Driving the news: A series of damning reports over the past week has forced Fox News …

Tucker Carlson Defended Statutory Rape in 2015 With Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes  —  The Fox News star dismissed his past defense of statutory rape as being ‘more than a decade ago.’ But more video shows he's done it more recently.  —  Tucker Carlson, the 49-year-old Fox News primetime star …

Democrats Choose Milwaukee for 2020 National Convention  —  The Democratic Party has selected Milwaukee to hold its 2020 national convention, choosing to nominate its challenger to President Trump in the key battleground state of Wisconsin.

Federal court moves to unseal documents in Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal  —  A federal court of appeals in New York on Monday took the first step in unsealing documents that could reveal evidence of an international sex trafficking operation allegedly run by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein …

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 French Genocide That Has Been Air-Brushed From History  —  On March 4 2011, the French historian Reynald Secher discovered documents in the National Archives in Paris confirming what he had known since the early 1980s: there had been a genocide during the French Revolution.1 Historians …

'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 …

Incendiary N.R.A. Videos Find New Critics: N.R.A. Leaders  —  The flash point was Thomas the Tank Engine.  —  Last September, the National Rifle Association's famously combative spokeswoman, Dana Loesch, provoked widespread outrage when she took to the gun group's streaming service …

FEC fines Jeb Bush super PAC over foreign donation  —  Campaign finance regulators also fined a Chinese-owned company.  —  The Federal Election Commission on Monday doled out $940,000 in fines to the super PAC that backed Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential bid and a Chinese-owned corporation that made illegal donations to it.

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 …

White House rejects Cummings' request to interview former official  —  Cummings: Want more info on Ivanka's security clearance after CNN report  —  (CNN)The White House is rejecting House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings' request to interview a former White House official who now represents …

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 …

Whitaker to return to House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday  —  Audible gasps as Whitaker clashes with chairman  —  (CNN)Former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is slated to return Wednesday to the House Judiciary Committee after Democrats demanded he provide more details …

Stacey Abrams: ‘2020 is definitely on the table’  —  Washington (CNN)Stacey Abrams, a rising star in the Democratic Party, said Monday it was possible she could seek her party's presidential nomination next year.  —  Abrams' comment came after an interview at the South by Southwest conference in Texas …

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 …

In Leaked Chats, Nebraska GOP Gov's Field Director Pushed White Nationalist  —  Bennett Bressman has “more compassion for small dogs than illegals” and claims his “whole political ideology revolves around harming journalists.”  He uses the n-word freely and cracks jokes about the Holocaust.

Black Lawmakers to Block Legalized Marijuana in N.Y. if Their Communities Don't Benefit  —  Black lawmakers and activists are blocking a push to legalize recreational marijuana in New York, warning that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal could perpetuate the racial inequality that it purports to fight.

Reminder: The president regularly spends the weekend hobnobbing privately with rich clients  —  President Trump returned to the White House from his private resort in Florida on Sunday.  In total, Trump has spent all or part of 42 weekend days at the resort since his inauguration …

President Trump won a 2018 club championship — without actually playing in it!  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump takes great pride in his golf game.  Shinzo Abe and Tiger Woods and countless others can tell you about that.  He once tweeted “I don't cheat at golf” …

A top US diplomat just laid out the new approach to North Korea.  It's doomed.  —  Stephen Biegun told a Washington audience that “we are not going to do denuclearization incrementally.”  —  The top US diplomat tasked with negotiating with North Korea just laid out a denuclearization plan that's destined to fail.

Elizabeth Warren Is Running for President.  The Other 2020 Democrats Are Just Jockeying for Position.  —  Her proposal to break up the tech monopolists is only the latest example of a campaign that's pointing to a better way forward for Democrats.  —  Michael Tomasky

Syrian forces use widespread sexual violence to humiliate and silence male prisoners, new report says  —  BEIRUT — Syrian government forces are using widespread sexual violence to humiliate and silence male prisoners, psychologists and a monitoring group said Monday, offering a rare window …