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

'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 …

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 …

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” …

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 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.

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.

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 …

Idolatry at the Western Wall  —  The fight against religious fundamentalism sometimes means getting spit on.  —  Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor in the Opinion section.  —  JERUSALEM — It is a strange experience to have another person spit on you.  To have an ultra-Orthodox teenager look …

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 …

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 …

Joe Biden insider says “final” decision now “imminent” on 2020 presidential election  —  Advisers to former Vice President Biden say it will be apparent within days whether he has decided to activate a presidential campaign that would likely launch by early April.

‘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 …

Exclusive: In budget, Trump to ask Congress for $8.6 billion for border wall  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday will ask the U.S. Congress for an additional $8.6 billion to help pay for his promised wall on the U.S-Mexico border to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking …

Katrina Pierson Responds to WH Diversity Question By Asking How Many Black Staffers Abraham Lincoln Had  —  When MSNBC host Al Sharpton confronted Trump campaign senior adviser Katrina Pierson about the lack of black staffers in Trump's West Wing, Pierson offered a jaw-dropping excuse …

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 …

Brexit talks “deadlocked” ahead of crucial vote  —  Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May spoke with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker Sunday evening ahead of a crucial Brexit vote, but talks between the two parties remain “deadlocked,” British media report.

GOP meddles in Democratic nomination with takedown of O'Rourke  —  A prominent conservative group is thrusting itself into the Democratic primary with a TV ad assailing Beto O'Rourke — a move that comes as Republicans consider a broader campaign to meddle in the opposing party's contest to take on President Donald Trump.

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 …

Trump Administration Steps Up Air War in Somalia  —  WASHINGTON — The American military has escalated a battle against the Shabab, an extremist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, in Somalia even as President Trump seeks to scale back operations against similar Islamist insurgencies elsewhere in the world …

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.

Dark Money Org Gave $2 Million To Group Working With Fusion GPS, Steele  — A dark money group based in California contributed $2 million to The Democracy Integrity Project, the organization that has contracted with Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele to investigate President Donald Trump.

Presidential hopeful Buttigieg calls Pence a “cheerleader for the porn star presidency”  —  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg called Vice President Pence a “cheerleader for the porn star presidency” during a CNN townhall event Sunday. … Details: Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend …

Socialism Chic  —  It's back.  And it's worse than ever.  —  “When Did Everyone Become a Socialist?” asks the cover story in last week's New York magazine.  “Everyone,” apparently, is the creative and activist class in New York and other metropolitan centers, where radical socialist blogging …