RNC links ‘noted Irishman’ Beto O'Rourke's heritage to 1998 DWI arrest  —  The Republican National Committee on Sunday sent out a tweet linking Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke's Irish heritage to his 1998 drunken-driving arrest, in an attack that a scholar said raises questions …

Trump tells Fox to ‘bring back’ Jeanine Pirro; source says she was suspended for Islamophobic remarks  —  New York (CNN Business)Jeanine Pirro, whose show did not air on Saturday night, was suspended by Fox News after her widely criticized commentary doubting Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's patriotism …

Mulvaney: ‘Absurd’ to say that Trump's rhetoric influenced New Zealand attack  —  Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney defended President Donald Trump on Sunday, calling suggestions his rhetoric on immigration influenced a mass shooting last week at two mosques in New Zealand “absurd.”

Trump Renews Attacks on John McCain, Months After Senator's Death  —  WASHINGTON — Tucked between St. Patrick's Day greetings and repeat criticism of a rerun of “Saturday Night Live,” President Trump demonstrated that not even death provides a respite from his wrath on Twitter.

Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing and FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system  —  Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself.

Washington Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns  —  Washington's state Senate passed a bill this week that would drop President Trump from the state's 2020 presidential ballot until he releases his tax returns.

We Confronted Chelsea Clinton At The Christchurch Vigil.  Here's Why.  —  Yesterday we posted a video of Leen confronting Chelsea Clinton at a vigil for the victims of the white supremacist New Zealand mosque massacre.  Today, we woke up to over 100,000 people talking about it on Twitter.

Trump's 2020 map from hell  —  Recent polling in a slew of states that carried President Trump to his thin win in 2016 show him starting 2020 in a deep hole.  —  What's new: Based on demographic changes, Republicans for the first time have authentic worries about Arizona, Georgia, Texas and other states they once took for granted.

‘The Lord will get me to the right place’: Pompeo opens door to future Kansas run  —  When Mike Pompeo thinks about what's next, he thinks about Kansas.  —  He's ruled out a U.S. Senate run in 2020.  But on the eve of Pompeo's first official visit to Kansas since his meteoric rise …

‘It Is Unspeakable’: How Maduro Used Cuban Doctors to Coerce Venezuela Voters  —  Yansnier Arias knew it was wrong.  It violated the Constitution, not to mention the oath he took as a doctor in Cuba.  —  He had been sent to Venezuela by the Cuban government, one of thousands of doctors deployed …

U.S. Campaign to Ban Huawei Overseas Stumbles as Allies Resist  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's aggressive campaign to prevent countries from using Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications equipment in their next-generation wireless networks has faltered, with even some of …

Trump spy agency nominee marooned in Senate standoff  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley is accusing the Trump administration of stonewalling him over a request for documents related to the Russia investigation, and he's taking it out on the president's nominee for a critical U.S. intelligence post.

May asks MPs for ‘honourable compromises’ to back Brexit deal  —  Prime Minister Theresa May today asked Britain's MPs to “stand together as democrats and patriots” to back her Brexit deal.  —  Writing in the Telegraph, May lent heavily on the prospect that delays to Brexit could force Britain …