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 …

‘Weak’ Lindsey Graham destroyed for staying silent about Trump's ugly attacks on his friend John McCain (Updated)  —  President Donald Trump has spent two days attacking the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) but there has not been a peep of defense coming from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

U.S. Military Now Preparing to Leave as Many as 1,000 Troops in Syria  —  The policy shift comes three months after President Trump ordered a complete withdrawal and is far more than the White House originally intended.

'Let's get this party started': New Zealand shooting suspect narrated his chilling rampage  —  The recording blinked to life shortly after 1:30 p.m. Friday to reveal the ordinary gray interior of a Subaru Outback.  The overcast skies of the late New Zealand summer filtered through the windshield …

7 reporters held, ‘brutally beaten’ by Hamas for covering Gaza protests  —  UN envoy strongly condemns terror group over violent treatment of Palestinian reporters and rights activists, four of whom were hospitalized  —  Seven Palestinian journalists in Gaza were being held in custody …

‘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 …

‘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 …

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.”

It Wasn't Just Khashoggi: A Saudi Prince's Brutal Drive to Crush Dissent  —  WASHINGTON — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia authorized a secret campaign to silence dissenters — which included the surveillance, kidnapping, detention and torture of Saudi citizens …

NC GOP falsely says Democrats ‘forced’ a special election  —  After investigators found voting irregularities in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, the state Republican Party opposed the idea of a new election.  —  In November, Republican Mark Harris held a 905-vote advantage over Democrat Dan McCready.