It's not the Democrats who'll have a problem addressing impeachment  —  We do not know the underlying contents or even the barest conclusions of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's final report as of this writing.  The range of outcomes for President Trump run from a declaration by Mueller that …

These Are All of the Other Investigations Donald Trump Faces  —  While Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his confidential report to the Justice Department on Friday, the investigations surrounding President Donald Trump and his associates are far from over.

Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good  —  Screens used to be for the elite.  Now avoiding them is a status symbol.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Bill Langlois has a new best friend.  She is a cat named Sox.  She lives on a tablet, and she makes him so happy that when he talks about her arrival in his life, he begins to cry.

It's official: Russiagate is this generation's WMD  —  The Iraq war faceplant damaged the reputation of the press.  Russiagate just destroyed it  —  Note to readers: in light of news that Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation is complete, I'm releasing this chapter of Hate Inc. early, with a few new details added up top.

How to Understand the End of the Mueller Investigation (Hint: You Can't Yet)  —  I have a confession: I don't understand the reaction to the news of the Mueller investigation's end.  I don't understand the evident glee among some of the president's defenders.  I don't understand the gloom among some of the president's critics.

Palestinian writer has fingers smashed in Gaza beating  —  Publisher says Atef Abu Saif, also a spokesperson for Fatah, almost killed by masked men  —  Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza  —  A UK publisher has condemned an attack by masked men in Gaza on a Palestinian writer …

It's Mueller time but don't forget: Trump has undermined the very idea of America  —  Partisan fury over the special counsel's report may obscure the ways the president has damaged our democracy  —  We may never know for sure whether Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir Putin to obtain Russia's help …

The Most Powerful Activist in America Is Dying  —  The last few times Ady Barkan got arrested in the U.S. Capitol building, the routine had a few new twists.  Officers no longer handcuffed him, since he had lost nearly all his capacity for movement.  They just put a bracelet on one of his wrists to show he was in custody.

The great political parachute  —  Sure, the market for Democratic presidential candidates is getting a little saturated.  So why are some Democrats still thinking of jumping in?  Because there's almost never a downside to running.  —  The big picture: It doesn't have to be someone …

Trump's U.N. pick showered key GOP senators with donations  —  If Ambassador Kelly Craft ends up before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for the ritual grilling of presidential nominees, she'll be looking back at some of her favorite Republican senators.

Booker wrestles with primary field lurching left  —  At the end of January, Cory Booker was emphatic in his defense of the filibuster.  “We should not be doing anything to mess” with it, he said.  —  By springtime, the New Jersey Democrat had softened his stance considerably: “That door is not closed.”

‘A punch in the gut’: Farmers hit by tariffs see crops swept away by flood  —  SIDNEY, Iowa — His farm is still cut off by floodwaters, so Iowa soybean farmer Pat Sheldon had to view the damage from the air.  On a helicopter ride over what seemed like an endless stretch of water …