Homeland Security Disbands Domestic Terror Intelligence Unit  —  While the body counts from domestic terror attacks mount, the analysts looking into those attacks have been moved.  —  Betsy Woodruff  —  The Department of Homeland Security has disbanded a group of intelligence analysts …

Scramble inside the West Wing over Trump's threat to close the border  —  WH Official: 'Anyone's guess' whether Trump will close border  —  Washington (CNN)There was a scramble inside the White House on Monday over President Donald Trump's threat to shut down the southern border, three people familiar with what happened tell CNN.

Joe Biden's 2020 Ukrainian nightmare: A closed probe is revived  —  View Latest Opinions >>  —  Two years after leaving office, Joe Biden couldn't resist the temptation last year to brag to an audience of foreign policy specialists about the time as vice president that he strong-armed Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor.

White House spokesman twice calls Puerto Rico ‘that country’ in TV interview  —  White House spokesman Hogan Gidley twice referred to Puerto Rico as “that country” during a television appearance Tuesday in which he defended a series of tweets by President Trump lashing out at leaders of the U.S. territory.

The Real Joe Biden Decision  —  It's not whether to run, but whether to run against the emerging consensus of his party.  —  At some point soon, Joe Biden is going to have to make two decisions.  The first is whether he wants to run for the Democratic nomination.  The second is whether he wants to win it, and at what cost.

YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant  —  A year ago, Susan Wojcicki was on stage to defend YouTube.  Her company, hammered for months for fueling falsehoods online, was reeling from another flare-up involving a conspiracy theory video about the Parkland …

NCGOP Chairman, others indicted in federal corruption probe  —  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A federal grand jury has indicted multiple people in connection with an ongoing investigation involving donations made to the North Carolina Republican Party.  —  NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes …

Tucker Carlson: ‘Chris Hayes Is What Every Man Would Be’ if Feminists Had Absolute Power  —  The Fox News host also called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘a moron.’  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson began his highly rated primetime show Monday night by taking potshots at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …

Pete Buttigieg has become a force in the Democratic primary  —  Democratic 2020 hopeful Pete Buttigieg is — by every measure — having an ascendant moment as a candidate for president.  —  Why it matters: The South Bend, Ind. mayor is generating more social media interest on a per article basis …

Rick Reilly Is Woke Now  —  The famed (and now retired) sportswriter has taken an interest in politics that he's channeled into a new book about President Donald Trump's relationship to golf.  Rick Reilly ... welcome to the Resistance?  —  Among other talents, President Donald Trump …

The Baraboo Nazi Prom Photo Shocked The World.  The City's Response Shocked Its Residents.  —  The intentions behind the Nazi salute photograph seen around the world were hardly as sinister as they first appeared.  But in Trump and Twitter's America, as one small Midwestern town discovered, image is everything.

White House Whistle-Blower Did the Unexpected: She Returned to Work  —  WASHINGTON — Tricia Newbold, the Trump administration's latest whistle-blower, did something unexpected only hours after a House committee released her deposition that the White House had overruled career staff members …

Trump Lives by Ratings.  He Won't Like This One.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has long been focused on measuring his brand, obsessively reviewing television ratings, cataloging his magazine covers and fixating on polls.  —  But Mr. Trump may not like how his brand is faring in one important metric …

Where in The U.S. Are You Most Likely to Be Audited by the IRS?  —  Humphreys County, Mississippi, seems like an odd place for the IRS to go hunting for tax cheats.  It's a rural county in the Mississippi Delta known for its catfish farms, and more than a third of its mostly African American residents are below the poverty line.

‘It Just Went Poof’: The Strange Aftermath of Virginia's Cascade of Political Scandals  —  RICHMOND, Va. — More than a dozen state lawmakers filed onto the stage, summoned by the smiling leader of their state: Ralph S. Northam, the governor of Virginia.  —  On the governor's right …

Why Trump Hasn't Seen A Post-Mueller Boost In The Polls  —  The completion of Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election was widely portrayed as a turning point in Trump's presidency.  But so far it's had little effect on his approval rating.

Trump Retreats on Health Care, Saying Republican Plan Will Appear After the 2020 Election  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump announced that Republicans would not present a health care overhaul proposal until after the 2020 election, punting on coming up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act …

Wynn Resorts Executives Tried to Hide Misconduct Allegations Against Steve Wynn, Regulators Say  —  Wynn Resorts executives and outside counsel were part of a coverup to protect founder Steve Wynn from sexual misconduct allegations, according to an investigation completed by Massachusetts regulators.

Top Democrat calling for full Mueller report had different view when Bill Clinton was investigated  —  Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is the leading Democrat demanding the release of the Mueller Report “in its entirety” without redactions.

As Trump attacked Mueller, he offered mea culpa to Rosenstein, source says  —  The president didn't go after Rosenstein the same way he went after others.  —  Four months ago, shortly after President Donald Trump's Twitter account sent out an image suggesting Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein …

A Trump mutiny?  Republican prospects warily eye 2020 presidential run  —  Steve Scheffler, who represents Iowa on the Republican National Committee, has a warning for anyone in the party hoping to deny President Trump the 2020 GOP nomination.  —  “We want to protect the integrity …

Congress fears Trump could stumble over next fiscal cliff  —  A looming battle between President Donald Trump and Democrats over government spending and the debt limit could make the 35-day government shutdown look like a blip.  —  A series of budget deadlines converge in the coming months …

Bernie Sanders has raised $18.2 million since campaign launch  —  2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday that he has raised $18.2 million from more than 900,000 individual donations since launching his campaign on Feb. 19.  —  By the numbers …

The Supreme Court's Conservatives Just Legalized Torture  —  In an appalling death penalty opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch just overturned 60 years of precedent.  —  On Monday, five justices of the Supreme Court authorized Missouri to torture a man to death.

Saudi Arabia has no intention of changing  —  It's appealing to believe that Saudi Arabia used to be better than this.  Doing so allows us to absolve ourselves of our responsibility for helping to create the current monster.  —  The conventional wisdom goes something like this …