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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Amid Scandal, Baltimore Mayor Takes Indefinite, Health-Related Leave  —  Baltimore's Mayor Catherine Pugh announced she is dealing with health challenges and will take an “indefinite leave of absence” at the same time a scandal engulfs her office involving the profits from her self-published children's books.

US auto plants would shut down within a week if border closes, economist says  —  New York (CNN Business)The entire US auto industry would shutdown within a week if President Donald Trump goes through with his pledge to close the US-Mexican border, according to a leading expert on the industry.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Julián Castro wants to radically restrict immigration enforcement  —  The first immigration platform from a 2020 Democratic candidate goes way further than a path to citizenship and the DREAM Act.  —  As President Donald Trump threatens to “close” the US-Mexico border …

‘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 …

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 …

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.

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.