The Reluctance of Bernie Sanders to Release His Damn Tax Returns Is Part of a Bigger Issue  —  Why hasn't Bernie Sanders just released his damn tax returns already?  —  It's a question that's something of a Rorschach test for Democratic primary voters.  For veterans of the great war of 2016 …

‘No Celebrities’: Embarrassing Turnout at Trump's Beverly Hills Fundraiser  —  Tickets for the event allegedly started at $15,000 and went as high as $150,000.  —  BEVERLY HILLS, California—Late Friday afternoon, Donald Trump landed in Los Angeles for a re-election fundraiser.

Former U.S. Senator Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings has died  —  One of South Carolina's political titans has passed.  —  Ernest F. Hollings died on Saturday.  —  Hollings was 97.  —  Better known as “Fritz” Hollings, the South Carolina Democrat served in the state's House of Representatives before becoming Lieutenant Governor in 1954.

Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski might have been a woman or intersex  —  Researchers noticed the Polish officer's delicate bone structure after the skeleton was extracted from the Pulaski monument in Savannah, Georgia.  —  Casimir Pulaski, hero of the Revolutionary War and the pride …

Congress' new Mueller fight: Do Dems need to begin impeachment to see secret files?  —  Do Democrats have to begin the process of impeaching President Donald Trump in order to access special counsel Robert Mueller's secrets?  —  That legal debate began raging inside the House Judiciary Committee …

3 Black Churches Have Burned in 10 Days in a Single Louisiana Parish  —  ATLANTA — Three historically black churches have burned in less than two weeks in one south Louisiana parish, where officials said they had found “suspicious elements” in each case.  The officials have not ruled …

Pelosi outlines a path to victory for House Democrats in 2020 — and guarantees it  —  Barely three months into her second turn in charge, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already mapped out a plan to overwhelm Republicans in the 2020 elections.  —  “I'm going to have our races won by this November,” the California Democrat said.

Trump raises eyebrows by saying, ‘We should get rid of judges’  —  A reporter asked Donald Trump this morning why, after all of his rhetoric, he didn't close the border like he said he would.  The president replied: … On the first point, the idea that Mexico is suddenly implementing policies …

Biden, Honorable Patriot, Should Side With Restraint  —  It's mean out there.  Retrospective judgment makes no allowance for changed mores.  —  I watched Joe Biden at the Munich Security Conference earlier this year.  “We will be back, we will be back,” he declared.

Whatever Happened to the Israeli Left?  On the eve of the Jewish state's elections, an appraisal of the battered opposition.  —  Barreling down a barely existent road in the South Hebron Hills, as I sit in the passenger seat of Nasser Nawaja's well-worn Dacia Duster, the conversation turns to the fate of the Holy Land.

The Deep Rot Exposed by the Biden Flap  —  The problem isn't too much hugging but the rancor and triviality of our political debate

We already knew Barr's summary was too easy on Trump.  Public records prove it.  —  Court filings and congressional testimony show the attorney general left out a lot of Mueller's findings.  —  When Attorney General William P. Barr released a four-page memo two weeks ago opining that …

Free speech means I don't have to be nice to Devin Nunes on Twitter.  So why's he suing me?  —  I didn't act like Miss Congeniality toward a member of Congress.  He's upset that I did my job, so now he's trying to stifle my free speech and yours.  —  CONNECT

The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy.  It Didn't Go Well.  —  Ten years ago, the tax agency formed a special team to unravel the complex tax-lowering strategies of the nation's wealthiest people.  But with big money — and Congress — arrayed against the team, it never had a chance.

What's at Risk if the Fed Becomes as Partisan as the Rest of Washington  —  The credibility of the Federal Reserve around the world has been built over decades.  —  Politicians have had strong opinions on what the Federal Reserve should and shouldn't do throughout its 105-year history.

The Latest: Jury rejects Harry Reid therapy band injury case  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's injury lawsuit against the maker of an exercise band (all times local):  —  A jury in Las Vegas rejected former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's lawsuit against an exercise band maker …

Ex-spy Valerie Plame eyeing return to Washington — as a member of Congress  —  Valerie Plame, the former CIA officer whose identity was leaked in 2003 by members of the George W. Bush administration, is seriously considering running for Congress in New Mexico in 2020.

Republican Senator John Kennedy Suggests Someone Could Be ‘Killed’ if Unredacted Mueller Report Is Released  —  Republican Senator John Kennedy suggested that someone could be “killed” if the unredacted version of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is released to the public.