White House proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities, targeting political foes  —  White House officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release detainees onto the streets of “sanctuary cities” to retaliate against President Trump's political adversaries …

Julian Assange Got What He Deserved  —  In the end, the man who reportedly smeared feces on the walls of his lodgings, mistreated his kitten, and variously blamed the ills of the world on feminists and bespectacled Jewish writers was pulled from the Ecuadorian embassy looking every inch …

Inside Ivanka's Dreamworld  —  You could tell by his eyes, the way they popped and gleamed and fixed on someone behind me.  Only one person gets that kind of look from Donald Trump.  “Oh!” the president said.  “Ivanka!”  —  Ivanka Trump lifted her hands, astonished.

Trump bulldozes across the presidency's red lines  —  President Donald Trump has spent the last few weeks trying to bend to his will what are arguably three of the federal government's least political institutions - the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Reserve and Department of Justice.

Here's the Law That Requires Mnuchin to Turn Over Trump's Taxes, or Lose His Office and Go to Prison  —  The law is clear, and it leaves no wiggle room.  The consequences for breaking it include removal from public office and up to five years in prison.  —  Donald Trump and his top White …

Rod Rosenstein Defends Justice Department Handling of Mueller Report  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended the Justice Department's handling of the special counsel's still-secret report, saying Attorney General William Barr is “being as forthcoming as he can” about redacting and releasing the document.

‘Liz Was a Diehard Conservative’  —  “Fight.”  It's the signature word of Senator Elizabeth Warren's short but consequential political career.  —  It's in the title of both of the books she has published as a senator: A Fighting Chance and This Fight Is Our Fight.

Barr Brings Accountability  —  Trump's foes call it ‘stunning and scary.’ Here's what they have to be scared about.

FBI Man's Testimony Points to Wrongdoing Well Beyond Spying  —  Attorney General William Barr shocked official Washington Wednesday by saying what previously couldn't be said: That the counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign in 2016 involved “spying.”

You Say Democracy, I Say Republic  —  The terms are interchangeable descriptions of the American political system, yet a fight over their meaning could have outsize consequences.  —  One of this age's great crank ideas, that the U.S. is a “republic” and not a “democracy,” …

DA knew Jeffrey Epstein was a dangerous pedophile when arguing for leniency  —  The Manhattan DA's office had graphic and detailed evidence of pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's depravity when a prosecutor inexplicably argued for leniency during his 2011 sex offender registry hearing, The Post has learned.

Steve Bannon and U.S. ultra-conservatives take aim at Pope Francis  —  The pontiff has expressed support for migrants and the poor, while warning against nationalism and unfettered capitalism.  —  VATICAN CITY — Strolling through St. Peter's Square, the heart of the Roman Catholic Church, Steve Bannon surveyed the enemy camp.

A mentally ill man was pushed to the brink of suicide in jail.  Then Michael Avenatti stole millions from him, feds say.  —  Geoffrey Johnson was paralyzed and in dire straits at the time he met Michael Avenatti.  —  His life had reached a critical juncture: Behind him was a traumatic experience …

Viral Photo Of Crying Girl At The Border Wins 2019 World Press Photo Awards  —  John Moore's haunting photo was among the dozens of winning images that show the power of photojournalism.  —  A viral image of a crying Honduran child at the U.S.-Mexico border has won the 2019 World Press Photo contest's Photo of the Year prize.

For Democrats, Twitter Is Not Real Life.  But It Could Be.  —  Democrats on Twitter are weirder than they appear.  The small slice of blue America that's visible on social media is much more ideological, progressive, white, college-educated — and, above all, interested in politics — than the Democratic coalition writ large.

FDNY firefighter who survived 9/11 says Republican criticizing Ilhan Omar told him he was ‘too busy’ to talk victim benefits  —  A retired FDNY firefighter who survived 9/11 said Thursday he was recently snubbed by Dan Crenshaw, the Texas congressman who's drawing heat for accusing a Democratic lawmaker of downplaying the terror attack.

Inside the Russian effort to target Sanders supporters — and help elect Trump  —  After Bernie Sanders lost his primary campaign for president against Hillary Clinton in 2016, a Twitter account called Red Louisiana News reached out to his supporters to help sway the general election.

Daily Telegraph forced to correct false Brexit claim by Boris Johnson  —  MP's column had erroneously said no deal was most popular option among British public  —  The Daily Telegraph has been forced to correct a column by Boris Johnson after the Brexiter MP and potential Tory leadership …

2020 independent Howard Schultz steps up attack on ‘far-left, out-of-touch’ Bernie Sanders  —  Independent presidential candidate Howard Schultz expanded his assault on Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as a “far-left” Democratic White House front-runner whose “Medicare for all” …

The Implosion of Jeremy Corbyn  —  It may have been at the Sternberg Centre, where a large overflow marquee housed my London congregation on High Holidays.  There was an abandoned trailer in the woods behind it, and us kids would sneak out to play in it.  I don't remember even specifically when it happened.

Public Funding of Private-School Security Grows by Millions  —  A program that uses public funds to pay for unarmed security guards at private schools - including some of the city's most elite institutions - is on pace to cost taxpayers $22.3 million over the last three years, THE CITY has learned.

Here's why you can't discount Joe Biden's early polling lead  —  (CNN)A big question surrounding Joe Biden's likely candidacy is whether his polling lead is built upon merely being well known.  If it is, then you can expect other candidates to pass him once voters become more familiar with them.