Andrew Neil takes on US conservative Ben Shapiro  —  He has more than 2 million followers on Twitter, 600,000 YouTube subscribers and his videos on the Daily Wire channel rack up millions of views.  —  Ben Shapiro is a controversial figure but one of the US' leading conservative political commentators.

Rudy Giuliani Plans Ukraine Trip to Push for Inquiries That Could Help Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, is encouraging Ukraine to wade further into sensitive political issues in the United States, seeking to push the incoming government in Kiev …

Nadler says Mueller will not testify next week  —  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y) said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller will not be testifying before his panel next week.  —  Nadler told reporters that the committee is still negotiating over his testimony …

Exclusive: Presidential hopeful Biden looking for ‘middle ground’ climate policy  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is crafting a climate change policy he hopes will appeal to both environmentalists and the blue-collar voters that elected Donald Trump …

Trump Drops the Fig Leaf on Trade  —  Contra his advisers, the president does not see tariffs as a means to an end, but as an end.  —  There has always been a massive contradiction at the heart of the Trump administration's trade policy.  For two years, the president has pursued …

Experts see Russia fingerprints on North Korea's new missile  —  TOKYO (AP) — The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: They look just like a controversial and widely copied missile the Russian military …

HUD says 55,000 children could be displaced under Trump plan to evict undocumented immigrants  —  The Department of Housing and Urban Development acknowledged that a Trump administration plan to purge undocumented immigrants from public housing could displace more than 55,000 children, all of whom are legal U.S. residents or citizens.

Why I Do Not Hate Donald Trump  —  Many people would probably believe me justified in hating Donald Trump.  —  While I was general counsel of the FBI, I watched the president fire my boss and friend, Jim Comey.  I've read and heard the many false statements that the president and his supporters have made about him.

How golf explains Trump.  Seriously.  —  “This guy cheats like a mafia accountant.”  —  Have you ever won a tournament you never competed in?  Have you ever stolen the ball from an opponent to gain a competitive advantage?  —  If the answer to either or both of those questions is no, then you're not cheating at the highest level.

Allies of Trump's Son Declare War on G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel After Subpoena  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr.'s political allies launched an all-out war against the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee, turning several Republican senators Thursday against the panel's chairman amid news …

Schedules show West Virginia governor largely absent in job  —  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — He's a billionaire who owns mines, farms and the swankiest resort in all of West Virginia.  But how Jim Justice spends his time as the state's 36th governor has largely been a mystery.

John Paul Stevens Worries About the Court  —  A retired Supreme Court justice wants his former colleagues to adhere to precedent and the president to comply with subpoenas  —  At 99, John Paul Stevens can remember a time when a Supreme Court nomination prompted minimal controversy …

Shocker!  The GoFundMe Campaign to Build the Wall Is a Bust  —  And now, the donors to the effort are demanding answers. … Back in December, Washington state Trump supporter Joshua Greene donated a small amount of money to the crowdfunding effort to build a wall along the southern U.S. border.

Schiff considers fining Trump officials held in contempt $25,000 a day  —  House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told Axios' Mike Allen Friday that the House is considering reviving its “inherent contempt” power, which would allow Congress to enforce subpoenas through coercive measures like fines.

Exclusive: Documents Detail Meetings Of Russians With Treasury, Federal Reserve  —  Newly obtained documents describe what happened when two now-infamous Russians took their outreach campaign into the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve in 2015.  —  Alexander Torshin …

‘We have a God-given right to discriminate.’ Is this the state Missouri wants to be?  —  BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD  —  Ron Calzone, a conservative activist from Dixon, Missouri, had something to say.  —  The Missouri House Committee on General Laws heard testimony Wednesday …

Pentagon shifting $1.5 billion to border wall construction  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is shifting $1.5 billion in funds originally targeted for support of the Afghan security forces and other projects to help pay for construction of 80 miles of wall at the U.S.-Mexican border, officials said Friday.

Beto's Long History of Failing Upward  —  AMES, Iowa—The presidential run of Beto O'Rourke is a profoundly personality-driven exercise, his charisma and Kennedy-esque demeanor the topic of one profile after another, so it's surprising to listen to his speeches on the stump in which he doesn't talk a whole lot about himself.

Inside SALT: The Mooch's Hedge-Fund Festival Where MAGA Has-Beens Are Great Again  —  Anthony Scaramucci's annual hedge-fund conference featured speeches, steak, and a completely alternative reality.  —  LAS VEGAS—Wednesday afternoon, two thousand men in blue suits sat down to a lunch of well-done steak.

OGE Ignores Own Advisory, Stays Silent on Uncertified Disclosures  —  Documents obtained by CREW via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show that the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) broke with one of its own program advisories by failing to mention the financial disclosure reports …