Exclusive: Pompeo delivers unfiltered view of Trump's Middle East peace plan in off-the-record meeting  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a sobering assessment of the prospects of the Trump administration's long-awaited Middle East peace plan in a closed-door meeting with Jewish leaders …

A ‘Bridge’ to China, and Her Family's Business, in the Trump Cabinet  —  Elaine Chao has boosted the profile of her family's shipping company, which benefits from industrial policies in China that are roiling the Trump administration.  —  The email arrived in Washington before dawn.

Donald Trump Begins UK Trip By Insulting London Mayor Sadiq Khan  —  The U.S. president kicked off his state visit to the UK by tweeting insults comparing the London mayor to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.  —  The wheels of Air Force One hadn't even touched the ground at the airport …

The Fox News Primary?  How Trump's Favorite Network Became a Democratic Power Player  —  Three months ago, Democratic Party leaders took a stand: Fox News, President Trump's favorite channel, and a reliable soapbox for attacks on liberals, was barred from participating in the party's 2020 presidential debates.

Trump Administration Considered Tariffs on Australia  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration considered imposing tariffs on imports from Australia last week, but decided against the move amid fierce opposition from military officials and the State Department, according to several people familiar with the discussions.

On YouTube's Digital Playground, an Open Gate for Pedophiles  —  Christiane C. didn't think anything of it when her 10-year-old daughter and a friend uploaded a video of themselves playing in a backyard pool.  —  “The video is innocent, it's not a big deal,” said Christiane, who lives in a Rio de Janeiro suburb.

Michael Wolff Defends His Reporting Of New Trump Tell-All  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team didn't make a traditional prosecutorial judgement on whether President Trump committed obstruction of justice.  But bestselling author Michael Wolff insists an indictment of the sitting president …

Inside Pete Buttigieg's plan to overhaul the Supreme Court  —  No other candidate has made it central to his or her rationale for running and proposed presidential agenda.  —  WASHINGTON — As Democrats agonize over a spate of state laws restricting abortion rights and even a potential reversal …

Kushner unsure whether he'd alert FBI if Russians request another meeting  —  On “Axios on HBO,” Jared Kushner said he doesn't know whether he'd call the FBI if he were to receive an email today like the one before the campaign's Trump Tower meeting, which had the subject line: “Re: Russia - Clinton - private and confidential.”

COMB ON OVER Donald Trump sports slick new ‘hat hair’ before flying to meet the Queen  —  DONALD Trump sported a slick new hairstyle before flying to meet the Queen on his first official state visit to the UK.  —  The US President's fresh look marked a dramatic change from his trademark yellow bouffant …

Nancy Pelosi shouldn't hesitate to begin impeachment proceedings  —  Pelosi says Trump impeachment case must be ‘ironclad’  —  Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, and author, with Kevin Kruse, of the new book “Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974.”

6 ways Democrats can ease America into thinking about impeachment and Donald Trump  —  Democrats can't let Trump run out the impeachment clock as he laughs all the way to the bank and maybe even the polls.  Start preparing the public now.  —  CONNECT  —  The impeachment waiting game Democrats …

It's 2 primaries now: Biden and everyone else  —  SAN FRANCISCO — With the introductory stage of the Democratic presidential primary now over, the lines of engagement are beginning to take shape.  And what is emerging is a primary that is no longer one nominating contest, but two.

‘Everything Is Stalling’: Inside a Troubled Trump Project in Uruguay  —  President Trump's company had high hopes for a Uruguayan condominium development.  But the long-delayed project has become a microcosm of the Trump Organization's deep problems.  —  PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay …

I Know Where I Came From.  Does President Trump?  —  My political agenda has been shaped by my family's experiences of struggling to make ends meet.  —  Mr. Sanders is a senator from Vermont and a Democratic candidate for president.  —  My father came to this country from Poland at the age of 17 with barely a nickel in his pocket.

Tired, Boring—and Dangerous—Celebrity Death Wishing  —  Recently, New York writer Fran Lebowitz told Bill Maher on his HBO program that the U.S. government should turn President Donald Trump “over to the Saudis, his buddies—the same Saudis who got rid of that reporter.”