Biden slumps, Buttigieg soars: 6 takeaways from benchmark Iowa poll  —  Just hours before presidential candidates will pitch themselves to Iowa Democratic activists in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, a new poll of likely caucusgoers is rattling the race — and hinting that a formidable front-runner …

Trump says there's more in Mexico deal but doesn't say what  —  As critics continued to suggest the U.S. deal with Mexico didn't accomplish much, President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday morning there is more to the agreement than meets the eye.  —  “Importantly, some things. …

An Iranian Activist Wrote Dozens of Articles for Right-Wing Outlets.  But Is He a Real Person?  —  In 2018, President Donald Trump was seeking to jettison the landmark nuclear deal that his predecessor had signed with Iran in 2015, and he was looking for ways to win over a skeptical press.

I Helped Obama Win in 2012.  Now Trump Is Using the Same Playbook.  —  The general-election campaign is happening today.  And Donald Trump is running unopposed.  —  Presidents who have recently won reelection seeded their victories not in the final sprint before Election Day …

Case opened: Democrats begin public airing of Mueller report  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says it's “case closed .”  But Democrats are just getting started with Robert Mueller .  —  House Democrats have scheduled a series of hearings this coming week on the special counsel's report …

A Drama of Trump's Own Making Ends With a Familiar Hero  —  WASHINGTON — For nine days, he had his finger on the trigger and threatened to pull.  For nine days, he put two countries, entire multinational industries, vast swaths of consumers and workers and even his own advisers and Republican allies …

The cheater in the Oval Office should be banished from the tribe  —  The Mueller report amply chronicles President Trump's staggering, decades-long crime spree.  Like an iron skillet to the head, the extent of Trump's corruption seems to have stupefied voters, legal scholars and, of course …

ICE deported veterans while ‘unaware’ it was required to carefully screen them, report says  —  On the same day the White House heralded veterans on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a federal watchdog said the government had violated its own rules on deporting former service members …

Kamala Harris, Seeking a Campaign Jolt, Defends Record as Prosecutor  —  WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Senator Kamala Harris of California has, for months, faced criticism from activist Democrats who have said her record as California attorney general was at odds with her progressive reputation.

Former White House Ethics Chief Proposes ‘Golf On Your Own Damn Dime Act’  —  Walter Shaub thinks Donald Trump's nearly $106 million golf tab is getting way out of hand.  —  The former White House ethics chief is sarcastically proposing a “Golf on Your Own Damn Dime Act of 2019.”

24 immigrants have died in ICE custody during the Trump administration  —  The deaths of 3 detainees since April, along with the release of internal reports about detention center conditions, have spurred an outcry from advocates.  —  In April, a 54-year-old immigrant from Mexico died after several feverish days in a solitary cell.

Kushner defends not telling FBI about Trump Tower meeting  —  White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner sat down for what many are calling a very revealing interview with political news outlet Axios ahead of joining Donald Trump on his state visit to the United Kingdom.

‘Whitey’ Bulger prison letters: Love for Trump, disdain for Mueller  —  The Boston gangster raved about the president, and railed against ex-special counsel Robert Mueller, in a series of letters to an unlikely pen pal.  —  In the final months of his life, James “Whitey” …