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 …

Dem, GOP senators want to check Trump's power to sell arms to Saudis  —  Sens. Murphy and Young want a resolution that would let Congress vote on last month's arms deal and block or restrict future weapons sales to Saudi Arabia.  —  WASHINGTON — Two senators plan to introduce a bill Monday designed …

NRA money flowed to board members amid allegedly lavish spending by top officials and vendors  —  A former pro football player who serves on the National Rifle Association board was paid $400,000 by the group in recent years for public outreach and firearms training.

In Alabama — where lawmakers banned abortion for rape victims — rapists' parental rights are protected  —  When a young woman came to the Family Services of North Alabama office last year for help with trauma, saying she had been raped by her step-uncle when she was 15 …

Journalists can't repeat their Watergate-hero act.  The reasons should make us grieve.  —  The question from an audience member made the three network chiefs bristle:  —  Why aren't the news media holding the White House accountable like they did during the Nixon/Watergate era?

Trump Lawyer's Message Was a Clue for Mueller, Who Set It Aside  —  WASHINGTON — As the special counsel's investigators pursued the question of whether President Trump tried to impede their work, they uncovered compelling evidence — a voice mail recording and statements from a trusted witness — that might have led to him.

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.

Google Made $4.7 Billion From the News Industry in 2018, Study Says  —  $4,700,000,000.  —  It's more than the combined ticket sales of the last two “Avengers” movies.  It's more than what virtually any professional sports team is worth.  And it's the amount that Google made from the work …

Call immigrant detention centers what they really are: concentration camps  —  If you were paying close attention last week, you might have spotted a pattern in the news.  Peeking out from behind the breathless coverage of the Trump family's tuxedoed trip to London was a spate of deaths …

Business leaders urgently discuss strategies to claw back Trump's trade powers  —  President Trump has threatened and bludgeoned his way into an unwanted confrontation with the U.S. business community that could have far-reaching implications for the future of presidential power over trade.

Warren's nonstop ideas reshape the Democratic presidential race — and give her new momentum  —  LANSING, Mich. — Midway through Elizabeth Warren's stump speech these days, her fans start jumping from their seats like pistons, firing with cheers and applause each time she rattles off another new policy punchline.

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 …

A Foreign Service couple's contentious divorce ends in deadly violence  —  They were scheduled to be in D.C. Superior Court Friday morning to work out the final details of a fiercely contested divorce.  —  But Lola Gulomova and Jason Rieff never made it.  —  Shortly before the 10 a.m. hearing …

Conservative gains at Supreme Court leading to anger, frustration and ‘peeks behind the curtain’  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court decided an Indiana abortion case last month with an unsigned, three-page compromise opinion that had something for both conservative and liberal justices to like.

People Are Trying to Figure Out William Barr.  He's Busy Stockpiling Power.  —  Is he the operator who spun the then-secret Mueller report?  Or the straight shooter who later disclosed portions that were damaging to President Trump?  —  WASHINGTON — Not long before Attorney General William …

China adds Washington Post, Guardian to ‘Great Firewall’ blacklist  —  BEIJING — Websites of The Washington Post and the Guardian appear to now be blocked in China as the country's government further tightens its so-called “Great Firewall” censorship apparatus as it navigates a politically sensitive period.

A Million March in Hong Kong Over Eroding Freedoms, Organizers Say  —  HONG KONG — Hundreds of thousands of people filled the sweltering streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in an immense protest against fraying freedoms that culminated after midnight with the police firing pepper spray and striking participants with batons.

Why Trump is a Florida Man  —  We always think of Trump as a New York guy, or the president in the White House.  But at heart, he's a Florida Man with a Trumpian Florida life: big mansions and big money.  —  Why it matters: At Mar-a-Lago, we're seeing a whole new form of lobbying.

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 …

Acting U.S. Budget Chief Seeks Reprieve on Huawei Ban  —  Russell Vought, in letter to Pence and Congress, says U.S. companies need time to adjust to the restrictions  —  The White House's acting budget chief is pushing for a delay in implementing key provisions of a law …