Trump campaign cutting ties with pollsters after internal numbers leaked  —  The president's re-election campaign says series of polls showing Joe Biden ahead in key states are “ancient” news.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's re-election campaign is cutting ties with some of its own pollsters …

Israel's Netanyahu inaugurates non-existent ‘Trump Heights’ town in the Golan  —  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman hosted a special ceremony Sunday to dedicate a new town in the Golan Heights called “Ramat Trump,” or “Trump Heights” in English.

Exclusive: Mayor Pete won't reverse Trump's Jerusalem move  —  Surging 2020 Democrat and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg tells “Axios on HBO” he wouldn't move the U.S. embassy in Israel back from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv if elected president: “I don't know that we'd gain much by moving it to Tel Aviv.”

Max Boot: ‘Reality’ is pushing for impeachment, not the media  —  Washington Post opinion columnist Max Boot said the press are not pushing for impeachment and warned the media against taking at face value what the Trump administration says on anything.  —  CNN “Reliable Sources” …

Ex-pastor in Texas accused of sexually abusing teen relative  —  HOUSTON (AP) — A former Southern Baptist pastor who supported legislation in Texas that would have criminalized abortions has been arrested on charges of child sex abuse, accused of repeatedly molesting a teenage relative over the course of two years.

Joe Biden and the ‘electability’ delusion — and why the media keep making the same mistake  —  As Iowa journalist Robert Leonard talks to voters around his state, he finds himself baffled at the national portrayal of Joe Biden's dominance in the presidential campaign.

Jon Stewart takes aim at McConnell in continued fight for 9/11 victim compensation fund  —  9/11 responder: Zero tolerance for members of Congress  —  Washington (CNN)Former late night host and 9/11 first responders advocate Jon Stewart said Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …

If you want to help Sudan, amplify the voices of those suffering its horrors  —  The Sudanese people need to get the message out that the killing and rape have not quashed their revolution  —  It has been two weeks since the Janjaweed, Sudan's infamous militia, embarked on a brutal campaign …

This Isn't Going According to Plan for Kirsten Gillibrand  —  The senator from New York is a battle-tested campaigner who thrives as the underdog.  But 2020 is proving to be a much tougher challenge than she thought.  —  DES MOINES—Isaac Rosenberg is stumped.

Democrats' 2020 Achilles heel: The Senate  —  The Democrats' dream team of Senate candidates — popular Governors and 2018 super stars — to challenge beatable Republican incumbents isn't going to happen.  Party strategists hope their plan B might be sufficient to pick up the handful of seats needed for control.

4 years since Trump came down that escalator and the cycle of empty outrage has become unbearable  —  It was the most consequential ride in American history since Paul Revere, and as I write this it happened exactly four years ago — June 16, 2015.  But doesn't it feel like it was 14 years ago …

EXCLUSIVE: Trump cites lessons from Nixon, says he ‘was never going to fire Mueller’  —  President Donald Trump told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos that he did not fire special counsel Robert Mueller because “that didn't work out too well” for former President Richard Nixon.

Trump Has Gone Too Far on Immigration, Voters Say in Fox Poll  — Majority favor increasing security measures other than wall  — Voters' optimism about U.S. economy has slipped so far in 2019  —  Half of American voters say the Trump administration has gone too far on immigration enforcement …

Support for beginning impeachment hearings grows among Democrats in new NBC News/WSJ poll  —  Americans overall remain divided over beginning impeachment hearings but Democratic support has surged since last month.  —  WASHINGTON — More Democratic voters believe Congress should begin impeachment hearings …

Embarrassing Liberals [With Reminiscence by John]  —  I missed the notice a few days ago that publisher Houghton-Mifflin is delaying publication of Naomi Wolf's latest book, Outrages, for the simple reason that it has been exposed as an embarrassing piece of crap.

Bosses pocket Trump tax windfall as workers see job promises vanish  —  AT&T, General Motors and Wells Fargo vowed to use tax cuts to create jobs.  In fact, they did the opposite  —  Stephen Smith worked at an AT&T call center in Meriden, Connecticut, for over 20 years …