Raising Prospect of Impeaching Trump, House Seeks Mueller's Grand Jury Secrets  —  In a court filing, House Democrats said they need access to secret grand jury evidence because they are weighing whether to recommend impeaching President Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee …

Supreme Court gives Trump go-ahead on border wall  —  President Donald Trump scored a major victory at the Supreme Court on Friday, as the justices lifted a lower court order blocking a key part of his plan to expand the border wall with Mexico.  —  The Justice Department had asked the justices …

$250 million Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post dismissed by federal judge  —  Ted Sandmann, father Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann, on why he wants doxing legislation to criminalize revealing a minor's identity online  —  The $250 million lawsuit filed by Nick Sandmann …

GOP Rep. Martha Roby to retire  —  Rep. Martha Roby (R-Ala.) announced Friday she plans to retire at the end of her term, becoming the third Republican lawmaker to announce their retirement this week.  —  “While my name will not be on the ballot in 2020, I remain committed to continuing …

EXCLUSIVE: Ilhan Omar SPLITS with her husband and moves into luxury penthouse as she heads for SECOND divorce with father of her three children  — Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and her husband Ahmed Hirsi - the father of her three children - have split, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively

The New Yorker Seriously Mischaracterized the Story of One of Al Franken's Accusers  —  This week, the New Yorker ran a long piece by Jane Mayer re-examining the sexual harassment allegations against Al Franken, a piece which minimized the accusations themselves while giving Franken ample space to defend himself.

DOJ's Russia probe review focusing on ‘smoking gun’ tapes of meeting with Trump aide: sources  —  CIA, FBI and DNI work with Attorney General Bill Barr to determine the origins of the Trump-Russia probe  —  The Justice Department's internal review of the Russia investigation is zeroing …

You Have a Moral Obligation to Claim Your $125 From Equifax  —  Help make sure that companies pay the consequences for data breaches.  —  Go claim your $125 from Equifax.  Right now.  Even if $125 isn't a sum of money that matters to you, even if you don't feel you were really directly affected by the breach.

‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth  —  Alan Duffy was confused.  On Thursday, the astronomer's phone was suddenly flooded with calls from reporters wanting to know about a large asteroid that had just whizzed past Earth, and he couldn't figure out “why everyone was so alarmed.”

Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2019 (Advance Estimate) and Annual Update  —  Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2019 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Lil Nas X Shuts Down Mayor Pete Buttigieg ‘Old Town Road’ Collaboration  —  The 2020 candidate was set to recite the lyrics to the chart-topping megahit for a BuzzFeed event, but the singer nixed the idea, leading to the mayor's exit.  —  Lil Nas X has collaborated with the likes of Billy Ray Cyrus, Keith Urban, BTS, and Young Thug.

Shadow force: The secret history of the U.S. intelligence community's battle with Iran's Revolutionary Guard  —  The hackers pretended to be professors, appealing to Achilles' heel of academics: their egos.  Posing as admiring colleagues from other universities, they emailed their targets …

ITV News exclusive: Jacob Rees-Mogg issues style guide to staff  —  The new Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogghas instructed all staff in his new office to use imperial measurements and refer to ‘non-tiled males’ as ‘esquire’.  —  Issuing a style guide in the first week of his job …

Congressman Pappas Issues Statement on Impeachment Inquiry  —  Manchester, N.H.- Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement regarding an impeachment inquiry.  —  “Good afternoon.  Today marks 204 days since I was sworn in as a member of Congress representing the people of New Hampshire's 1st District.

‘I Have a Moral Responsibility to Come Forward’: Colonel Accuses Top Military Nominee of Assault  —  WASHINGTON — Col. Kathryn A. Spletstoser of the Army says she had returned to her hotel room and was putting on face cream on the night of Dec. 2, 2017, after a full day at the annual Reagan …

Emmett Till memorial in photo of gun-toting Mississippi students will be made bulletproof  —  The bullet-riddled historical marker will be replaced with a new steel, bulletproof sign.  —  A vandalized memorial to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in Mississippi was removed and is set to be replaced with a new bulletproof sign.

I was Sweden's prime minister and no, Mr. Trump, I could not have freed A$AP Rocky either  —  I have no idea whatsoever what happened that evening in the streets of Stockholm in late June that led to the detention of three U.S. citizens — including the rapper A$AP Rocky — and to them facing assault charges.

Is ‘Doing the Right Thing’ Worth Increasing the Risk of a Second Trump Term?  —  A new argument for impeaching President Trump has gained attention in the wake of Robert Mueller's testimony in the House on Wednesday, during which the special counsel confirmed his understanding that Trump …

Exclusive: Inside the effort to turn Trump against Amazon's bid for a $10 billion contract  —  (CNN)Tech giant Oracle's push to scuttle a bid by its rival Amazon to win a highly sought-after defense contract has reached President Donald Trump's desk — a possible attempt to appeal to the President's …

The American System Is Already Failing  —  The Mueller hearings told us almost nothing that we didn't know already.  We knew that the president welcomed assistance from a foreign power in order to win an election, and has fawned over his political patron in this endeavor, Vladimir Putin, since he became president.

Russia Probe Twist: A Billion Dollar CEO, A Convicted Russian Agent And The FBI  —  If what you already know about the FBI's investigation into President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia has you wondering what can come next, “make sure you are sitting down because it's about to get worse …

The Extraordinary Humbling of John Hickenlooper  —  HANOVER, N.H. — Can John Hickenlooper interest you in a joke?  —  “What's the opposite of woe?”  Mr. Hickenlooper, the former Colorado governor and still-presidential-candidate, asked inside a hotel reception room last week …

Trump announces asylum deal with Guatemala  —  President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States had struck an asylum agreement with Guatemala.  —  Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump told reporters he had reached a safe third country deal with the Central American nation.

What Were Robespierre's Pronouns?  —  The French Revolution was led by sociopaths who politicized language, much like today's Jacobins.  —  We often make historical parallels here.  History doesn't repeat itself but it does rhyme, as clever people say.  And sometimes it hiccups.  Here is a hiccup.