Mueller Testimony Deepens Democratic Divide on Impeachment  —  WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III's long-awaited testimony has inflamed divisions among Democrats over impeachment, with some senior lawmakers pushing on Thursday to begin formal impeachment hearings soon, and vulnerable moderates pleading …

Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time …

Trump's 3% Growth Feat in 2018 Undone by Annual Data Revisions  — Update shows U.S. economy expanded 2.5% last year  — Revisions also boost savings rate, lower cellphone prices  —  President Donald Trump failed to achieve his much-ballyhooed 3% target for economic growth in 2018 after all.

How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria's Secret for Wealth and Women  —  In May 1997, Alicia Arden, a model in California, was introduced to a man who identified himself as a talent scout for Victoria's Secret.  He invited her to his Santa Monica hotel room to audition for the brand's catalog.

UPDATED: CNN editor praised murder of ‘Jewish pigs’ in terrorist attack on Israeli bus  —  Social media posts from years ago by a CNN photo editor and writer reveal that he called Jews “pigs” and praised their deaths.  —  In a 2011 tweet, Mohammed Elshamy, 25, wrote, “More than 4 jewish pigs killed …

Fox News Poll: Biden holds commanding lead for Democratic nomination  —  Joe Biden is the lone top tier candidate in the Democratic nomination race, according to the latest Fox News Poll.  —  The former vice president captures 33 percent support among Democratic primary voters (up one point since June).

Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal — a former Republican fed up with Trump  —  Charles Leazott hadn't thought about the seal in months.  —  The 46-year-old graphic designer threw it together after the 2016 presidential election — it was one part joke, one part catharsis.

What Mueller Was Trying to Hide  —  His investigation was about protecting the actual miscreants in the collusion hoax.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller testified before two House committees Wednesday, and his performance requires us to look at his investigation and report in a new light.

U.S. Rolls Out More Farm Aid as Soy Growers Urge Trade Cease-Fire  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled details of a $16 billion aid package to help farmers hurt by President Trump's trade war with China, as soybean growers from around the country converged on Washington …

Warren Fellowship Applicants: Campaign Program Was a ‘Great Scam’  —  Two men accepted into the 2020 candidate's volunteer fellowship program described the process for entry as deceptive and at times exploitative.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has built much of her political career …

2020 tests if Dems can win enough black voters without Obama  —  DETROIT (AP) — When Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2008 and 2012, there was no question that Terrance Holmes would vote for the first black president.  But as he helped fix cars this week at a repair shop on Detroit's west side …

Pelosi, Ocasio-Cortez meet in bid to ease party infighting  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a one-on-one meeting Friday on Capitol Hill, in an effort to ease the recent infighting between the progressive wing and moderate congressional Democrats …

Active-duty U.S. troops are now just feet away from migrants in Texas  —  The troops “monitor” migrants at a Texas facility.  One congressman said they shouldn't be prison guards, and are close to breaking the posse comitatus law.  —  WASHINGTON — Active-duty U.S. troops are now stationed inside …

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 …

Ruth Bader Ginsburg defends Kavanaugh, Gorsuch as ‘very decent and very smart’  —  Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘I am very much alive’  —  Washington (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg came to the defense of her more conservative colleagues on the bench, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.

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 …

A Border Patrol chief testifies that Francisco Galicia never claimed U.S. citizenship, but document says otherwise  —  A U.S. Border Patrol chief on Thursday testified before the House Judiciary Committee that 18-year-old Francisco Erwin Galicia never claimed to be a U.S. citizen when he was in Border Patrol custody for 23 days.

Ban Antifa?  I've met golden retrievers who scared me more |  Opinion  —  In the summer of 2017, I sang at a rally that was heavily counter-protested by a crowd of white men in Make America Great Again hats.  —  After my performance, I approached a few of these counter-protesters and asked why they had come.

How Trump is democratising toxic stress  —  A few days ago a psychologist friend told me something that was at once startling and unsurprising; she is seeing far more patients than before Donald Trump was elected — and they tend to be suffering from deeper anxiety.

Ex-Pols Took Your Cash.  They Used It to Help the Saudis and the Qataris.  —  The contributions “add another dimension to the familiar but ever-expanding story of money, influence, and access in Washington,” the Campaign Legal Center wrote in its report.  —  In the summer of 2018 …

We are in our Articles of Confederation moment  —  We are in our Articles of Confederation moment.  By this, I mean we are in a phase in our national life where we need to recognize that our institutions are not serving our interest.  This is not because of President Trump.