Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset  —  Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset.  —  This doesn't mean he's a spy, but neither is it a flip accusation.  Russia attacked our country in 2016.  It is attacking us today.  Its attacks will intensify in 2020.  Yet each time we try to raise our defenses …

Mueller's team told Congress his acuity was not an issue.  Some lawmakers privately worry it was.  —  The whispers started in 2018, though where they originated remains unclear: Robert S. Mueller III, the taciturn Marine veteran leading an investigation of the president of the United States, might not be as sharp as he once was.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Proceed on Border Wall  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday gave President Trump a victory in his fight for a wall along the Mexican border by allowing the administration to begin using $2.5 billion in Pentagon money for the construction.

$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 …

Trump attacks Rep. Cummings's district, calling it a ‘disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess’  —  President Trump ranted Saturday morning on Twitter about an African American lawmaker by disparaging the Baltimore district that Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (Md.) represents as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.”

POLITICO Playbook: Why the GOP retirements are a gut punch for the party  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WHILE WE WERE ALL watching ROBERT MUELLER and Democrats this week, here's what happened to House Republicans: Three popular and well-respected members of Congress decided they weren't going to run for reelection.

Despite calls to start over, US health system covers 90%  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — America's much-maligned health care system is covering 9 out of 10 people, a fact that hasn't stopped the 2020 presidential candidates from refighting battles about how to provide coverage, from Bernie Sanders' call …

Adviser, son-in-law and hidden campaign hand: How Kushner is trying to help Trump win in 2020  —  After Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale decided he wanted to make the recruitment of donors a top strategy in President Trump's 2020 reelection bid, his first conversation was with someone …

Trump suggests he could take steps to weaken U.S. dollar, fueling confusion  —  President Trump gave mixed signals this week as to whether he would intervene and try to weaken the U.S. dollar, telling aides Tuesday he had ruled out the idea but telling reporters on Friday he was still open to it.

She Verbally Consented To Sex But The School Determined He Committed Sexual Assault Because He ‘Cajoled’ Her With Flattery  —  A new lawsuit filed against Pennsylvania State University includes several abnormalities, including the school's decision to review the first hearing …

California's Newsom wrestles with Trump tax return bill  —  SACRAMENTO — Gavin Newsom has spent the first six months of his governorship positioning himself as the West Coast anti-Trump while taking pains to distinguish himself from his legendary predecessor, Jerry Brown.

Trump's Inhumanity Before a Victim of Rape  —  In his boundless self-absorption, this president is capable of anything.  —  Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the Harvard professor and four-term United States senator from New York, famously observed, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.”

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 …

Video of man taunting mom, daughter with slurs prompts more worries about racial tensions in Quebec  —  WARNING: The following story and accompanying video contain graphic language  —  A white man accosted an Arabic-speaking woman and her two-year-old daughter earlier this week …