Better to have a few rats than to be one  —  In case anyone missed it, the president of the United States had some choice words to describe Maryland's 7th congressional district on Saturday morning.  Here are the key phrases: “no human being would want to live there,” it is a …

Spare Me the Purity Racket  —  WASHINGTON — After I interviewed Nancy Pelosi a few weeks ago, The HuffPost huffed that we were Dreaded Elites because we were eating chocolates and — horror of horrors — the speaker had on some good pumps.  —  Then this week, lefty Twitter erected …

Russia protests: Riot police violently break up Moscow demonstration as thousands take to streets in defiance of Kremlin  —  Hundreds arrested during protest calling for free elections  —  The arrests began even before the protest started.  A woman was prised from a street bench.

You know who was into Karl Marx?  No, not AOC.  Abraham Lincoln.  —  The two men were friendly and influenced each other  —  It was December 1861, a Tuesday at noon, when President Abraham Lincoln sent his first annual message ⁠ — what later became the State of the Union ⁠— to the House and Senate.

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.

Dan Quayle: If Democrats ‘put up some total left winger’ Donald Trump will be re-elected  —  With Mike Pence's election as vice president, Indiana now has six veeps, second only to New York state.  Here's a peek at the Hoosiers who have held the No. 2 position in the land.  (Dwight Adams/IndyStar)

The Roots of Boeing's 737 Max Crisis: A Regulator Relaxes Its Oversight  —  SEATTLE — In the days after the first crash of Boeing's 737 Max, engineers at the Federal Aviation Administration came to a troubling realization: They didn't fully understand the automated system that helped send …

Anti-Gay Brutality in a Polish Town Blamed on Poisonous Propaganda  —  BIALYSTOK, Poland — The marchers at the first gay pride parade here in the conservative Polish city of Bialystok expected that they would be met with resistance.  —  But last week when Katarzyna Sztop-Rutkowska saw …

What Kamala Harris Believes  —  The Democratic candidate wants relevant policy, not “a beautiful sonnet.”  Is that enough for voters?  —  LOS ANGELES — At her strongest, Senator Kamala Harris is forceful and pragmatic.  She elates crowds in Iowa and South Carolina with her denunciations …

Washington Post columnist accuses McConnell of doing 'Putin's bidding'  —  Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday after the GOP leader blocked two election security measures this week.  —  In an op-ed published by The Post …