Dan Coats Expected to Step Down as Intelligence Chief  —  WASHINGTON — Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, is expected to step down in the coming days after spending his tenure at odds with President Trump over issues including Russia and Mr. Trump's own attacks on the intelligence community …

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 …

Partisan differences on impeachment remain after Mueller testimony, as nearly half of Americans show little movement: POLL  —  Following more than six hours of questioning of former special counsel Robert Mueller before two different congressional committees, Democrats and Republicans remain largely splintered …

Federal Inquiry of Trump Friend Focused on Foreign Lobbying  —  WASHINGTON — As Donald J. Trump was preparing to deliver an address on energy policy in May 2016, Paul Manafort, his campaign chairman, had a question about the speech's contents for Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a top campaign fund-raiser and close friend of Mr. Trump.

STATEMENT: Rep. Denny Heck Supports an Impeachment Inquiry  —  Congressman Denny Heck (WA-10) released the following statement, announcing his support for a formal impeachment inquiry:  —  “For many months multiple committees of the House have been engaged in investigations …

Hoping for a Warren-Sanders clash?  Their campaigns say don't hold your breath  —  Sanders and Warren prepare for debate face off  —  (CNN)Progressives are determined to lift either Sen. Bernie Sanders or Sen. Elizabeth Warren to the Democratic presidential nomination next year.

Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian monitoring group said Sunday, adding that was the largest number of detentions at a rally in the Russian capital this decade.

When Epstein Was Cosmo's Bachelor of the Month  —  In July 1980, the predatory financier was featured as the magazine's “Bachelor of the Month” seeking a “cute Texas girl.”  —  Long before Jeffrey Epstein boasted of his billionaires-only client list—and long before his arrests …

Under Brazil's Far Right Leader, Amazon Protections Slashed and Forests Fall  —  BRASÍLIA — The destruction of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil has increased rapidly since the nation's new far-right president took over and his government scaled back efforts to fight illegal logging, ranching and mining.

Kushner owns lots of Baltimore-area apartments.  Some are infested with mice.  —  In a now-viral tweetstorm on Saturday, President Trump characterized Rep. Elijah E. Cummings's Baltimore-based congressional district as a “rodent infested mess” where “no human” would want to live.

How Mueller's Lawyers Spun the OLC Guidance on Indicting a Sitting President  —  After Mueller, it is worth another look at its role in the report and its fallout.  —  This is Part Two of a two-part series.  In Part One, we took a look at the OLC guidance that bars the indictment of a sitting president.