Dan Coats Expected to Step Down as Intelligence Chief  — Mr. Coats has been at odds with President Trump throughout his tenure.  — People familiar with the decision said Mr. Trump was likely to tap Representative John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican, as his replacement.  —  Breaking  —  BRAZIL

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

Netflix's The Great Hack is the great warning about your data  —  Now me, I'm not paranoid, I'm just peculiar.  Or just careful, depending on your slant.  —  One late afternoon this past winter I was out doing myriad errands in my neighbourhood.  I noticed a new coffee shop had opened.

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 …

Boris Johnson forms “war cabinet” to prepare for no-deal Brexit  —  Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom's newly installed prime minister, has set up a “war cabinet” to deliver Britain's exit from the European Union “by any means necessary” by Oct. 31, the Sunday Times first reported.