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 …

People who refuse to see or hear Trump's racism in attack on Baltimore are beyond reach, but here goes  —  People who support President Donald Trump, no matter what he says or does, are beyond reach with reason and facts.  To continue to support this president, you have to either agree …

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.

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 …

DelBene Supports Impeachment Inquiry  —  f t # e  —  Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA) called for an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.  —  “It gives me no pleasure to announce that I am calling for the House of Representatives to begin an impeachment inquiry into the President of the United States.

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.

Why Democrats Are So Far From Consensus on 2020  —  WAUKEE, Iowa — Bernie Sanders preaches “political revolution” to the crowds at his campaign rallies.  Elizabeth Warren promises “big, systemic change” as she rolls out major policy proposals.  And Pete Buttigieg warns his packed town hall audiences …

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 …

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.

Beers, nostalgia and worry in Michigan as historic GM plant closes  —  A GM factory in Warren, Mich., is closing as Democrats come to Detroit to debate.  Some workers, in a county and a state key to the 2020 presidential race, wonder whether elected officials can or will help.  —  4 AM