Whistle-Blower Is Said to Allege Concerns About White House Handling of Ukraine Call  —  New details have emerged about the intelligence officer who raised alarms about the president's pressure on Ukraine to open inquiries that could benefit him politically.

Phone Call Showed Only a Slice of Trump's Obsession With Ukraine  —  Since the 2016 campaign, the president has had an intense fixation on the country, which he believes is tied up in the origins of the special counsel's investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — It was not a country that would naturally …

Pre-Transcript Release, Chris Christie Argued Trump Was Only in Trouble If He Said Something Like ‘Do Me a Favor...’  —  Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie proved prescient Wednesday morning on the set of Good Morning America.  Just hours before the transcript of a phone call between …

The Pee Tape Is Real, but It's Fake  —  There's a video going around that no one's really talking about.  What makes it most unreal is how believable it is.  —  There exists a video online that, considering the subject matter, astoundingly few people have seen.

“Do Us a Favor”: The Forty-eight Hours That Sealed Trump's Impeachment  —  President Trump began Wednesday in a dark place.  “There has been no President in the history of our Country who has been treated so badly as I have,” he lamented on Twitter, before 8 a.m. The night before …

Census: Inequality grew, including in heartland states  —  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year to its highest level in more than 50 years of tracking income inequality, according to Census Bureau figures.

Rep. Sharice Davids Statement on House Impeachment Inquiry  —  Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement on the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump:  —  The people of Kansas' Third District elected me to represent our community and our values.

REPUBLICAN SOURCE: “[The whistleblower] paints a clear path to impeachment.”  —  Speaking on background to a Republican congressional source who has direct knowledge of the whistleblower report, he says it is really bad.  He says the GOP can attack it as partisan because, in his words …

The Cybersecurity 202: Trump's CrowdStrike conspiracy theory shows he still doubts Russian election interference  —  Want more security news in your inbox?  Sign up for The Cybersecurity 202 newsletter.  —  THE KEY  —  President Trump's apparent embrace of bizarre conspiracy theories involving …

The Jolt: Tom Price joins the hunt for Georgia's Senate seat  —  Former Health Secretary Tom Price entered the sweepstakes to be Georgia's next U.S. Senator by submitting his resume with Gov. Brian Kemp's office for the soon-to-be-vacated seat held by Johnny Isakson.

Trump Doesn't Need to Commit a Crime to Be Kicked Out of Office  —  The Constitution is clear that the standard for an impeachable offense is political, not criminal.  —  Mr. Katyal was an acting solicitor general in the Obama administration.  —  An important line of defense for President Trump …

It Has Begun  —  An impeachment inquiry is nothing to celebrate.  Still, it is evidence of what's right being put ahead of what's expedient.  —  It is truly wondrous and arresting to see the Constitution in action, to see its ultimate tool — impeachment — employed, to see this mechanism …

The Atheist Revolution  —  The idea of American exceptionalism has become so dubious that much of its modern usage is merely sarcastic.  But when it comes to religion, Americans really are exceptional.  No rich country prays nearly as much as the U.S, and no country that prays as much as the U.S. is nearly as rich.