Trump blurs lines between personal lawyer, attorney general  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As Washington plunges into impeachment, Attorney General William Barr finds himself engulfed in the political firestorm, facing questions about his role in President Donald Trump's outreach to Ukraine …

State Dept. intensifies email probe of Hillary Clinton's former aides  —  The Trump administration is investigating the email records of dozens of current and former senior State Department officials who sent messages to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email …

Mulvaney on shaky ground in wake of whistleblower fallout, sources say  —  (CNN)Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is on shaky ground in the wake of a bad week for President Trump, according to multiple sources with knowledge of discussions surrounding the whistleblower fallout.

If Democrats impeach Trump, a GOP House would probably impeach the next Democratic president  —  House Democrats are poised to impeach President Trump once they've spent more time following the leads in the whistleblower complaint.  But should they take that step in a heavily partisan process …

Forget impeachment.  Donald Trump needs to resign  —  THE VISCERAL REACTION I had to the summary of President Trump's phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was that he should resign the presidency.  So obvious and brazen was the abuse of presidential power …

Collusion After the Fact  —  The Washington Post reported last night: … Shortly after the story broke, I received a message from a person directly involved with the FBI's decision to open a counterintelligence and obstruction investigation of President Trump in the immediate aftermath of the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

Jamal Khashoggi's death made the Saudi crown prince a pariah.  Trump has helped rehabilitate him on the world stage.  —  At the annual Group of 20 gathering of world leaders in Osaka, Japan, in June, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, beamed before cameras …

Chief accused of slamming black teen's head into door: Trump is ‘last hope for white people’  —  A former New Jersey police chief standing trial for allegedly slamming a black teenager's head into a door jamb reportedly called President Trump “the last hope for white people” before the 2016 election.

Susan Rice: Obama Put Call Transcripts On Top Secret Server, Too  —  Former national security adviser Susan Rice acknowledged last night that the Obama administration moved transcripts of conversations with foreign leaders onto the same top-secret server where the Trump administration stored …

When Trump's Envoy for Ukraine Resigned, a College Journalist Had the Scoop  —  An editor at Arizona State University's student newspaper beat everyone else to the news that Kurt Volker had stepped down.  —  Kurt D. Volker has traveled halfway around the world as a United States diplomat.

Ukraine's president is being dubbed “Monica Zelensky” at home  —  Ukraine president Vlodymyr Zelensky probably always dreamed of being an internationally known household name, given his first chosen profession was acting.  —  But the actor-turned-president, who ran on an anti-corruption platform …

11,000 college votes in '18 turned Tarrant County purple.  Now campus voting may end  —  More than 11,000 votes were cast on local college campuses like UT Arlington and TCU last year — many for Democrats.  —  Now, county officials have no plans to offer college voting sites for the 2020 election.

Boris Johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over his alleged relationship with an American businesswoman  —  (CNN)British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over his alleged relationship with an American businesswoman when he was mayor of London.

POLITICO Playbook: 'Don't overthink it'  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  “DON'T OVERTHINK IT.”  That's the mantra we keep hearing from many Democrats in D.C. So many members of the House majority are befuddled by the hyperventilating over messaging, confused at the pretzels some lawmakers twist themselves …