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 …

Only 17% of Americans surprised by Trump's actions tied to Ukraine: POLL  —  Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Donald Trump's encouragement of a foreign leader to investigate Trump's political rival and his family is a serious problem, but only 17% said they were surprised …

CNN Poll: Democrats knotted in Nevada while Biden leads South Carolina  —  Washington (CNN)Joe Biden holds a wide lead in South Carolina, while the former vice president, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren are knotted up in Nevada, according to new CNN polls conducted …

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 …

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.

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.

GOP Leadership Memo Suggests Senate Cannot Block Trial If House Votes To Impeach Trump  —  “There is no way we could somehow bar the doors and prevent the managers from presenting the articles” of impeachment, states the memo.  —  The Republican leadership issued a memo Saturday clarifying …

Pelosi turns to Schiff to lead House Democrats' impeachment inquiry of Trump  —  It was a low point for House Democrats hoping to build a case to remove President Trump from office — a committee hearing in which former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski made his questioners look hapless with a flurry of deflections and delays.

The gas tycoon and the vice president's son: The story of Hunter Biden's foray into Ukraine  —  When then-Vice President Joe Biden's son joined the board of an obscure Ukrainian gas company half a decade ago, it was a stunning coup for its owner, a former Ukrainian minister working to remake …

The Little Engine That Couldn't  —  Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make ridiculous.  Has it happened to the Democrats yet?  I think so, yes.  I think so.  —  “Whistleblower” is already being enrolled in the lexicon of political disasters, and not just on account of pictures …

More Video Of Justin Trudeau And This Is The Worst Yet  —  Last week, pictures and video of Justin Trudeau in blackface blew up and threatened his campaign for re-election.  —  There were multiple incidents.  One was where he was dressed as Aladdin and made up in blackface at an …

Why Vladimir Putin Suddenly Believes in Global Warming  —  Russia was happy that global warming opened up Arctic oil, but the melting of permafrost poses a huge threat to its hydrocarbon heartlands.  —  President Vladimir Putin needs to go green quickly to stop the permafrost from melting …

UK Supreme Court ruling should lead to ‘consequences,’ says Boris Johnson  —  Top judges should be subjected to U.S.-style “accountability” Boris Johnson suggested following the decision by the U.K.'s Supreme Court to quash his decision to suspend parliament.

Embarrassing Leaks Led to Clampdown on Trump's Phone Records  —  After blowup over calls with Mexican, Australian leaders, officials moved toward greater secrecy, now an issue in impeachment inquiry  —  WASHINGTON—The White House moved to clamp down on access to records of presidential phone calls …

How a Shadow Foreign Policy in Ukraine Prompted an Impeachment Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Petro O. Poroshenko was still the president of Ukraine earlier this year when his team sought a lifeline.  With the polls showing him in clear danger of losing his re-election campaign, some of his associates …

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 …