Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War  —  WASHINGTON — The Oval Office meeting this past March began, as so many had, with President Trump fuming about migrants.  But this time he had a solution.  As White House advisers listened astonished, he ordered them to shut …

Pompeo Pushed Out His Own Ukraine Rep to Squash a Growing Scandal  —  “Volker was the easier guy to let go,” said one former State Department official.  “But just because it is an easy choice doesn't mean it is the right choice.”  —  When President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani appeared …

Barr Went to Rome to Hear a Secret Tape from Joseph Mifsud, the Professor Who Helped Ignite the Russia Probe  —  The Attorney General William Barr traveled to Italy to meet with Italian secret service agents—and, potentially, undermine the Mueller investigation.  —  Correspondent-At-Large

Poll: Only 4 in 10 Republicans think Trump mentioned Biden on Ukraine call even though he acknowledged doing so  —  WASHINGTON - A new poll shows that only four in 10 Republicans believe President Donald Trump talked to the Ukrainian president about investigating political rival Joe Biden, even though Trump has acknowledged doing so.

A Judge Wants Assurances The Administration Won't Destroy Records About Trump's Calls With Foreign Leaders.  The Justice Department Is Hesitating.  —  WASHINGTON — A government watchdog group asked a federal judge on Tuesday to issue an emergency order requiring the White House to preserve records …

More than 50 former female ambassadors call on administration to protect Yovanovitch  —  WASHINGTON — More than 50 former female U.S. ambassadors are calling on President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a letter to protect foreign service officers from political retaliation …

Alan Dershowitz's new book will counter the #MeToo movement  —  Alan Dershowitz — who has been mired in controversy over his taking on Jeffrey Epstein as a client and over his friendly ties to the late sex predator — is about to stir things up again with a new book, “Guilt by Accusation …

GEO Group Runs Out of Banks as 100% of Banking Partners Say ‘No’ to the Private Prison Sector  —  I write about money and social justice.  —  All of the existing banking partners to private prison leader GEO Group have now officially committed to ending ties with the private prison and immigrant detention industry.

Pro-impeachment group to spend $3.1 million targeting Senate Republicans  —  A group pushing for the impeachment of President Trump is launching a $3.1 million ad campaign targeting Republican senators over the coming weeks as pro-impeachment activists turn their fire away …

Another Devin Nunes lawsuit: Congressman sues magazine over story about family's Iowa farm  —  Rep. Devin Nunes filed another lawsuit this week drawing attention to what he believes was unfair news coverage of him in 2018, this time suing a magazine writer who detailed how the California congressman's family …

‘A presidency of one’: Key federal agencies increasingly compelled to benefit Trump  —  The president's personal concerns have become priorities of departments that traditionally have operated with some degree of political independence from the White House — and their leaders are engaging their boss's obsessions.

Amber Guyger convicted of murder in wrong-apartment killing of innocent man  —  A Texas jury rejected former Dallas police officer Amber Guyer's self-defense claims and convicted her on Tuesday of murder in the fatal 2018 shooting of an innocent man eating ice cream in his own home after mistaking his apartment for her own.

Pete Sessions surfaces as potential candidate for open Bill Flores seat  —  In a surprise development, the former Dallas congressman appears to be eyeing a return to the U.S. House — but not in his old district.  Insiders say the response in Central Texas has been lukewarm.

‘At What Point Does Malfeasance Become Fraud?’:  NYU Biz-School Professor Scott Galloway on WeWork  —  Back in August, Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, published a scathing critique of WeWork and its enablers on his website, No Mercy/No Malice.

Ukraine?  Impeachment?  Trump Can Survive It All, Foreign Analysts Say  —  BRUSSELS — This summer, just after he visited the White House for the second time, President Andrzej Duda of Poland held forth about how much he admired President Trump's transactional style.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Georgia abortion law  —  ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Georgia's restrictive new abortion law from taking effect, following the lead of other judges who have blocked similar measures in other states.

Australian opposition call for release of Trump transcript  —  Australia's opposition demanded the transcript of a call between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Donald Trump be released Wednesday, as controversy mounted over a politically fraught offer to help the US president.

Giuliani turns on ‘honest’ Ukrainian prosecutor who says Bidens did nothing illegal  —  Rudy Giuliani had nothing but praise for Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko — until he didn't.  —  WASHINGTON — For much of this year, Rudy Giuliani was counting on Ukraine's former chief prosecutor …

White House ordered ultrasecret system upgraded to prevent leaks  —  The Trump White House upgraded the security of the National Security Council's codeword system in the spring of 2018, according to two former Trump White House officials familiar with the matter, as part of an effort to ferret out and deter leaks.

Ohio State Reports Over 1,500 Instances Of Sexual Assault By Team Doctor  —  Ohio State University officials are reporting more than 1,500 separate instances where former team doctor Richard Strauss sexually assaulted students.  —  The figures were released Tuesday as part …

China Needs to Be More Chinese  —  The country has stood up, but on Western terms rather than those its greatest leaders and thinkers once envisioned.  —  The Communist Party of China celebrates the 70th anniversary of its rule today.  The pomp and pageantry include a parade past Beijing's Tiananmen Square …

Public Expresses Favorable Views of a Number of Federal Agencies  —  FBI viewed more positively; deep partisan divide over ICE  —  Despite historically low levels of public trust in the federal government, Americans across the political spectrum continue to overwhelmingly express favorable opinions …