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 …

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.

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

Three Chairs Statement on Secretary Pompeo Stonewalling House Impeachment Inquiry  —  Washington—Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings …

Donald Trump impeachment: President called Boris Johnson for help to discredit Mueller inquiry  —  President Trump personally contacted Boris Johnson to ask for help as he tried to discredit the Mueller investigation into possible connections between Russia and his 2016 election campaign, The Times understands.

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 …

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 …

‘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.

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 …

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.

How Joe Biden would address gun violence  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has an ambitious pitch for curbing gun violence, and he's centering his strategy on fighting domestic abuse and focusing on daily gun violence in urban areas.  —  Biden revealed his plan Wednesday …

Virginia police officer suspended after turning in suspected undocumented immigrant over to ICE  —  A Virginia police officer was suspended after allegedly turning over a suspected undocumented immigrant to federal authorities following a traffic accident last month.

A Trump hotel mystery: Giant reservations followed by empty rooms  —  The House is investigating whether groups tried to curry favor with Trump by booking rooms at his hotels but never using them.  —  President Donald Trump's golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland.  Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Corey Lewandowski Hurls Incendiary Charge at Sanders, Warren: They Want ‘Illegal Aliens to Come Across This Border and Kill Americans’  —  Donald Trump's former campaign Corey Lewandowski confirmed his reputation as a ferocious attack dog for the president, hurling a toxic …

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.

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 …

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.

North Korea fires missile days before resuming US talks  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, a suggestion that it may have tested an underwater-launched missile for the first time in three years ahead …

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 …

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.

‘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.

Four years in Syria, Russia expands military base, eyes challenges ahead  —  After four years of fighting in Syria, Russia expands military facilities, but the nature of looming challenges is political.  —  Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik via REUTERS  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Dolphins are swimming, mating and even giving birth in the Potomac  —  REEDVILLE, Va. — Five decades ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the polluted Potomac River a “national disgrace.”  Although it is now much cleaner, officials in Washington are still not convinced the water is safe for humans to swim in.

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 …