Tense Relationship Between Barr and Giuliani Complicates Trump Impeachment Defense  —  The president's two highest-profile lawyers are struggling to get on the same page  —  WASHINGTON—Attorney General William Barr called President Trump in April with a question: What was Rudy Giuliani doing?

Pompeo says State Dept. officials won't show up for scheduled impeachment depositions this week  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo fired a broadside at House Democrats on Tuesday, saying State Department officials scheduled to appear this week before committees conducting the impeachment inquiry …

In leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook against critics and the US government  —  In two hours of leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook employees against critics, competitors, and the US government.  —  July should have been a relief for Facebook.

GOP defenses for Trump's Ukraine call quickly collapse under scrutiny  — Trump, his aides and select allies in Congress have feverishly sought to redirect a whistleblower's complaints toward Democratic adversaries.  — Yet even cursory scrutiny of evidence that has emerged so far knocks …

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.

Grassley breaks with Trump over protecting whistleblower  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley moved to stave off attacks and the unmasking of a federal whistleblower who first divulged President Donald Trump's call with Ukraine's president, a move at odds with many of the president's defenders.

Robert S. Mueller III and Other Special Counsel's Office Members Rejoin WilmerHale  —  Related Solutions  —  WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Robert S. Mueller III is rejoining the firm as a partner after serving as special counsel for the US Department of Justice.

Me and My Whistleblower  —  Deutsche Bank.  North Korea.  The Intelligence Committee's investigation of the president.  Again and again, one man has taken his trove of secret documents — and uncanny nose for scandal — to the center of the news.  —  One sunny Wednesday in February …

This Is the Moment Rachel Maddow Has Been Waiting For  —  How the MSNBC host staked her show on Trump — and won the largest and most obsessive audience of her career.  —  Rachel Maddow was trying to get to work.  She only had to get from the glass door of her doctor's office …

The GOP's Texas problem  —  The retirement of six House Republicans from Texas at the end of this term shows their pessimism about winning back the House majority in 2020, GOP strategists tell Axios — and foreshadows bigger Republican fears in the nation's second most populous state.

Bernie Sanders's Campaign Gets Summer Funding Boost  —  Political candidates often find the third quarter the most difficult time of year to raise money because donors go on vacation  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders raised $25.3 million in the past three months for his Democratic presidential bid …

Intelligence Inspector General to GOP: You Know Nothing of My Work  —  Last Thursday, Sean Davis of the conservative news site The Federalist broke an explosive revelation.  The Intelligence Community had secretly changed a requirement in its whistle-blower statute to allow whistle-blowers …

Impeachment Support Up Slightly But Trump Job Rating Steady  —  Most say request for investigation of political foe is inappropriate  —  West Long Branch, NJ - President Donald Trump's approval rating has remained steady in the wake of an official impeachment inquiry launched last week …

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‘He conned us from day one’: Giuliani's Ukraine ally leaves trail of South Florida debts  —  Over the summer, Dianne and Michael Pues got an ominous phone call from the business partner of a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur who owes the couple more than $500,000 over a movie deal gone bad.

Trump's approval rating drops to low, but Americans still oppose impeachment, survey finds  — The latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey found 47% opposing impeachment hearings and 44% approving.  The difference is within the poll's 3.5% margin of error.

There's another whistleblower complaint.  It's about Trump's tax returns.  —  Hey, have you heard about this whistleblower complaint?  —  An unnamed civil servant is alleging serious interference in government business.  If the allegations are true, they could be a game-changer.

Trump tweeted ‘billions of dollars’ would be saved on military contracts.  Then the Pentagon fired the official doing that.  —  In December 2016, just a few weeks before moving into the White House, President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that once he was in office, “billions of dollars …

How White Liberals Became Woke, Radically Changing Their Outlook On Race  —  Jeromy Brown, a 46-year-old teacher in Iowa, considers President Trump a white supremacist.  —  “If the shoe fits, then say it, and the shoe fits him,” Brown said, while waiting in a photo line at an Elizabeth Warren rally in August.

Mark Meadows and the Undisclosed Dinosaur Property  —  A fight among fossil hunters, a dubious documentary, and the conservative congressman from North Carolina.  —  Three years ago, the North Carolina congressman Mark Meadows sold a hundred-and-thirty-four-acre property in Dinosaur, Colorado.

Ex-GOP Chair Hayes could testify against others in scheme: ‘They should be worried.’  —  Under a deal with federal prosecutors, North Carolina's former state Republican chairman could testify against other defendants in the state's largest-ever case of political bribery.

Devin Nunes Sues Reporter, Hearst for Article About Family's Iowa Dairy  —  (CN) - California Representative Devin Nunes asked a federal court in Iowa Monday to award him $75 million in damages in a defamation and common law conspiracy suit against reporter Ryan Lizza and Hearst Magazines.

Trump's Favorite Democrat Will Not Budge on Impeachment  —  “It is not something to be taken lightly.  You're disenfranchising voters, you're removing an executive from office,” Van Drew said.  —  In a U.S. Capitol hallway on the day that Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry …

Christian School Principal Sends Newsletter Saying Greta Thunberg Has ‘Mental Problems,’ Accuses Her of Promoting ‘Doomsday Waffle Talk’  —  The principal of a private school based in Australia described climate activist Greta Thunberg as “a little girl” and an attention seeker with …

Democrats' Plans to Tax Wealth Would Reshape U.S. Economy  —  Proposals from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have raised concerns from economists and business leaders who fear the plans would sap economic growth.  —  WASHINGTON — Progressive Democrats are advocating the most dramatic shift …