Shoot Migrants' Legs, Build Alligator Moat: Behind Trump's Ideas for Border  —  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 …

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 …

Support for impeaching Trump hits new high  —  Support for impeaching President Donald Trump is growing.  —  A batch of recent polling confirms the Democratic impeachment push is gaining steam — including a new POLITICO/Morning Consult survey that shows for the first time that more voters support …

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.

A Trump hotel mystery: Giant reservations followed by empty rooms  —  House investigators are looking into an allegation that groups — including at least one foreign government — tried to ingratiate themselves to President Donald Trump by booking rooms at his hotels but never staying in them.

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

Why Do Black Democrats Usually Prefer Establishment Candidates?  —  Black voters effectively delivered Hillary Clinton the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.  She and Sen. Bernie Sanders ran about evenly among white voters, but black voters overwhelmingly backed Clinton.

Andrew Yang raises $10 million in third quarter, dwarfing previous hauls  —  How far can $1,000 a month take Andrew Yang?  —  Washington (CNN)Andrew Yang raised $10 million in the third quarter of 2019, his campaign tells CNN, a substantial haul that dwarfs the $2.8 million …

Was There Another Cover-Up In Response to the Whistle-Blower?  —  The Justice Department should have shared a campaign-finance investigation with the Federal Election Commission.  —  Mr. Geltzer and Mr. Katyal are law professors at Georgetown.  —  One of the first things new prosecutors …

Warren Proposes Steep Lobbying Taxes on Top U.S. Companies  — Plan is part of push to curb influence of money in politics  — Campaign says levy could raise $10 billion over a decade  —  Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday unveiled details of a tax on lobbying that would cost …

Did the Trump Administration Warn Jamal Khashoggi He Was in Danger?  —  In September 2017, in his first column for the Washington Post, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi described the repression in his home country as “unbearable” and called out Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for creating an environment of “fear” and “intimidation.”

The chances of Republicans deserting Trump are underrated  —  Upon dismissing his chief of staff in 1973, Richard Nixon said that he loved him “like my brother”.  The line seems too easy until you remember that the US president had seen two of his own die young.

Impeachment Rules Say Senate Must Act, but Its Act Might Be a Swift Dismissal  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell's comment this week that the Senate would be forced to “take up” articles of impeachment from the House had the capital in a swirl, bracing for a full-blown Senate trial of President Trump.

Donald Trump's Sons Have Sold More Than $100 Million Of His Real Estate Since He Took Office  —  There are big dreams, and then there are Trump-size dreams, ones that demand capital letters and tower over cities.  They are what nudged Donald Trump's grandfather Friedrich from Germany to New York …

Trump Allowed Ukraine To Believe Millions In Military Aid Was On The Way This Summer When It Wasn't  —  KIEV, Ukraine — When Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with President Donald Trump in the now-infamous July 25 phone call, he believed $391 million worth of military aid was already …

Will Trump Ever Leave the White House?  —  It's a loaded question — with no obvious answer.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  Since 2015, we have been worrying about how much danger Donald Trump posed to democracy.

Giuliani's Ukraine Work Tied to Firm Whose Website Has Vanished  — Giuliani withdrew from event set by Kremlin-linked adviser  —  The website of the consulting firm that forged business contacts for Rudy Giuliani in Ukraine and Russia for more than a decade has suddenly vanished.

Impeachment inquiry puts new focus on Giuliani's work for prominent figures in Ukraine  —  The hunt by President Trump's attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani for material in Ukraine damaging to Democrats has put a spotlight on business ties he has had in the former Soviet republic for at least a decade …

Republicans Changing Delegate Rules to Prevent Discord at Convention  —  President Trump's political advisers have been working for months to get states to adjust their plans to ensure that nothing disrupts next year's convention.  —  President Trump's political advisers have concluded …

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.

Boeing Engineer Says 737 Max Safety System Was Vetoed Over Cost  —  A senior Boeing engineer filed an internal ethics complaint this year saying that during the development of the 737 Max jet the company had rejected a safety system to minimize costs, equipment that he felt could have reduced risks that contributed to two fatal crashes.

U.S. Slowdown Spurs Concern Economy Is Near Stalling  — Stall speed estimates have declined as potential GDP eased  — Slower growth leaves economy in fragile position to shocks  —  Explore what's moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast.

Fired by Trump as AG, Jeff Sessions says ‘I still do support him’  —  Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions began his speech Tuesday night in Huntsville joking about being fired last year by President Donald Trump.  —  And Sessions, who served 20 years as a U.S. senator from Alabama …