Republican senators echoed Biden in urging Ukrainian president to reform prosecutor general's office  —  (CNN)A newly unearthed letter from 2016 shows that Republican senators pushed for reforms to Ukraine's prosecutor general's office and judiciary, echoing calls then-Vice President Joe Biden made at the time.

When the Story Is Written, the Whistleblower Will Just Be an Afterthought  —  How Much Does the Whistleblower Really Matter?  —  Here's an assessment sure to be unpopular: When the story of the impeachment effort against President Trump is written, the whistleblower will be an afterthought …

Perilous times for President Trump: By 45%-38%, Americans support impeaching him over allegations related to Ukraine, poll finds  —  From the moment Donald Trump became a national political figure, he has been cloaked in controversy and shadowed by investigations.

Biden Dirt File Has Private Email Between John Solomon and Rudy Allies  —  The email was then included in part of a misinformation dossier that the State Department Inspector General delivered to Congress.  —  A controversial right-leaning reporter at the center of the Trump-Ukraine scandal …

Trump publicly urges China, Ukraine to investigate Bidens amid impeachment inquiry  —  Trump has repeatedly accused Hunter Biden of using a 2013 trip on Air Force Two with his father to procure $1.5 billion from China for a fund he started.  —  Trump: Ukraine and China ‘should investigate’ the Bidens

Unfit for Office  —  On a third-down play last season, the Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith stood in shotgun formation, five yards behind the line of scrimmage.  As he called his signals, a Houston Texans cornerback, Kareem Jackson, suddenly sprinted forward from a position four yards behind the defensive line.

‘Circus Trump’: What that White House news conference looked like to the Finns  —  Wednesday's roller coaster news conference with President Trump and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto elicited ridicule and some concern in Finland, where many celebrated their leader on Thursday for enduring …

Odd markings, ellipses fuel doubts about the ‘rough transcript’ of Trump's Ukraine call  —  President Trump said Wednesday that his controversial July call with his Ukrainian counterpart was transcribed “word-for-word, comma-for-comma,” an assertion that fueled growing questions about the nature …

Trump's video taken off Twitter after band Nickelback complains  —  US president receives copyright censure over video that took aim at political rival Joe Biden  —  A video posted by Donald Trump has been removed from Twitter following a copyright claim by the rock band Nickelback.

Matt Lieberman, son of former VP nominee, runs for Senate in Georgia  —  Matt Lieberman, an entrepreneur who is the son of former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, became the first Democrat to enter the race for retiring Republican Johnny Isakson's seat on Thursday with a promise to be a voice for frustrated Georgians.

Book Alleging Biden Corruption in Ukraine Lifted Passages From Wikipedia  —  In more than a dozen instances, Peter Schweizer's book “Secret Empires” appears to have copied complete sentences or large parts of them from other sources.  —  A book that has fueled corruption allegations …

Why Kamala Harris Is Struggling to Find Her Footing  —  Sometimes Kamala Harris wakes up in the middle of the night because there's something on her mind.  Did anybody get back to so-and-so?  How is my stepdaughter adjusting to her apartment in New York City?

For the last time, Trump's every move is brilliant and calculated  —  “There are different ways to bake the cake, depending on what sort of cake you want.  Different flavoring, different temperatures, different ingredients yield different types of cake, and the president as the master baker …

Trump Is Going to Burn Down Everything and Everyone, and Republicans, That Means You  —  That press conference was terrifying.  And congressional Republicans should be more afraid than anyone.  Trump's going down and taking them with him.  —  BEAST INSIDE

The Senate: Ratings Changes and the Shadow of Impeachment  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Nationalization is an increasingly important trend in American election outcomes.  It's hard to think of a more nationalizing issue than a presidential impeachment.

Whistlegate Reveals Some Very Chatty Minders of State Secrets  —  Above, an old wartime poster's warning against unguarded talk.  Loose lips likely played a role in the current CIA “whistleblower” uproar.  (Wikimedia)  —  As Democrats in Congress assess a CIA analyst's “whistleblower” …

Trump wanted to have U.S. forces equipped with bayonets to stop migrants at border, among other ideas, officials say  —  President Trump told aides last year he wanted U.S. forces with bayonets to block people from crossing into the United States across the Mexico border …

The New Way To Hack Democracy: The Political Operatives Who Fake Voter Outrage With Millions Of Made-Up Comments  —  Sarah Reeves sat on her couch in Eugene, Oregon, staring at her laptop screen in furious disbelief.  She was reading the website of a government agency, where her mother appeared …

If Republicans Ever Turn On Trump, It'll Happen All At Once  —  In the House, Democrats are inching ever closer to impeaching President Trump.  Some are even pushing for drafting articles of impeachment by Thanksgiving and, potentially, sending proceedings to the Senate by early next year.

Former National Enquirer Editor Threatens Booksellers Over Ronan Farrow Exposé  —  Dylan Howard has hired a high-powered law-firm to quash the New Yorker writer's forthcoming book.  —  Former top National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard is using high-powered law firms that practice in Britain …

Campa-Najjar and DeMaio lead in new 50th Congressional District poll  —  A new poll of likely voters in the crowded and widely watched 50th Congressional District race shows indicted incumbent Duncan Hunter facing an uphill climb to re-election, trailing three candidates.