The Former Special Envoy To Ukraine Told Congress Trump's Biden Conspiracy “Has No Credibility To Me”  —  Former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker testified before members of Congress on Thursday.  While the meeting was private and a full transcript has not been released, his prepared remarks were obtained by BuzzFeed News.

Trump promised Xi US silence on Hong Kong democracy protests as trade talks stalled  —  (CNN)During a private phone call in June, President Donald Trump promised Chinese President Xi Jinping that the US would remain quiet on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong while trade talks continued, two sources familiar with the call tell CNN.

PROVIDENCE — Former UN ambassador Samantha Power said Friday she would not rule out running for the US Senate seat held by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, should Warren be elected president.  —  Then again, she also said she wouldn't rule out the job of Sox general manager, a job that's actually open right now.

Trump's impeachment polling is historically unprecedented  —  Lemon and Cuomo debate if there's enough to impeach Trump  —  (CNN)The poll numbers are in on impeachment, and it's not good news for President Donald Trump.  A clear plurality of Americans approve of the House's impeachment inquiry into Trump …

'Americans don't look to Chinese commies for the truth': Sasse decries Trump's call for probe  —  “If the Biden kid broke laws by selling his name to Beijing, that's a matter for American courts, not communist tyrants running torture camps,” Sen. Ben Sasse told The World-Herald on Thursday.

Trump, in August Call With GOP Senator, Denied Official's Claim on Ukraine Aid  —  President Trump denied that he had linked military aid to Ukraine with a commitment by Kyiv to investigate the 2016 presidential elections when pressed on the matter by a Republican senator in August, according to the lawmaker.

Recent cyberattacks require us all to be vigilant  —  Today we're sharing that we've recently seen significant cyber activity by a threat group we call Phosphorus, which we believe originates from Iran and is linked to the Iranian government.  We're sharing this for two reasons.

Mike Pence Failed in His Most Important Duty  —  The vice president is supposed to be prepared to step into the nation's highest office if necessary.  —  Staff writer at The Atlantic  —  In the throes of Watergate, Vice President Spiro Agnew was caught up in an unrelated corruption scandal.

Supreme Court to review ruling on Louisiana abortion law  —  The Supreme Court will review a restrictive Louisiana law that gives the justices the chance to reconsider a recent ruling protecting abortion rights.  —  The court said Friday it would consider whether the 2014 law requiring doctors …

Email Leak Exposes Trump Tower Russian's Dirty Lobbying Operations  —  According to leaked emails from Natalia Veselniskaya, Russia's disinformation campaign may have broken U.S. law and exposed details of a witness who later fell from a window.  —  LONDON—The identity of the U.S. government's star witness …

Schiff's false claim his committee had not spoken to the whistleblower  —  “We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower, we would like to.”  —  We recently took Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to task for misleading reporters about the fact that he was a participant …

Conservatives attacked Ocasio-Cortez over a bizarre town hall speaker.  Now a pro-Trump fringe group says it planned the stunt.  —  For most of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Thursday town hall, the woman in a black jacket sat quietly in the third row.  Then, as the event in Corona, N.Y. …

‘The law is pretty clear’: FEC chairwoman on interference  —  Chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, Ellen Weintraub, joins Morning Joe to discuss the law as it pertains to U.S. election interference.

U.S. Customs Officer Harasses Defense One Journalist at Dulles Airport  —  Repeating “You write propaganda, right?”, officer held passport until he received an affirmative answer.  —  A passport screening official held a Defense One journalist's passport until he received an affirmative answer …

RBG: Historians will view today's political climate as “an aberration”  —  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday historians will look back at this period in U.S. history and think of it as “an aberration” during an event at Amherst College, reports the Boston Globe.