Witness in Trump-Ukraine Matter Ordered Not to Speak in Impeachment Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration directed a top American diplomat involved in its pressure campaign on Ukraine not to appear Tuesday morning for a scheduled interview in the House's impeachment inquiry.

Warren stands by account of being pushed out of her first teaching job because of pregnancy  —  On the campaign trail, Elizabeth Warren often tells the story of how she was fired from her first teaching job in 1971 because she was pregnant, a pivotal moment that ultimately put her on a path to Harvard …

Exclusive: Official Who Heard Call Says Trump Got ‘Rolled’ By Turkey and ‘Has No Spine’  —  Donald Trump got “rolled” by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a National Security Council source with direct knowledge of the discussions told Newsweek.  —  In a scheduled phone call …

“Romney Is the Pressure Point in the Impeachment Process”: Mitt Won't Primary Trump—But He's Trying to Bring Him Down  —  Trump's favorite punching bag is reaching out to fellow Republicans to raise the temperature on impeachment.  “Romney is the one guy who could bring along Susan Collins …

RealClear Media Has a Secret Facebook Page to Push Far-Right Memes  —  RealClearPolitics has carefully cultivated a non-partisan image—while in the shadows its parent company pushes images of killer Clintons and a freedom-loving Kremlin.  —  The company behind the non-partisan news site RealClearPolitics …

The World's Wokest Sports League Bows to China  —  The N.B.A. apologizes on behalf of Daryl Morey, a general manager who voiced support for democracy.  —  Ms. Weiss is an Opinion staff writer and editor and the author of “How to Fight Anti-Semitism.”  —  The national editor of this newspaper …

Inside Trump's obsession with polygraphs  —  President Donald Trump has compared White House leakers to spies and mused obliquely to other officials about executing them.  He's attacked individual reporters by name.  He rails frequently against press accounts of his administration, dismissing them as “fake news.”

Key witness in impeachment probe barred from testifying  —  A key witness in the Democratic impeachment probe, Amb.  Gordon Sondland, was barred from testifying at the last-minute Tuesday by the Trump administration, sources confirmed to ABC News.  —  House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff …

John Hickenlooper posts Colorado fundraising record in his first six weeks as U.S. Senate candidate  —  The Democrat's fundraising in the third quarter bested the marks for his rivals, but not Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner  —  John Hickenlooper raised more than $2.1 million …

The Humiliation of Lindsey Graham  —  It was a cri de cœur from Lindsey Graham, the lament of the sycophant scorned.  —  President Donald Trump's decision to abandon our Kurdish allies in Syria by leaving them undefended against a Turkish invasion was, Graham tweeted, “a disaster” and a “nightmare.”

The Supreme Court is finally taking on trans rights.  Here's the woman who started it all.  —  The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the first transgender civil rights case it has taken on.  Drew Angerer/Getty Images  —  “Somebody's gotta do it.”

America Needs Dialogue With Moscow  —  Sanctions have their place, but some of them are undermining trust without serving their purpose.  —  When I served as U.S. ambassador to Russia, the embassy in Moscow held a regular safety exercise called the “duck and cover drill.”

POLITICO Playbook: Trump changes the subject  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THINK ABOUT what's transpired in the last few days. ...  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has reoriented the United States' policy in the Middle East.  He's officially changed the Washington conversation from impeachment to a unified …

US pushes for western rival to Huawei  —  The US is looking at ways to funnel money to Huawei's European rivals, as officials warn that the Chinese company is becoming dangerously dominant in the global race for the next generation of mobile communications.  —  Officials in the US government …

As Sea Levels Rise, So Do Ghost Forests  —  Up and down the mid-Atlantic coast, sea levels are rising rapidly, creating stands of dead trees — often bleached, sometimes blackened — known as ghost forests.  —  The water is gaining as much as 5 millimeters per year in some places …

Trump's 2016 campaign was run on a shoestring.  His reelection machine is huge — and armed with consultants.  —  Since 2017, nearly $92 million has flowed to dozens of firms providing political consulting services to Trump's 2020 reelection machine.  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign …

Johnson Tells Merkel Deal ‘Essentially Impossible’: Brexit Update  —  Follow @Brexit and sign up to our Brexit Bulletin.  —  Boris Johnson told German Chancellor Angela Merkel a Brexit deal is essentially impossible if the EU demands Northern Ireland should stay in the bloc's customs union.

Jerry Falwell Jr. settles Miami court case over South Beach ‘pool boy’ venture  —  Jerry Falwell Jr. has settled the Miami court case that laid out many of the details behind the South Beach real estate venture his family launched in 2013 with a former Fontainebleau pool attendant …

Friction Between U.S., European Regulators Could Delay 737 MAX Return to Service  —  European air-safety regulator has indicated it wants more testing on proposed revisions to flight-control computers  —  Boeing Co. BA 0.22% 's delay-prone effort to return 737 MAX jets to service has hit a new snag …

Trump's focus on his base may not help him with impeachment inquiry  —  Voters in critical swing state on impeachment  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump may have more room to fall in public attitudes toward his possible removal from office, detailed results from several new polls suggest.

‘An avoidable, unforced error’: Trump's Ukraine trap starts worrying allies  —  To his allies, President Donald Trump never did anything to warrant the investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election.  —  But this is not Russia.  —  This time, some of those same allies say …

Company making Costco pajamas flagged for forced labor  —  The Trump Administration is blocking shipments from a Chinese company making baby pajamas sold at Costco warehouses, after the foreign manufacturer was accused of forcing ethnic minorities locked in an internment camp to sew clothes against their will.

Two Candidates, Two Investigations, One Deeply Flawed Agency  —  Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law  —  During the 2016 presidential election, one of the two major candidates labored under the shadow of a criminal investigation by the F.B.I. That candidate was Hillary Clinton.