White House Declares War on Impeachment Inquiry, Alleging Effort to Undo Trump's Election  —  WASHINGTON — The White House declared war on the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, announcing that it would not cooperate with what it called an illegitimate and partisan effort …

Trump's Ukraine Call Was ‘Crazy’ and ‘Frightening,’ Official Told Whistle-Blower  —  The whistle-blower wrote a memo describing an official who heard the call as “visibly shaken” by it.  —  WASHINGTON — A White House official who listened to President Trump's July phone call …

Release Detail  —  October 8, 2019 - Voters Remain Divided On Impeachment, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Warren And Biden Top Democratic Primary Field  —  After another week with impeachment in the news, registered voters nationwide are still divided on impeaching and removing President …

Top-Secret Russian Unit Seeks to Destabilize Europe, Security Officials Say  —  First came a destabilization campaign in Moldova, followed by the poisoning of an arms dealer in Bulgaria and then a thwarted coup in Montenegro.  Last year, there was an attempt to assassinate a former Russian spy in Britain using a nerve agent.

Internal Memo: ESPN Forbids Discussion Of Chinese Politics When Discussing Daryl Morey's Tweet About Chinese Politics  —  If you watched ESPN yesterday, you saw the network repeatedly attempt to grapple with the story of Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey creating an international incident …

'It Didn't Have to Be This Way': Just-Retired CENTCOM General  —  Trump's decision “threatens to undo five years' worth of fighting against ISIS and will severely damage American credibility and reliability,” writes Joseph Votel, who until March led America's forces in the Mideast.

Ukraine Continued: How a Crucial Witness Escaped  —  A classified State Department assessment concluded in 2018 that Ukraine's former Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko—who is at the center of the impeachment inquiry of President Trump—had allowed a vital potential witness for Special Counsel Robert Mueller …

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 …

Dianne Feinstein endorses Joe Biden for president over Kamala Harris  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein is making her 2020 presidential endorsement official, The Chronicle has learned: She's backing former Vice President Joe Biden over a field that includes her California colleague, Sen. Kamala Harris.

Trump campaign threatens to sue Minneapolis over ‘phony’ security bill for rally  —  $530K bill from Mpls. to campaign may spur suit.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  Tensions between Minneapolis city leaders and President Donald Trump's campaign escalated Monday when the campaign threatened to sue …

Trump Weighs Weakening Obama Rules to Curb Corporate Inversions  — Change would narrow regulations on overseas tax breaks  — Republicans say rules aren't necessary after 2017 tax overhaul  —  Treasury Department officials are considering rolling back a tax rule aimed …

Senate Intel releases 2nd volume of report on 2016 Russian interference  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee released Tuesday the second volume of its report on Russian interference in 2016 presidential election, which focuses on the social media disinformation campaign led by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency.

Brett Kavanaugh Asked Just One Question During His First Big LGBTQ Case On The Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — In the first major LGBTQ rights case to reach the US Supreme Court since he became a justice last year, Justice Brett Kavanaugh gave little away during arguments on Tuesday, asking only one question.

Betsy DeVos could face jail after judge rules she violated 2018 order on student loans  —  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been threatened with the possibility of jail after a judge deemed she was violating a court order for continuing to collect student debts on a now-defunct school.

China rejects Trump's call to investigate Biden and son  —  This story is being published by POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post.  It originally appeared on scmp.com on Oct. 8, 2019.  —  China has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's call to investigate …