Rudy Giuliani butt-dials NBC reporter, heard discussing need for cash and trashing Bidens  —  “The problem is we need some money,” Giuliani says to unidentified man during accidental call to NBC News writer.  —  Late in the evening on Oct. 16, Rudy Giuliani made a phone call to this reporter.

Key Witness in Impeachment Inquiry Asks Federal Court to Rule Over Testifying  —  The move raises new doubts about whether President Trump's closest aides will be able to cooperate with the inquiry.  —  WASHINGTON — A key witness in the impeachment investigation filed a lawsuit Friday asking …

Trump Organization Exploring Sale of Marquee Washington Hotel  —  Move is motivated partly by ethical criticisms concerning profiting on the property  —  The Trump Organization is exploring a sale of the rights to the company's opulent Washington, D.C., hotel, a move it says is motivated partly …

More Bombshells From the Flynn Prosecution  —  General Michael Flynn still awaits sentencing.  Meanwhile his new lawyer, Sidney Powell, is tormenting the prosecutors and the FBI, uncovering corruption in the FBI and the Department of Justice that, she credibly alleges, included the framing of General Flynn.

Impeachment hearings depict a quid pro quo that evolved over time  —  After some 65 hours of testimony along with public comments from Trump, his aides and allies, a clear portrait is emerging.  —  WASHINGTON — Grilled under oath for dozens of hours on Capitol Hill, at least three current …

Few students of SC black college invited to attend Trump's visit to their campus  —  Hours before the event is about to begin, the shroud of mystery surrounding who will get to attend President Donald Trump's speech Friday afternoon on the criminal justice system — taking place …

Microsoft Wins Pentagon's $10 Billion JEDI Contract, Thwarting Amazon  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Department of Defense on Friday awarded a $10 billion technology contract to Microsoft, in what was a closely scrutinized contest after President Trump said he might intervene in the hard-fought commercial battle.

Could This Straight Shooter Bring Trump One Step Closer to Impeachment?  —  “He's been at this a long time and he's not about to give that all up to protect anyone,” one State Department official told The Daily Beast.  —  There's a new character about to take the stage in the impeachment drama.

Mike Pompeo, either quit and run for U.S. Senate in Kansas or focus on your day job  —  BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD  —  If Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is running to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, Republican of Kansas, then he should quit his rather important day job and do that.

Cummings pallbearer skips McConnell handshake at memorial  —  A pallbearer at Rep. Elijah Cummings's (D-Md.) memorial on Thursday shook hands with all top congressional leaders except Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).  —  Video captured the pallbearer, who has been identified …

We represent the whistleblower.  Their identity is no longer relevant.  —  The public now knows more about the call with Ukraine than what was in the complaint.  —  Our client's whistleblower complaint about President Trump's efforts to solicit interference from Ukraine in the 2020 U.S. election …

Giuliani Is Drawing Attention to Hunter Biden's Work in Romania.  But There's a Problem.  —  Hunter Biden worked to help a Romanian executive facing corruption charges.  But so did the former New York mayor — and a former F.B.I. director.  —  WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani …

CNN Fails To Disclose Key Facts About Andrew McCabe In Interview About DOJ Criminal Investigation  —  CNN interviewed Andrew McCabe on Friday about developments in a Justice Department criminal investigation of the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, but the network failed to disclose …

As Impeachment Heats Up, a Trump Family Anniversary Party for Jared and Ivanka at Camp David  —  It's no Bedminster—Trump called it “very rustic”—but presidents have often retreated there when trouble looms.  Afterward, Jared is off to Israel and MBS's “Davos in the Desert.”

The U.S. deficit hit $984 billion in 2019, soaring during Trump era  —  Spending increases, tax cuts, and political apathy fueled surge, and interest payments now near $400 billion  —  The U.S. government's budget deficit ballooned to nearly $1 trillion in 2019, a $205 billion increase from a year earlier …

Biden throws his campaign a lifeline  —  By reversing course and dropping his opposition to super PACs, Joe Biden has all but admitted he's getting swamped in fundraising.  —  But it was a strategic retreat that could end up paying big dividends for his cash-starved campaign.

'If I threaten someone, you'll know it': Kellyanne Conway is sounding like Donald Trump  —  Kellyanne Conway doesn't want reporters to say that she threatened the Washington Examiner reporter whom she threatened.  “So, listen, if you're going to cover my personal life, if you're going to cover …

Trump should be very worried about Senate Republicans  —  Think of Senate Republicans' current antics protesting “secret” House hearings on impeachment — in which Republicans sit on the relevant committees — as not simply spurious (recall that Benghazi depositions were held by the House in private) …

George Washington's Advisors Agreed: Impeachment Did Away with Executive Privilege  —  President George Washington's decision to withhold diplomatic papers from the House of Representatives with respect to the Jay Treaty has become an important precedent in current debates over executive privilege.