‘I feel bad that I left’: John Kelly warned Trump he would be impeached  —  SEA ISLAND, Georgia — John Kelly warned President Trump that hiring a “yes man” to succeed him as White House chief of staff would lead to impeachment and, in hindsight, regrets his decision to resign.

In impeachment inquiry, Republican lawmakers ask questions about whistleblower, loyalty to Trump and conspiracy theories  —  Republican lawmakers have used the congressional impeachment inquiry to gather information on a CIA employee who filed a whistleblower complaint, press witnesses …

Official to Testify Pompeo Blocked Show of Support for Ousted Ambassador  —  Philip Reeker is latest State Department witness called in impeachment inquiry  —  WASHINGTON—A senior State Department official was set to tell House impeachment investigators Saturday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …

Company with ties to Trump's brother Robert awarded $33 million government contract  —  A company in which President Trump's brother has a financial stake received a $33 million contract from the U.S. Marshals Service earlier this year, an award that has drawn protests from two other bidders …

London trip photos show Giuliani with indicted associate at Yankees' game, Ukrainian charity event  —  Rudy Giuliani (center) speaks with New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone prior to a game between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in London in June 2019.  Lev Parnas, a now-indicted associate …

Rachel Maddow Confronts Her NBC News Bosses Live, on the Air  —  The MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow publicly confronted the leadership of her own network on Friday night, declaring live on air that she and other NBC News employees had deep concerns about whether the organization …

Trump's Impeachment Woes Grow In Latest Twitter Rant  —  Somebody is thinking about impeachment this morning.  —  President Donald Trump's latest weekend tweetstorm took aim at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) …

Symbol of '80s Greed Stands to Profit From Trump Tax Break for Poor Areas  —  RENO, Nev. — In the 1980s, Michael Milken embodied Wall Street greed.  A swashbuckling financier, he was charged with playing a central role in a vast insider-trading scheme and was sent to prison for violating federal securities and tax laws.

Thanks, Whistle-Blower, Your Work Is Done  —  White House transcript Statements by officials  —  Statements by officials Not proven yet  —  White House transcript Statements by officials  —  “Where is the Whistleblower, and why did he or she write such a fictitious and incorrect account …

Trump ordered Mattis to ‘screw Amazon’ on Pentagon contract, according to new book  —  (CNN) A new biography of former Defense Secretary James Mattis reports President Donald Trump personally got involved in who would win a major $10 billion contract to provide cloud computing services to the Pentagon …

Maria Butina Receives Hero's Welcome in Moscow  —  Maria Butina is out of jail and Moscow is celebrating the convicted “spotter” for Russian intelligence.  —  Maria Butina, who pleaded guilty late last year to conspiring to act on behalf of the Russian government as a clandestine foreign agent …

Two years in, Trump tax cuts not on course to pay for themselves  —  After two years, President Trump's tax cuts are not on track to pay for themselves, the latest Treasury data released Friday suggest.  —  Total federal government revenues ended up lower in 2019 than was projected before the passage of the GOP tax overhaul in 2017.

U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, an Iowa native, backs Elizabeth Warren for president  —  U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, a native Iowan and a rising star in the Democratic Party, confirmed to the Des Moines Register Saturday that she is endorsing U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president.

Is William Barr the Head of DOJ or QAnon?  —  John Durham's investigation of the Russia probe as a criminal matter is further proof that the Justice Department is a tool for Trump now  —  I warned you William Barr was the most dangerous man in America.  —  I warned you he would burn Washington to the ground.

This Impeachment Subverts the Constitution  —  It's nakedly political and procedurally defective, and so far there's no public evidence of high crimes.  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed committees investigating President Trump to “proceed under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry,” …

A Racist Attack Shows How Whiteness Evolves  —  An assault at a New Jersey high school football game had an unexpected cast of characters.  —  Dr. Painter is the author of “The History of White People.”  —  Two 17-year-old boys accused of harassing four African-American middle schoolgirls …

Florida woman sets person on fire in Taco Bell, and then may have gone on arson spree, cops say  —  A Tallahassee woman may have went on a arson spree Wednesday and Thursday, starting at a Taco Bell where a woman was set on fire, cops say.  —  On Wednesday, Mia Williams …

Pompeo Discusses Senate Race in Kansas with Koch  —  Secretary of State talked to billionaire Charles Koch during a visit to Wichita  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the U.S. Senate race in Kansas with billionaire Charles Koch and a top official from his namesake company during …

Trump speaks at HBCU Benedict College as students are asked to stay in dorms  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. - In a way, what happened outside Benedict College's gates in the heart of downtown felt quite small.  At its peak, the crowd covered less than 100 yards of the sidewalk.

Civil rights leaders thought they'd figured out how to deal with Facebook.  But now they are ‘livid.’  —  As civil rights leaders prepared for a town hall event in Atlanta last month featuring Facebook's second-in-command Sheryl Sandberg, optimism ran high that company officials …

Waiting for Bolton: A Capital Speculates on What He Will Say  —  As the House impeachment inquiry enters its second month, there may be no witness investigators want to question more than John R. Bolton, the president's former national security adviser.  —  WASHINGTON — The message …