Sondland Told House Panels Trump's Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo  —  U.S. envoy to EU told House committees that he believed White House meeting was conditioned on Ukraine opening investigations, his lawyer says  —  WASHINGTON—A top U.S. diplomat told House committees last week …

‘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 …

There's A Village In Ukraine Where Rudy Giuliani Is The Honorary Mayor.  That's Not The Weird Part Of This Story.  —  ANATEVKA, Ukraine — Less than 20 miles outside of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, there's a little village inspired by Fiddler on the Roof that is playing an outsize role …

Trump Approves Special Ops Raid Targeting ISIS Leader Baghdadi, Military Says He's Dead  —  The United States military has conducted a special operations raid targeting one of its most high-value targets, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), Newsweek has learned.

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 …

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.

U.S. military convoy crosses border into northeastern Syria  —  Several of the vehicles were flying large American flags and were accompanied overhead by attack helicopters, eyewitnesses said.  —  ERBIL, Iraq — A convoy of U.S. military vehicles has crossed the border from Iraq …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

How Warren Went From Wonky Blogger to Democratic Frontrunner  —  Her path from blogger to, potentially, the White House is the purest illustration of how Bush-era Democratic insurgents have taken positions of power in the time of Trump.  —  A 70-year-old, twice-elected Senator …

Highlights of the News  —  Today is the third anniversary of the greatest tweet in history.  —  ITEM 1: The Washington Examiner reported, “President Trump has ratcheted up his claim that the Obama White House spied on his 2016 campaign, charging in a new book that it was a ‘treasonous’ act by the former Democratic president.

Facebook Axed Pro-Vaccine Ads, Let Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracies Slip Through  —  Legitimate health institutions are getting swept up in Facebook's algorithmic crackdown against anti-vaccine misinformation.  —  Facebook promised to institute a stricter policy on anti-vaccination misinformation …

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,” …

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.