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 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.

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.

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 …

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.

'We're Asking You to Dig Deep': Biden Seeks to Steady Finances as Allies Fret  —  Joe Biden's presidential campaign is spending more money than it is taking in, unlike his top 2020 rivals, and showing an inability to galvanize big financial backers or energize many online donors.

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.

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 …

Romney-Gabbard, Make America Decent Again  —  With the next presidential election only a year away, House Democrats are committed to impeaching President Trump.  This should come as no surprise, as they have been talking about impeachment since before Trump even took office.

Bill Weld: Trump faces higher risk of removal if senators go to secret ballot  —  Ex-governor of Massachusetts and Republican candidate sees some parallels between Trump's predicament and Nixon's downfall  —  Donald Trump faces a higher risk of being removed from office than is widely assumed …

Turkey Will ‘Cleanse’ Syria Border if Russia Fails to Clear Kurdish Fighters, Erdogan Says  —  Under the Sochi agreement signed between Turkey and Russia, Syrian border guards are to clear YPG fighters from within 30 km of the Syria-Turkey border by Tuesday  —  Turkey will clear northeast Syria …

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.

The Difference Between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump  —  So much has happened in the time since I last wrote in this space.  And yet so very little.  Things are proceeding very, very quickly in these fetid times.  And yet, beneath the surface, they are also going very, very slowly.

For Some Reason, We Can't Find a Single Leftist Mark Zuckerberg Invited to His Dinners With Pundits From “Across the Spectrum”  —  During a congressional hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked Mark Zuckerberg about his “ongoing dinner parties with far-right figures.”

Arrested Giuliani associates were VIPs at Ron DeSantis' inauguration  —  Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman attended the January celebration and were on a special list to get seats near the front, according to an email.  —  The two Rudy Giuliani associates accused of violating federal campaign laws attended …

Republican Impeachment Panic Sets In  —  Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture.  Today, diplomat William Taylor's “smoking gun” Ukraine testimony, Trump's fading GOP support on impeachment …

Trump accuses Obama of treason for ‘spying’ on his 2016 campaign  —  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.  —  “What they did was treasonous, OK?

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 over Amazon in a contest that was closely watched after President Trump ramped up his criticism of Amazon's founder …