Army Officer Who Heard Trump's Ukraine Call Reported Concerns  —  The top Ukraine expert at the White House will tell impeachment investigators he twice reported concerns about President Trump's pressure tactics on Ukraine, acting out of a “sense of duty.”  —  WASHINGTON — A White House …

Trump Officials Had No Clue Where He Got ‘Whimpering’ Detail in His Baghdadi Raid Account  —  Five officials told The Daily Beast that they were perplexed watching Trump's Sunday morning victory lap.  And Pentagon officials are confused too.  —  The killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi marked …

Nunes Aide Is Leaking the Ukraine Whistleblower's Name, Sources Say  —  Derek Harvey, a former intelligence analyst, has also been spreading disinformation about an aide to Adam Schiff.  —  A top aide to Rep. Devin Nunes has been providing conservative politicians and journalists with information …

House impeachment vote scrambles Senate Republicans' Trump defense  —  Senate Republicans quickly coalesced behind an effort to condemn the House's impeachment inquiry late last week.  Now their plans are up in the air.  —  After House Democrats announced they'd vote to establish the next steps …

Trump is preparing to squander his al-Baghdadi victory  —  Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President.”  Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations.

I am no longer a Republican  —  I just came back from city hall, where I switched my voter registration from Republican to unenrolled (aka independent).  Two reasons:  —  First, the Republican Party has largely become the Party of Trump.  Too many Republicans in Congress are willing …

Reporter on Katie Hill scandal promotes GOP candidates for her seat  —  Shortly after Rep. Katie Hill announced her resignation from Congress on Sunday night, the RedState reporter who published damaging allegations involving the Democratic rising star, along with a nude photo …

Dissent Erupts at Facebook Over Hands-Off Stance on Political Ads  —  In an open letter, the social network's employees said letting politicians post false claims in ads was “a threat” to the company.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The letter was aimed at Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, and his top lieutenants.

Dear Colleague on Next Steps in House's Ongoing Impeachment Inquiry  —  H. Res.  ___ — Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives …

New maps ordered for NC 2020 congressional races, in win for Democrats  —  North Carolina's 2020 elections for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives must happen under new maps, a panel of judges ruled Monday evening, saying that the current Republican-drawn maps are unfair to many voters.

Judge reopens Covington Catholic teen's $250 million lawsuit against Washington Post  —  A federal judge in Kentucky has reopened the $250 million defamation case filed by a Covington Catholic student against the Washington Post after dismissing it in July, allowing the lawsuit to proceed but narrowing its focus.

Former US Senator Kay Hagan dead at 66 after three-year battle with encephalitis  —  Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a one-time Capitol Hill intern who went on to become North Carolina's first Democratic female senator, died Monday at her Greensboro home.  She was 66.

How 9 sweet-faced, white-haired elders suppressed 500+ students' votes in one college town  —  This piece is based on an interview of Joe Schmitz by the author.  —  Joe Schmitz, then a professor at Western Illinois University, was an election judge in 2008 in the small, rural college town of Macomb, Illinois.

Evangelicals have been reshaped into the image of Trump himself  —  It has always struck me as strange that a narrative about genocide — Noah and the ark — should be employed as a children's story.  As the other boys and girls in Sunday school focused on the cuteness of the rescued animals …

Getty fire: Housekeepers and gardeners go to work despite the flames  —  Carmen Solano didn't know a brush fire had erupted Monday near the neighborhood where she worked.  She simply left at 6 a.m. for her job cleaning a house on a street of multimillion-dollar homes.

AFTER CATCH AND KILL FALLOUT, FORMER FOX NEWS STAFFERS DEMAND TO BE RELEASED FROM THEIR NDAS  —  NBC News, attempting to do damage control, says it will release former employees from nondisclosure agreements if they want to speak up about sexual misconduct at the network.

Purge of about 300,000 voter registrations planned in Georgia  —  About 330,000 voter registrations in Georgia could soon be canceled because registrants haven't participated in elections for several years.  —  The purge comes after Georgia canceled 534,119 registrations in July 2017 …

Did Emma Sulkowicz Get Redpilled?  At the very least, she's found a new social set.  —  “This story starts with me being on Tinder,” Emma Sulkowicz explains.  “I don't have TV, so all I can do is swipe left and right on men.”  It's mid-afternoon, and we're in a deserted Vietnamese restaurant …

‘Unprecedented’: Florida GOP postpones biggest annual fundraiser  —  TALLAHASSEE — The Republican Party of Florida on Monday postponed its biggest annual fundraiser, a move that some officials blamed on lackluster interest from donors.  —  Planners were having difficulty selling table sponsorships …

Capital Gazette shooting: Maryland man pleads guilty to attack that killed five as chilling details emerge … The man who blasted his way into the Capital Gazette newsroom more than a year ago, armed with a shotgun, smoke bombs and a device that blocked his victims from fleeing …

Greg Walden to retire in latest sign of GOP doubts about retaking House  —  Rep. Greg Walden, the top Republican on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, will retire at the end of this Congress — the latest sign that Republicans see a struggle to retake the House in 2020.

Former Boston College Student Charged in Boyfriend's Suicide  —  Inyoung You is accused of involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of her college boyfriend, who died on his graduation day.  —  BOSTON — A former Boston College student has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection …

General Motors Sides With Trump in Emissions Fight, Splitting the Industry  —  Breaking with some of their biggest rivals, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota said Monday they were intervening on the side of the Trump administration in an escalating battle with California over fuel economy standards for automobiles.