White House Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call  —  Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, who heard President Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president and was alarmed, testified that he tried and failed to add key details to the rough transcript.

READ: Ukraine Specialist Catherine Croft's Written Testimony In Impeachment Inquiry  —  Catherine Croft, a State Department employee who previously worked on Ukraine issues for the National Security Council, is testifying in the House impeachment inquiry on Wednesday.

Trump aides start soaking high-priced D.C. lawyers in new business  —  Welcome to the legal quicksand stage of working in the Trump White House.  —  As the broadening impeachment investigation encroaches on the West Wing, more White House aides are grappling with the prospect …

Jeffrey Epstein's Autopsy ‘Points to Homicide,’ Not Suicide, Pathologist Claims  —  The pathologist hired by Mr. Epstein's brother said evidence suggested strangulation.  The authorities disputed the claim.  —  A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein's brother claimed on Wednesday …

Mulvaney was left in the dark on al-Baghdadi operation  —  President Trump's acting chief of staff first learned of the raid when it was already underway, raising questions about his status in the White House.  —  WASHINGTON — Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney first learned …

Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows  —  Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the world's great coastal cities.  —  The authors of a paper published Tuesday developed …

White House Finds Loophole in Search for Homeland Security Secretary  —  Officials who lead agencies in the department and echo the president's language on immigration were initially thought to be ineligible under a federal law.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has found a way to bypass …

The US economy is slowing  —  New York (CNN Business)The US economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.9% in the third quarter, the Commerce Department announced Wednesday.  —  This is the preliminary reading of US gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the American economy.

How the New Syria Took Shape  —  Russia, Turkey and Bashar al-Assad carved up northern Syria as the Americans retreated.  —  In just a few weeks, the American withdrawal from northern Syria dramatically reordered power in the country after eight years of civil war.

Trump Wants You to Know He's Smart and Capable Enough to ‘Do Quid Pro Quo’  —  Everyone should just stop saying he's too dumb or incompetent to commit crimes—he could totally pull them off if he wanted to, Trump has been complaining privately.  —  As Donald Trump gets dragged deeper …

Mitch McConnell's extraordinary efforts to say nothing at all  —  (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went to extraordinary lengths Tuesday to avoid giving substantive answers to direct questions about the allegations made by Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the first current White House official …

The Far-Right Group Said They Were the Victims.  The Videos Showed Something Different.  —  The Proud Boys claimed self-defense last year when a video showed them kicking and punching black-clad protesters.  But I saw footage that showed a clear aggressor — and eventually, so did jurors.

I Can Defeat Trump and the Clinton Doctrine  —  The U.S. will stop trying to overthrow governments and police the world.  —  Hillary Clinton emerged recently to claim, with no basis in fact, that I am being “groomed” by the Russian government to undermine America.

Protests in Iraq and Lebanon pose a challenge to Iran  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — The day after anti-government protests erupted in Iraq, Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani flew into Baghdad late at night and took a helicopter to the heavily fortified Green Zone, where he surprised a group of top security officials …

Trump Sides With Indicted Oligarch Over His Own Diplomat  —  The President of the United States amplified a tweet calling one of his diplomats a liar—and, by implication, absolving a Ukrainian gas mogul of any mob ties.  —  President Donald Trump boosted a tweet Monday promoting …

Terrorist Financing Targeting Center Jointly Designates Network of Corporations, Banks, and Individuals Supporting IRGC and Hizballah  —  Coordinated action represents largest-ever tranche of targets designated by the United States and Gulf countries as part of the Terrorist Financing Targeting …

Keeping it “real”  —  On Monday, Popular Information revealed how The Daily Wire, a toxic right-wing website, has been able to achieve phenomenal success on Facebook, in part, through gaming the system.  The investigation revealed “a clandestine network of 14 large Facebook pages that purport …

When JFK Was Trump  —  Have we ever had a president before this one who so disdains the advice and policies of those who have spent their lives working for the government he leads?  Have we ever had a chief executive who is so skeptical of the judgments of career diplomats and military leaders …

Fox's Jason Chaffetz says two days isn't enough time for congressional Republicans to read the eight page impeachment resolution  —  Chaffetz: “She said they're going to vote on Thursday, but it's Tuesday.  So, do the math”

House Democrats unveil new rules to end Republican shenanigans in impeachment hearings  —  House Democrats just unveiled a formal resolution of impeachment inquiry that will create a new and different way of holding public hearings that appears guaranteed to end Republican grandstanding and games.