A divided House passes resolution on impeachment inquiry, setting stage for televised hearings and release of witness testimony  —  A divided House approved legislation Thursday formally authorizing and articulating guidelines for the next phase of its impeachment inquiry …

Rudy Giuliani needed Apple genius help to unlock his iPhone after named Trump cybersecurity adviser  —  Giuliani's handling of the situation calls into question his understanding of basic security measures, two former FBI cyber experts told NBC News.  —  Less than a month after he was named …

GOP enemies wanted to beat Katie Hill.  Then they got her nude photos  —  Kenneth Heslep's divorce from Katie Hill had grown nasty by the time he told a podcaster in late September that he was ready to talk publicly about his split with the Democratic congresswoman.

White House lawyer moved transcript of Trump call to classified server after Ukraine adviser raised alarms  —  Moments after President Trump ended his phone call with Ukraine's president on July 25, an unsettled national security aide rushed to the office of White House lawyer John Eisenberg.

Trump lures GOP senators on impeachment with cold cash  —  President Donald Trump is rewarding senators who have his back on impeachment — and sending a message to those who don't to get on board.  —  Trump is tapping his vast fundraising network for a handful of loyal senators facing tough reelection bids in 2020.

AP-NORC Poll: Trump approval steady as impeachment rages  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's approval rating is holding steady as the House presses forward with an impeachment probe that could imperil his presidency, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Emails released between Student Body President and Donald Trump campaign official  —  Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle spoke at UF on Oct. 10  —  Emails show a Donald Trump re-election campaign official personally asked UF Student Body President Michael Murphy in September …

Fox News departure: Catherine Herridge joins CBS News, saying ‘facts matter’  —  New York (CNN Business)In another major defection from the newsroom of Fox News, Catherine Herridge is joining CBS News as a senior investigative correspondent.  —  Herridge, Fox's chief intelligence correspondent …

An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg  —  Facebook isn't defending free speech, it's assaulting truth.  —  Mr. Sorkin is a playwright and screenwriter.  —  Mark,  —  In 2011, I wrote “The Social Network” and I know you wish I hadn't.  You protested that the film was inaccurate and that Hollywood …

Trump judicial nominee cries over scathing letter from the American Bar Association  —  The American Bar Association had no shortage of criticism in its assessment of the Trump administration's new judicial nominee.  —  Colleagues found Lawrence VanDyke to be “arrogant, lazy, an ideologue …

Exclusive: WhatsApp hacked to spy on top government officials at U.S. allies - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior government officials in multiple U.S.-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc's (FB.O) WhatsApp to take over users' phones …

ISIS Confirms al-Baghdadi's Death and Names Successor  —  The announcement came four days after President Trump announced that the Islamic State leader had blown himself up during a raid by American forces in Syria.  —  The Islamic State on Thursday confirmed the death of its leader …

Minnesota Republican Party leaves Trump challengers off presidential primary ballot  —  Two former governors, former congressman running for president against Donald Trump won't be on GOP primary ballot.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will be the only choice …

House justified in impeaching Trump, says former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, who famously supported Nixon's resignation  —  In March of 1974, then-Washington Attorney General Slade Gorton broke with fellow Republicans with a public call for President Richard Nixon's resignation amid revelations …

Leon Cooperman rips Elizabeth Warren in new letter for ‘soak-the-rich positions,’ and treating him like ‘an ungrateful child’  — Leon Cooperman sent a critical letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, one of the top Democratic presidential candidates, marking the latest salvo in the war of words between …

China Doubts Long-Term Trade Deal Possible With Trump  — Stage 1 in the works but Chinese downplay prospect for others  — APEC cancellation adds another hurdle for a star-crossed deal  —  Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars.  Sign up here.

How the Borgias point the way for Trump's America  —  It takes effort to picture Donald Trump as Alexander VI, the late medieval pope whose notoriety helped trigger the Protestant Reformation.  Once you have the image, it is hard to lose.  Today's America and late 15th-century Rome are separated …

Pompeo forcefully defends Trump's Ukraine phone call, takes shot at Hunter Biden  —  Mike Pompeo isn't backing down.  —  In an exclusive interview with The Post on Wednesday, America's top diplomat forcefully defended his boss's Ukraine phone call — and sought to turn the Ukrainian tables on Democrats …