The Mueller Report's Secret Memos  —  BuzzFeed News sued the US government for the right to see all the work that Mueller's team kept secret.  Today we are publishing the first installment.  —  The 448-page report issued by then-special counsel Robert Mueller last March …

A presidential loathing for Ukraine is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry  —  Three of President Trump's top advisers met with him in the Oval Office in May, determined to convince him that the new Ukrainian leader was an ally deserving of U.S. support.

Smugglers are sawing through new sections of Trump's border wall  —  SAN DIEGO — Smuggling gangs in Mexico have repeatedly sawed through new sections of President Trump's border wall in recent months by using commercially available power tools, opening gaps large enough for people and drug loads …

Children were told to ‘build the wall’ at White House Halloween party  —  WASHINGTON — A Halloween party on Oct. 25 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building featured candy, paper airplanes and — concerning for some attendees — a station where children were encouraged to help “Build the Wall” with their own personalized bricks.

Nancy Pelosi Is Worried 2020 Candidates Are on Wrong Track  — Speaker questions appeal of Medicare For All, Green New Deal  — Ideas could repel voters in swing Midwestern states, she says  —  Nancy Pelosi is issuing a pointed message to Democrats running for president in 2020 …

In Trump's Twitter Feed: Conspiracy-Mongers, Racists and Spies  —  In September, an obscure Twitter account promoting a fringe belief about an anti-Trump cabal within the government tweeted out a hashtag: #FakeWhistleblower.  —  It was typical for the anonymous account …

US judge blocks Trump's health insurance rule for immigrants  —  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas.

Castro fights to stay in race as staff looks for other jobs  —  Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)Julián Castro plans to refocus his 2020 presidential campaign on Iowa, Nevada and Texas in the coming days and is supporting his staffers looking for jobs with other campaigns, sources familiar with the plans tell CNN.

Inside Beto O'Rourke's collapse  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — As night fell and his staffers led him through the drizzle to his rented Dodge Grand Caravan for the last time, Beto O'Rourke was asked Friday by a reporter, “What do you think went wrong for you?”  —  He didn't answer, allowing the question …

Donald Trump Jr. Has a Few Grievances to Air in Upcoming Book  — President's oldest son also shares some personal anecdotes  — Video-gaming with Michael Jackson; debating Obama's Nobel  —  The president's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., airs some of the family's grievances over the probe …

Tucker Carlson's Very Creepy Smear Of Adam Schiff: Impeachment In ‘Steamy, Unhinged Letters Using His Own Body Fluids’  —  Fox's Tucker Carlson probably grossed out a large number of viewers with what he must have imagined was a hilarious smear of Rep. Adam Schiff over impeachment.  —  Views:

Those People We Tried to Cancel?  They're All Hanging Out Together  —  Depriving people of a platform works — in unexpected ways.  —  Katie Herzog was a largely unknown freelance journalist living in Seattle.  Then she published an article in The Stranger about trans people who halt or reverse transitions.

Trump's defenders need to stop pretending impeachment is a criminal trial  —  President Trump's defenders have a problem: His conduct with Ukraine has thus far proved to be indefensible.  —  Unsurprisingly, then, rather than justify the substance of what he did, his allies have fallen back on complaints about the impeachment process.

Fact check: Trump lies about CNN at Mississippi rally  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump stood before thousands of supporters in Mississippi on Friday night, squinted and pointed, and told them he was seeing something that was not actually happening.  —  Trump criticized CNN at length at his campaign rally in Tupelo.

Russia Held Up an Ailing American Military Attaché From Leaving Moscow  —  The American was safely evacuated, but the episode was the latest indication that Russian intimidation of American officials has reached levels unseen since the Cold War.  —  WASHINGTON — Russian officials …

Virginia Is On The Brink Of Cementing Its Democratic Status  —  Republicans risk losing their last footholds of power in the Old Dominion.  —  Democrats are poised to take control of both of Virginia's state legislative chambers on Tuesday, bringing the state under unified Democratic control for the first time in a quarter century.

GOP worries banned political ads could upend Trump's 2020 campaign  —  Top Republicans are privately worried about a new threat to President Trump's campaign: the possibility of Facebook pulling a Twitter and banning political ads.  —  Why it matters: Facebook says it won't, but future regulatory pressure could change that.