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.

Pete Buttigieg Says Democratic Race Is Shaping Up to Be a ‘Two-Way’ Between Him and Elizabeth Warren  —  South Bend, Indiana Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said in a new interview that he believes the race for his party's nomination will be between Senator Elizabeth Warren and himself.

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:

Bill Maher's Show Has Gone Completely Off the Rails  —  On Friday night, the host of HBO's “Real Time” welcomed an anti-vaxxer and a right-wing propagandist onto his show.  At times, he sided with both.  —  In February of 2017, Bill Maher, the “politically incorrect” satirist and stand-up comic …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

Christopher England elected new Alabama Democratic Party chair  —  State Rep. Chris England answers questions following his election as the Chair of the Alabama Democratic Party  —  Rep. Christopher England, D-Tuscaloosa, was elected Alabama Democratic Party chair on Saturday …