Trump trails Democratic rivals in national survey as independents move away  —  One year out from the 2020 election, President Trump trails some potential Democratic rivals in head-to-head matchups, with his national support level currently fixed at about 40 percent, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Lev Parnas, Giuliani Associate, Opens Talks With Impeachment Investigators  —  Mr. Parnas could offer Congress a vein of information about a political pressure campaign in Ukraine.  —  An associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani who was involved in a campaign to pressure Ukraine …

At least 10 members of Mormon family brutally killed in Mexico; about a dozen still missing  —  Daniel Gonzalez Adrianna RodriguezArizona Republic  —  MEXICO CITY — At least 10 members of a prominent Mormon family, three mothers and their young children, were killed in a shooting attack …

The scope of Trump's corruption is mind-boggling.  New developments show how.  —  At this point, the broad contours of the Ukraine scandal are well understood.  President Trump appears to have used hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money appropriated as military aid to extort …

POLITICO Playbook: We've read the transcripts.  Do they help Trump?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION: Since the release of the first two transcripts from the impeachment inquiry Monday, have you seen a single stitch of information that helps President DONALD TRUMP?

Schiff: Trump betrayed America.  Soon the public will hear from patriots who defended it.  —  The Ukraine call was one piece of a larger operation to redirect US foreign policy to benefit Trump's personal interests, not the national interest.  —  A little over one month has passed since …

Commissioners call New York Times ‘fake news,’ deny library funding for digital subscriptions  —  'I don't agree with it, I don't like ‘em,’ said one Citrus County commissioner who said he agrees with President Donald Trump that the newspaper prints ‘fake news.’

Sun Comes Up |  Pete Buttigieg for President … To stay connected with the campaign:  —  About Pete:  —  Pete Buttigieg is a husband, Afghanistan veteran, and the Mayor of his hometown, South Bend, Indiana.  —  Pete is running for president because this is a now or never moment for our nation.

ABC Anchor: We Had Epstein Three Years Ago — And ABC Spiked It; Update: “Private Moment Of Frustration,” Says Robach  —  Forget the hidden cameras and the cloak-and-dagger trappings of the usual Project Veritas scoop.  In today's big PV drop, ABC News anchor Amy Robach helpfully narrates …

Tom Steyer aide stole Kamala Harris' SC volunteer data from 2020 presidential voter file  —  COLUMBIA — A South Carolina aide for Tom Steyer's 2020 presidential campaign stole valuable volunteer data collected by Kamala Harris' campaign using an account from when he worked with the S.C. Democratic Party …

Another Term For Trump's Quid Pro Quo?  Extortion.  —  Former federal prosecutors say the president's interactions with Ukraine also amount to extortion, as defined by the Hobbs Act.  —  WASHINGTON - While both the president's defenders and critics have settled on the phrase “quid pro quo” …

I Said Marvel Movies Aren't Cinema.  Let Me Explain.  —  Cinema is an art form that brings you the unexpected.  In superhero movies, nothing is at risk, a director says.  —  Mr. Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning director, writer and producer.  —  When I was in England in early October, I gave an interview to Empire magazine.

Trump wants to win even more rural votes in 2020.  Democrats are scrambling to catch up  —  Corey Bauch is eager to explain why he regrets not voting for Donald Trump.  —  The 44-year old-agreed to meet with me last week in this rural Wisconsin town (population of 1,500), where he has lived most of his life.

Roger Stone's trial could hang on a comedian's drunken texts  —  WASHINGTON — It was late in the evening of Oct. 1, 2016, and radio talk show host Randy Credico was at London's Heathrow Airport doing what he sometimes did in those days: getting smashed.  He ducked into a duty-free shop …

YouTube Bans Gorka Because He Won't Stop Playing Imagine Dragons  —  The notoriously combative Trump ally has regularly played Imagine Dragons songs on his radio show, “America First.”  —  YouTube banned Sebastian Gorka from its platform on Monday, apparently because the former Trump White …

The State Of The Polls, 2019  —  Polls just had one of their best election cycles, ever — but challenges abound in the industry  —  Much maligned for their performance in the 2016 general election — and somewhat unfairly so, since the overall accuracy of the polls was only slightly below average …

One of the most famous incidents of campus outrage was totally misrepresented  —  A bánh mì sandwich, one of several food items involved in the Oberlin controversy.  Greg Powers/Washington Post/Getty Images  —  How a single article in Oberlin's student paper about food got turned …

So this is why Trump doesn't want officials to testify  —  Now we see why the Trump administration doesn't want officials to testify in the impeachment inquiry.  —  Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) released the first batch of transcripts Monday from the closed-door depositions …

Rudy Allies Are Spreading Dirt About Bannon Behind the Scenes  —  Trump's former chief strategist is coming under attack from allies of the president's personal attorney, with one memo calling Bannon “THE FOX IN THE TRUMP HOUSE.”  —  Allies of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani …

Warren's plan to finance Medicare-for-all pushes into dangerous and uncharted territory  —  Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren last week mounted a passionate defense of universal government-provided health care and made a detailed case that it can be paid for without burdening the middle class.