Giuliani Associate Says He Gave Demand for Biden Inquiry to Ukrainians  —  The claim by the associate, Lev Parnas, is being vigorously disputed.  —  Not long before the Ukrainian president was inaugurated in May, an associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani's journeyed to Kiev to deliver a warning …

Nikki Haley claims top aides tried to recruit her to ‘save the country’ by undermining Trump  —  NEW YORK — Two of President Trump's senior advisers undermined and ignored him in what they claimed was an effort to “save the country,” former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley claims in a new memoir.

National Sec Adviser: Top Impeachment Probe Witness Will Be Removed From WH Council  —  On Sunday, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who gave a bombshell testimony in the House impeachment investigation last month on President Donald Trump's Ukraine scheme …

Fox News Contributor Causes Scene When She Names Alleged Whistleblower on Air  —  Host Howard Kurtz, clearly startled, immediately shot back that he didn't know if that person was actually the whistleblower.  —  Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway caused a scene on Sunday morning …

John Bolton, a prolific note taker, is the impeachment inquiry's biggest wildcard  —  John Bolton is the impeachment inquiry's biggest wildcard.  People around the president say they are worried about what notes Trump's former national security adviser has kept and when he might divulge them.

Bolivian Leader Evo Morales Steps Down  —  A leftist who had served longer than any other current head of state in Latin America, Mr. Morales lost his grip on power amid violent protests set off by a disputed election.  —  President Evo Morales of Bolivia, who came to power more than a decade ago …

Pete Buttigieg outlasts the pundits by emerging as the alternative to Biden  —  As other presidential candidates promise free healthcare, college debt relief and sweeping new taxes on the ultra-rich, Pete Buttigieg is drawing large crowds with a different angle.

Republicans admit they have no fact witnesses — and Trump did it  —  House Republicans acknowledged that they have no witnesses and no documents to dispute the main facts concerning President Trump's impeachable conduct: a demand from Ukraine for dirt on a political rival …

Media beware: Impeachment hearings will be the trickiest test of covering Trump  —  The national media's shortcomings have been all too obvious in recent years as Donald Trump has gleefully thrown the norms of traditional journalism into a tizzy.  —  They've trafficked in false equivalence.

Lindsey Graham Suggests Senate Can Declare House Impeachment ‘Invalid’ If It Doesn't Expose Whistleblower  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) argued that he will consider any impeachment “invalid” unless it exposes the identity of the whistleblower who outed Donald Trump's extortion of Ukraine.  —  Views:

Donald Trump Jr walks out of Triggered book launch after heckling - from supporters  —  Event at University of California is cut short amid anger at his refusal to take questions from the audience  —  Donald Trump Jr ventured on to the University of California's overwhelmingly liberal Los Angeles campus …

Schiff's Committee Published Name Of Alleged Whistleblower Last Week  —  Last Wednesday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), chaired by Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, published the unredacted name of a man alleged to be the so-called whistleblower who helped launch …

Hillary Clinton says abuse of female politicians on social media is ‘viral’  —  LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Female politicians are facing a backlash over women's rights which has been fueled by social media that rewards abusive posts and conspiracy theories, former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Sunday.

OK Bloomberg: What panicked billionaires don't get about a nation that made them so rich  —  On a dark and drizzly autumn evening almost exactly eight years ago, Michael Bloomberg revealed his true colors to the world.  It was Oct. 1, 2011 and the then-New York City mayor …

Instagram Covers Celebrity Video Costs — If They Avoid Politics  — Contract clause conflicts with Facebook stance on free speech  — IGTV asks stars not to post about politics and social issues  —  Instagram is willing to pick up the tab for some celebrities' video production costs.

How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster  —  Graphics and design by LORENA IÑIGUEZ ELEBEE and SEAN GREENE  —  REPORTING FROM MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS  —  Five thousand miles west of Los Angeles and 500 miles north of the equator …

Skeptics Urge Bevin To Show Proof Of Fraud Claims, Warning Of Corrosive Effects  —  Trailing in the vote tally for Kentucky's governorship by about 5,000 votes, incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin decided last week to play what's becoming a familiar card: He questioned the election's legitimacy.

How the Senate can stop a purely partisan impeachment  —  My last column triggered an avalanche of negative comments unlike any previous column has prompted.  Consider this the sequel.  —  A short summary of column one: There is nothing yet revealed by the Ukraine investigation that supports a …

Jamie Dimon, head of America's biggest bank, on politics, his company's role in the 2008 financial crisis, and his paycheck  —  The chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase tells Lesley Stahl he's optimistic about the economy and explains why he's not running for president