Iowa Poll: Pete Buttigieg rockets to the top of the 2020 field as a clear front-runner  —  November's closely-watched poll results indicate who voters might choose for the 2020 Iowa Caucuses.  A new candidate leads the pack.  —  CONNECT  —  Pete Buttigieg has rocketed to the top …

In Louisiana, a Narrow Win for John Bel Edwards and a Hard Loss for Trump  —  John Bel Edwards of Louisiana, a rare Democratic governor in the South, was re-elected for a second term, beating back a challenger heavily supported by President Trump.  —  BATON ROUGE, La. …

Bolton and Trump Met Privately Over Withheld Aid, White House Official Testified  —  John R. Bolton, who left the White House in September, has emerged as perhaps the most conspicuous witness who has evaded House Democrats as they build their case.  —  WASHINGTON — John R. Bolton …

Trump Chest Discomfort Claim After Walter Reed Visit  —  A contributor for the Hill who writes on veterans issues and used to work for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is claiming that President Donald Trump visited Walter Reed National Medical Center due to chest discomfort.

Trump's actions on Ukraine ‘an impeachable offense,’ says House Dem on Intelligence Committee  —  Two members of the House Intelligence Committee responded to developments over the weekend in the impeachment inquiry, including State Department official David Holmes' closed door testimony …

Sondland discussed sensitive matters with Trump on phone from Kyiv restaurant as waiters circled  —  Waiters were coming and going as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland spoke on the phone with President Trump on July 26 from the outdoor section of a central Kyiv restaurant …

Man took machete to N.J. mall to attack African Americans, planned damage to Midwest synagogues, feds say  —  Richard Tobin was sitting in his car at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison, holding a machete.  —  Tobin wanted to “let loose” with the weapon, an FBI agent would later write in court documents.

KNUS radio host Craig Silverman says he was fired mid-show for criticizing Trump  —  Craig Silverman, a former chief deputy district attorney in Denver and talk-show host on the conservative 710 KNUS radio station, said he was fired mid-show Saturday after criticizing President Donald Trump.

Impeachment: Trump abuses power by harassing, intimidating witnesses like Yovanovitch  —  Trump has a pattern of public witness tampering.  Using his presidential platform this way may not be criminal but that is not relevant to impeachment.  —  It was a shocking moment …

How FedEx Cut Its Tax Bill to $0  —  The company, like much of corporate America, has not made good on its promised investment surge from President Trump's 2017 tax cuts.  —  WASHINGTON — In the 2017 fiscal year, FedEx owed more than $1.5 billion in taxes.  The next year, it owed nothing.

Trump's ‘West Point Mafia’ Faces a Loyalty Test  —  On May 28, 1986, newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Michael Pompeo stood at attention in Michie Stadium at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, first in his class.  The career he was about to launch would take him from commanding a tank platoon …

Impeachment inquiry: Trump ally must choose between loyalty and saving himself  —  Gordon Sondland may try to balance fealty to Trump with the fate that has befallen others in the president's circle: prison time  —  Donald Trump's fate in the impeachment inquiry could rest in the hands …

‘ABUSIVE CREEP’: George Conway Blasted For Smearing Elise Stefanik With Alleged Doctored Image, Calling Her ‘Trash’  —  George Conway, husband of White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway, faced intense backlash on Saturday for calling Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY) “lying trash …

Long Island … In one of the most concentrated investigations of discrimination by real estate agents in the half century since enactment of America's landmark fair housing law, Newsday found evidence of widespread separate and unequal treatment of minority potential homebuyers and minority communities on Long Island.