Former top Russia adviser to reject ‘fictional narrative’ that Ukraine meddled in US politics  —  (CNN)A former top White House official will offer on Thursday a full-throated rebuttal to the “fictional narrative” pushed by President Donald Trump and his GOP allies about Ukraine's role meddling …

Lev Parnas Helped Rep. Devin Nunes' Investigations … The indicted Giuliani associate helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for the Republican congressman in 2018.  —  Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Rep. Devin Nunes in 2018 …

Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October  —  The meeting took place during Zuckerberg's most recent visit to Washington, where he testified before Congress about Facebook's new cryptocurrency Libra.  —  President Donald Trump hosted a previously undisclosed dinner …

The Lost Debate  —  There are winners and losers, even when no one watches.  —  It'll be interesting to see the numbers on Wednesday night's debate because my sense—and maybe I'm just projecting here—is that anyone in America who follows politics closely enough to watch a two-hour debate three months …

Vindman's Lawyer Asks Fox News to Retract Espionage Allegation  —  A guest on the Ingraham Angle, a Fox show, suggested that Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a key figure in the impeachment hearings, was guilty of spying.  —  Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman is hitting back at the smear campaign against him.

DNA test shows Hunter Biden is father of Arkansas woman's baby  —  DNA testing has established, “with scientific certainty,” that Hunter Biden is the father of an Arkansas baby, according to a motion filed Wednesday in Independence County on behalf of the child's mother, Lunden Alexis Roberts.

As Sondland testified, a misleading Ukraine story spread among conservatives on social media  —  The article offered conservatives and Trump loyalists a welcome alternative to the day's news.  —  A misleading claim about the head of the Ukrainian energy company at the heart …

Schiff games Trump impeachment show - In legitimate proceedings, you can't have it both ways  —  “Self-serving and not credible.”  At Tuesday's public hearing in the House impeachment inquiry, former U.S. envoy Kurt Volker offered that assessment of allegations that former Vice President Joe Biden …

Google to Limit Targeting of Political Ads  —  The company said the ads would not be directed specifically to audiences based on their public voter records or political affiliations.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Google will restrict how precisely political advertisers can target an audience on its online services …

Pete Buttigieg Is Worried That Free Public College Would Benefit Billionaires  —  Young people who do not go to college tend to be more economically disadvantaged than those who do.  This is not solely a function of rising tuition costs.  For one thing, the peripheral costs of college attendance …

Trump is lying about the ‘new’ ‘Apple’ factory  —  It is neither new nor an Apple factory  —  In advance of Trump's factory tour today, I took a look at the strange relationship that's developed between Tim Cook and Donald Trump over the past three years.  One of the things that popped …

White House pick to lead NOAA withdraws nomination, citing health concerns  —  Barry Myers' nomination never got to a floor vote  —  Barry Myers, President Trump's controversial nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has withdrawn from consideration due …

DOD Identifies Army Casualties  —  The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel.  —  Both soldiers died Nov. 20, 2019, in Logar Province, Afghanistan, when their helicopter crashed while providing security for troops on the ground.