Navy Is Said to Proceed With Disciplinary Plans Against Edward Gallagher  —  Top military officials threatened to resign or be fired if their plans to remove Chief Gallagher from the SEALs were halted by President Trump, administration officials said.  —  The secretary of the Navy and the admiral …

Top Dem says ethics investigation into Devin Nunes likely  —  The top Democrat on the House armed services committee said Saturday that Republican Rep. Devin Nunes is likely to face an ethics investigation over allegations he met with an ex-Ukrainian prosecutor at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

How Facebook's Embed in the Trump Campaign Helped the President Win  —  James Barnes is now focused on using digital-ad strategies to try to get Trump out of office in 2020  —  After the 2016 presidential election, Republican Party officials credited Facebook Inc. with helping Donald Trump win the White House.

Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ After Australia Bushfires Destroy 80% Of Their Habitat  —  As Australia experiences record-breaking drought and bushfires, koala populations have dwindled along with their habitat, leaving them “functionally extinct.”  —  The chairman of the Australian Koala Foundation …

Trump's GOP support hardens despite damning impeachment testimony  —  After two weeks of extraordinary open hearings that Democrats envisioned as their best opportunity to shape public opinion on impeachment, President Trump claims to be impervious to the cascade of damaging revelations …

Dozens of infant deaths have been tied to a popular baby product.  But regulators are too paralyzed to act.  —  A paralyzing conflict inside the nation's product safety regulator has prevented the agency from taking action against a popular baby product that studies have linked …

Press Sec Grisham Smears Bolton: Too Old To Understand Twitter  —  Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham did not deny John Bolton's accusation that the White House blocked his Twitter account.  Instead she dodged the question by attacking him as too old to know how Twitter works.  —  Views:

Trump Privately Frets 'What's Going on With Drudge?'  During Impeachment, Asks Jared Kushner to ‘Look Into It’  —  One of the most powerful media organs in the conservative movement hasn't been kind to the president during impeachment.  He's noticed.  —  As House lawmakers move quickly toward …

Historians Find Another Spy in the U.S. Atomic Bomb Project  —  His Soviet code name was Godsend, and he came to Los Alamos from a family of secret agents.  —  The world's first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexican desert — a result of a highly secretive effort code-named …

Fiona Hill: The Antidote to Trump  —  I've been in Britain, so it was tough to give this week's impeachment hearings the attention they deserve.  But one obvious theme has emerged: the imperturbability, professionalism, and courage of the women who have testified.

New Hampshire may test durability of Sanders' popularity  —  Bernie Sanders has remained among the front-runners in the Democratic primary despite his campaign-trail heart attack and the rise of Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg, but perhaps no state will test that more than New Hampshire

It's Not Just Flooding in Venice.  Here's How Climate Change Threatens World Heritage Sites Everywhere  —  Venice is reeling from the worst flooding the city has experienced in 50 years, the city is “on its knees,” Venetian Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted as water submerged much of the the famous historical city.

Agreement reached on spending bill allocations  —  Top appropriators in Congress have reached a deal on spending levels for a dozen bills that fund the day-to-day operations of the federal government, two individuals familiar with the negotiations said today.

In Three Touchstone Speeches, Elizabeth Warren Grounds Her Campaign in a History of American Protest and Movement Building  —  To launch her campaign, back in January, Sen. Elizabeth Warren had a number of locations to choose from.  She could have started in Norman, Oklahoma …

Pence on surprise Iraq trip to reassure Kurds, greet troops  —  1 of 4  —  ERBIL, Iraq (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday in the highest-level American trip since President Donald Trump ordered a pullback of U.S. forces in Syria two months ago.

Joe Biden has stood the test of time.  He should be the next president  —  A former Iowa governor says Joe Biden can help heal our nation and return a sense of normalcy and decency to the White House.  —  In one of the early episodes of “Wolf Hall,” a PBS Masterpiece Theatre presentation …

Trump's Gatekeeper Put Rudy in Touch With Pompeo: Emails  —  Newly released documents tie the president even further to the disinformation campaign his personal lawyer was spearheading.  —  President Donald Trump's White House gatekeeper helped facilitate a phone conversation between Rudy Giuliani …

Path for Senate impeachment proceedings unclear as Trump says ‘I want a trial’  —  While the House is all but certain to impeach President Donald Trump over allegations that he sought to pressure Ukraine to announce investigations targeting political rivals in exchange for the release …