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 …

New Documents Reveal Details of Pompeo's Role in Ukraine Affair  —  Emails and documents released by the State Department support testimony showing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo enabled the Ukrainian pressure campaign at the center of the impeachment proceedings.

Top House Democrat says ethics probe of Nunes is likely over alleged meeting with Ukrainian about Bidens  —  A high-ranking House Democrat said Saturday it's “quite likely” Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) will face an ethics investigation over allegations that he met with an ex-Ukrainian official …

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 …

Forget the Oval.  The real Trump action is in the residence.  —  The Oval Office is the traditional epicenter of power for American presidents, but a new one is emerging that's more exclusive, more secluded and more convenient.  —  President Donald Trump is increasingly morphing the White House residence into a second Oval.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized  —  The justice was admitted after experiencing chills and a fever and expects to be released as early as Sunday morning, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said.  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore …

Giuliani Says Biden Documents to Be Released ‘If I Disappear’  — In Fox interview downplays suggestion Trump will dump him  — Actions in Ukraine have been a focus of impeachment inquiry  —  Rudy Giuliani, a focus of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's foreign policy dealings …

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

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 …

Bloomberg vows to refuse donations, presidential salary  —  Bloomberg's team has reserved more than $30 million in television ads set to begin running Sunday in several primary states.  —  NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg will not accept political donations if he runs for president …

Trump's Disruptive Energy vs. the Deep State  —  For the last 56 years, this time in November has been an occasion—at first pious and lachrymose, latterly perfunctory—to commemorate the assassination of John F. Kennedy.  That event was certainly a cultural cataclysm.  America was a changed place after November 22, 1963.

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:

D.C. Attorney General Declines To Charge Jane Fonda For Friday Protests  —  We are in week seven of Jane Fonda's adventure into climate change protesting in Washington, D.C. This week brought some good news for the celebrity - the D.C. Attorney General's office is declining to charge Fonda …

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.

Feds fight back as Epstein death conspiracy theories swirl  —  NEW YORK (AP) — At another time in history, the indictment of two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself might have served as an emphatic rebuttal to suspicions that the wealthy sex offender was actually murdered.

As School District Implements Busing Over Near-Unanimous Opposition, Chinese Immigrants See Communism  — The Howard County, Maryland, school board voted to implement a massive, 1970s-style busing program Thursday, despite overwhelming opposition.  — After one vote failed …