Why Giuliani Singled Out 2 Ukrainian Oligarchs to Help Dig Up Dirt  —  VIENNA — They were two Ukrainian oligarchs with American legal problems.  One had been indicted on federal bribery charges.  The other was embroiled in a vast banking scandal and was reported to be under investigation by the F.B.I.

In firing Richard Spencer, Trump recklessly crosses another line  —  ​President Trump's attempt to manipulate military justice had a sorry outcome Sunday with the firing of Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer.  For the past nine months, Spencer had tried to dissuade Trump …

'God's used imperfect people all through history': Perry shares why he thinks Trump is the ‘chosen one’  —  Energy Secretary Rick Perry said in an interview that he told President Donald Trump that he was God's “chosen one” to lead the United States, just as he chose the kings to lead Israel in the Old Testament.

A Reporter's Guide to Texting With Rudy Giuliani  —  Everyone who texts with Rudy Giuliani knows the hands of fate control the fingertips.  Digital communication with President Trump's 75-year-old personal attorney is a delicate exercise in optimism and patience.

Trump's impeachment trial will be a sham.  Here's how to blow up his lies.  —  President Trump's coming impeachment trial in the Senate will be awash in Russian propaganda.  Literally.  —  Senate Republicans are planning to use the trial to promote the conspiracy theory that Ukraine …

Biden's senior Latina adviser quits in frustration  —  A senior Joe Biden campaign staffer in charge of outreach to Latino, African-American and women's groups has quit her post, telling two allies she was frustrated over her lack of input and with the presidential candidate's immigration rhetoric.

What Impeachment Is Revealing About the Republican Party  —  The House Intelligence Committee brought impeachment onto the public stage over the past two weeks.  But now Congress has scattered for Thanksgiving, cable news is picking over the remnants of the hearings in search of content …

This White Wisconsin County Has No Time for Trump  —  (Bloomberg Opinion) — White voters were the key to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential victory.  Their continued support for him is the main reason he is unlikely to be removed from office by impeachment.  They are the foundation of his political support heading into 2020.

Emails Confirm Miller's Twin Obsessions: Immigrants and Crime  —  Stephen Miller linked immigration to violence in emails to Breitbart News - writing of crimes committed by nonwhites that “each one [is] more disturbing than the next.”  —  “It has never been easier in American history …

WeWork Founder Adam Neumann ‘Helped Kushner Craft Mideast Peace Plan’  —  The now disgraced ex-CEO reportedly claimed that three people would save the world: Mohammed bin Salman, Jared Kushner and Neumann himself  —  The rise and catastrophic downfall of WeWork founder and former CEO Adam Neumann …

White House review turns up emails showing extensive effort to justify Trump's decision to block Ukraine military aid  —  A confidential White House review of the President Trump's decision to place a hold on military aid to Ukraine has turned up hundreds of documents that reveal extensive efforts …

In Cincinnati Suburb, Some Republicans Are Uneasy About Trump's Tone  —  Support for GOP candidates has slipped; ‘I am not anti-Trump, but I am anti-incivility’  —  FORT THOMAS, Ky.—Some Republicans in this Cincinnati suburb of tidy homes and tree-lined streets, long a GOP stronghold …

As the Rich Get Richer, the Ambassadors Get Worse  —  No other developed democratic country—and perhaps no other country in the world—would entrust any part of its foreign policy to someone like Gordon Sondland.  A wealthy West Coast hotel owner, Sondland donated $1 million …

Biden Is Struggling in Iowa and His Supporters There Know Why  —  The former vice president's backers have noted a lack of enthusiasm and a spotty campaign operation as reasons Joe Biden is lagging in Iowa, not to mention a formidable moderate competitor in Pete Buttigieg.

Special report: ‘Time to take out our swords’ - Inside Iran's plot to attack Saudi Arabia  —  (Reuters) - Four months before a swarm of drones and missiles crippled the world's biggest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia, Iranian security officials gathered at a heavily fortified compound in Tehran.

Trump Ordered Review of U.S. Sanctions on Turkey's Halkbank  — President lobbied by Turkey over effects on state-owned bank  — Trump asked for Treasury, DOJ help after Erdogan entreaty  —  President Donald Trump told the Treasury Department and Justice Department to look into the impact …

Exclusive: Warren Leads Among LGBTQ+ Voters in First-of-Its-Kind Poll … Elizabeth Warren, shantay you stay.  —  In a first-of-its-kind poll, a new survey from YouGov and Out magazine found that LGBTQ+ voters favor the Massachusetts Senator by a nearly 2-to-1 margin over her Democratic rivals in the 2020 primary race.

Arrested as teens, three men are set to be exonerated after 36 years behind bars for wrongful murder conviction  —  Baltimore prosecutor's Conviction Integrity Unit finds men are innocent in 1983 slaying of 14-year-old, shot in school hallway for his jacket  —  The death of 14-year-old DeWitt Duckett was historically horrible.

The View's Meghan McCain refuses to criticize Lindsey Graham's latest scheme to help Trump: 'He's still very wonderful to my family'  —  “The View"co-host Meghan McCain hates seeing Sen. Lindsey Graham attacking Joe Biden, but she refused to criticize her late father's friend.

Justices reject call for new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast case  —  FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2016 file photo, Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to a hearing.  Supreme Court justices on Monday left in place a Maryland court ruling that denied a new trial to Adnan Syed …

Big Calculator: How Texas Instruments Monopolized Math Class  —  These $100 calculators have been required in classrooms for more than twenty years, as students and teachers still struggle to afford them  —  his fall, Stephen Thompson began his first year of teaching Algebra 2 …

The Strange Liberal Backlash to Woke Culture  —  There is a certain kind of liberally inclined writer who sees Donald Trump's America as a nation in crisis.  At every turn, in every tweet, she is confronted by the signs of an ongoing catastrophe, from which it may be too late to escape.