Giuliani associate Parnas wants to testify that Nunes aides hid Ukraine meetings on Biden dirt from Schiff  — Lev Parnas, a business associate of Rudy Giuliani, wants to testify to Congress that aides to Rep. Devin Nunes called off a trip to Ukraine this year when they realized …

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 …

Rick Perry says Trump is the ‘chosen one’ sent ‘to do great things’  —  Energy Secretary Rick Perry said in a portion of an interview released by Fox & Friends this past weekend that he believes President Trump is the “chosen one.”  —  “God's used imperfect people all through history.

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.

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.

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 …

To defeat Trump, Dems rethink the Obama coalition formula  —  Stirred by fears that Democrats might fail to patch together the broad coalition necessary to defeat Donald Trump next year, the late stages of the Democratic primary have taken an abrupt turn.  —  Suddenly, a contest …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared?  A Russian Troll Sent It  —  Internet trolls don't troll.  Not the professionals at least.  Professional trolls don't go on social media to antagonize liberals or belittle conservatives.  They are not narrow minded, drunk or angry.  They don't lack basic English language skills.

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.

German minister defends criticism of ‘untrustworthy’ US as backlash grows  —  BERLIN - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on Monday defended describing the United States as “unreliable and untrustworthy” in a debate over whether Chinese companies should be banned from providing equipment for Germany's 5G telecoms network.

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 …

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.

The Chronicles of Nunes: How His Impeachment Speeches Created an Alternate Reality for GOP  —  Over the course of seven opening statements—totaling some 6,300 words—Nunes crafted a narrative that was often at odds with the facts.  —  House Democrats' public impeachment hearings were designed …

AP to add 14 statehouse reporters in collaboration with Report for America  —  The Associated Press, through an unprecedented collaboration with Report for America, will bolster its 50-state presence with the addition of 14 statehouse reporters, providing local newsrooms with essential …