Trump Tells Allies He Wants Absolved War Criminals to Campaign for Him  —  Fallout from the clemency cost the Navy secretary Richard Spencer his job, but a former Pentagon deputy chief backs the ousted official.  —  If Donald Trump gets his wish, he'll soon take the three convicted …

Federal Subpoenas Seek Information on Giuliani's Consulting Business  —  Subpoenas are issued for information on Giuliani's associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman

Donald McGahn Must Testify to Congress, Judge Rules; Administration Will Appeal  —  A judge rejected the Trump administration's argument that senior White House officials were immune from congressional subpoenas.  —  WASHINGTON — The former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II must testify …

Supreme Court shields Trump's financial records for now  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is shielding President Donald Trump's financial records from House Democrats for now.  —  The delay allows the justices to decide how to handle the House subpoena and a similar demand from the Manhattan district attorney at the same time.

National Enquirer company chief David Pecker talking with New York prosecutors  —  (CNN)David Pecker, the head of the company that publishes the National Enquirer, has spoken with prosecutors with the New York district attorney's office as part of its investigation into the Trump Organization's handling …

Suffolk/Globe poll finds Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Biden in tight race in N.H.  —  A new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters shows a tight, four-way contest, with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on top but statistically tied …

Gov. Matt Bevin pardons man serving life sentence for sex abuse of 6-year-old stepdaughter  —  Gov. Matt Bevin has pardoned a man serving a life sentence for sexually abusing and sodomizing his 6-year-old stepdaughter 20 years ago.  —  In his pardon and commutation order on Friday …

BREAKING: Twitter suspends journalist Andy Ngo  —  Prominent journalist Andy Ngo, who is the Editor-at-large at The Post Millennial, has been temporarily suspended from Twitter following a response tweet to human rights campaigner, Clinton Foundation operator, and political heir Chelsea Clinton regarding trans murder rates.

Could This Be the Guy Who Wrote Anonymous's Warning?  —  Back in September 2018—an eternity ago in the Trump administration—a self-described “senior official” came forward with a counterintuitive but comforting message.  —  In an op-ed in The New York Times, the anonymous author decried Trump's …

Jared Kushner's new assignment: Overseeing the construction of Trump's border wall  —  President Trump has made his son-in-law Jared Kushner the de facto project manager for constructing his border wall, frustrated with a lack of progress over one of his top priorities as he heads …

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.

White House chief of operations Daniel Walsh is leaving  —  The White House's chief operations officer is leaving the administration, the White House said on Monday.  —  Daniel P. Walsh, whose title was deputy chief of staff, was in charge of the administration's foreign trips …

My Fellow Republicans, Please Follow the Facts  —  It seems clear to me that the president of Ukraine was subjected to a shakedown.  —  Mr. Gorton is a former Republican senator from Washington.  —  In March of 1974, as a young state attorney general, I reluctantly called …

‘Indian food is terrible’ tweet sparks hot debate about racism  —  A tweet from a US academic calling Indian food “terrible” has sparked a hot debate about cultural intolerance and racism in international cuisine.  —  “Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn't,” said international affairs professor Tom Nichols.

Bill would strip Kentucky governor's power to name state Transportation Secretary  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) - State Senate leaders are backing a bill that would limit the governor's power to name a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet secretary, essentially shifting that role to a citizen board nominated …

Why Bloomberg doesn't care about skipping the Democratic debates  —  The billionaire could spend tens of millions of dollars on his campaign without ever directly confronting his rivals on stage.  —  Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.  Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Ilhan Omar ‘working for Qatar’, Florida court hears  —  The Democratic Congresswoman is said to have passed information to Qatar which was subsequently handed along to Iran.  —  Ilhan Omar was recruited by a foreign government, received funding from a foreign government …

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.

At MIT, a new name (Shell Auditorium) for an old standby (54-100) fuels outrage  —  For years, the lecture hall at the base of MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences building has been known rather prosaically as 54-100.  But MIT's decision to rename it Shell Auditorium …

Sir Tim Berners-Lee attacks Tories over misinformation  —  The inventor of the World Wide Web has accused the Conservatives of spreading misinformation during the general election campaign.  —  Sir Tim Berners-Lee described the renaming of a Tory Twitter account as a fact checking body as “impersonation”.

Republicans' Big Lie About Trump and Russia  —  Collusion wasn't a hoax and Trump wasn't exonerated.  —  There are two very big lies that Donald Trump and his sycophants have used, through aggressive, bombastic repetition, to shape the public debate about impeachment, and about Trump's legitimacy more broadly.

Contractor that holds migrant children scraps plans for holiday party at Trump golf club  —  The invitations were out and RSVPs were due.  But Caliburn International, a corporation with billions of dollars in government contracts, has scrapped plans to host a holiday party at the Trump National Golf Club …

How Democrats can win, everywhere  —  Andy Beshear (D) is the governor-elect of Kentucky.  John Bel Edwards (D) is the governor of Louisiana.  —  Many Democrats viewed the result of the 2016 presidential election as a sign that we should abandon whole sections of the country as unwinnable.

CREW Sues DHS for Revoking Anti-White Supremacy Grants  —  CREW is suing the Department of Homeland Security for failing to respond to record requests that would explain former-DHS Advisor for Policy Katharine Gorka's involvement in revoking grants combating white supremacy and white nationalism.