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

Esper says Trump ordered him to allow SEAL to keep status  —  In this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 photo, U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fields questions at a media availability at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired …

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 …

'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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 welcomes Conan, hero dog from al-Baghdadi raid, to White House  —  At the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump welcomed Conan — the hero dog from the raid that led to the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.  —  After emerging from the Oval Office with the dog and his handler …

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 …

People Are Doubling Down On Their Opinions On Impeachment, Poll Finds  —  Those with the least-settled opinions on impeachment are also the least likely to be following the hearings.  —  Days of televised impeachment hearings have left Americans largely dug into their original opinions …

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 …

Exclusive: Warren Leads Among LGBTQ+ Voters in First-of-Its-Kind Poll  —  A survey conducted by YouGov and Out magazine shows Warren with a double-digit lead in LGBTQ+ support.  —  Elizabeth Warren, shante you stay.  —  In a first-of-its-kind poll, a new survey from YouGov and Out magazine found …

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 …

The California DMV Is Making $50M a Year Selling Drivers' Personal Information  —  The California Department of Motor Vehicles is generating revenue of $50,000,000 a year through selling drivers' personal information, according to a DMV document obtained by Motherboard.

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.

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.

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 …

Mike Bloomberg just stabbed the journalistic heart of his news organization  —  Months ago, when former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg said he wouldn't run for president, a palpable feeling of relief flooded the global newsrooms that bear his name.  —  “The sound of 2,700 exhaling,” as the quip had it.

Spot the crime in progress  —  Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch are the principals of Fusion GPS.  In April 2016 the Clinton presidential campaign and Democratic National Commmittee hired Fusion GPS “to build a Trump-Russia echo chamber,” as Lee Smith puts it in The Plot Agains the President.

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 …

Are Trump's Critics Demonically Possessed?  —  It isn't enough for Franklin Graham and Eric Metaxas, two prominent figures within the American evangelical movement, to lavish praise on President Donald Trump.  They have now decided they must try to demonize his critics.  —  Literally.

Turkey tests S-400 Russian missile system with US F-16, in defiance of Washington  —  Footage shows jets flying over Ankara to test newly acquired system, despite US and Nato opposition to deal  —  Turkey moved a step closer to activating the S-400 Russian missile defence system on Monday as it used F-16 jets to test its radars.

Could Donald Jr. or Lara Trump Run for Office in New York, and Win?  —  A poll showed Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law, would win a primary for a Long Island congressional seat by more than 30 points.  —  In some Republican circles, the notion of President Trump's children running …