Two OMB officials resigned in part over concerns about Ukraine aid hold, official testifies  —  Mark Sandy, a career official at the White House Office of Management and Budget, revealed the resignations in testimony to impeachment investigators  —  Two officials at the White House Office …

Trump Knew of Whistle-Blower Complaint When He Released Aid to Ukraine  —  White House lawyers briefed President Trump in late August about the complaint, people familiar with the matter said.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump had already been briefed on a whistle-blower's complaint …

Release Detail  —  November 26, 2019 - Biden Retakes Lead As Warren Plunges, Buttigieg Rises, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Not Swayed By Impeachment Hearings  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has retaken the lead in the Democratic primary race for president …

Pete Buttigieg Is a Lying MF  —  Seven thousand three hundred twenty-two dollars.  —  I hid it in a white Piggly Wiggly bag in the back of the dishwasher.  Every single time I returned to that tiny apartment, I opened up that Navajo-white Kenmore dishwasher and made sure it was there.

They Voted Democratic.  Now They Support Trump.  —  Two-thirds of battleground state voters who chose Trump in 2016 but selected Democrats in the midterms say they will return to the president next year.  —  Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope …

Trump Denies Sending Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine for Biden Probe  — President discusses Giuliani in interview with Bill O'Reilly  — Giuliani has said he conducted Ukraine investigation for Trump  —  Donald Trump denied directing Rudy Giuliani to go to Ukraine to look for dirt on his political rivals …

Melania Trump booed at youth opioid summit in Baltimore  —  (CNN)First lady Melania Trump took her “Be Best” initiative to the Baltimore area on Tuesday, where she was met with a chorus of boos from attendees at a youth summit aimed at raising awareness about the nation's opioid crisis.

Cows don't have fingers and can't insult Devin Nunes on Twitter, court filing says  —  A Democratic strategist is refusing to disclose communications that could reveal the identity of anonymous Twitter users who criticize Rep. Devin Nunes, arguing in a new court filing that the accounts …

What will become of Jews in Britain if Labour forms the next government?  —  Elections should be a celebration of democracy.  However, just weeks before we go to the polls, the overwhelming majority of British Jews are gripped by anxiety.  —  During the past few years …

Waiting for Obama  —  Today, almost every Democratic presidential campaign starts with what one close adviser to Barack Obama calls “The Pilgrimage”: the journey to the West End to meet the former president.  —  The West End of Washington, D.C., sandwiched between the better-known districts …

In bleak report, U.N. says drastic action is only way to avoid worst effects of climate change  —  “We need to catch up on the years in which we procrastinated,” a top official says.  —  The world has squandered so much time mustering the action necessary to combat climate change that rapid …

Stefanik's impeachment dive into Trump's MAGA nihilism reveals dark Republican future  —  Nihilism is neither a governing ethos nor a foundational ideology.  When it's over, there's nothing to fall back on.  This is 21st century Republicanism.  —  Rep. Elise Stefanik's sudden dive this month …

Net support for impeachment grew steadily during U.S. congressional hearings, poll shows  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Public support for impeaching President Donald Trump has tracked steadily higher over the past few weeks while a U.S. House of Representatives committee held a series …

Fox News guest Micheal Blake: “Why the hell does Tucker Carlson still have a job here?”  —  Michael Blake: “Why the hell does Tucker Carlson have a job here in the first place?  The reality is this is someone who said white supremacy is a hoax and why does Fox allow him to still be here in the first place?”

Georgia Governor, Trump Appear at Odds Over Senate Pick  —  In a White House meeting, Brian Kemp pushed Kelly Loeffler, while president prefers Rep. Doug Collins  —  President Trump quietly met Sunday in the White House with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and the governor's preferred pick to fill …

Exclusive: Trump's top border official broke FBI rules to fund happy hours  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's top border official broke federal ethics rules in a previous job by seeking sponsors to buy alcohol and fancy food for FBI happy hours, according to a watchdog report exclusively obtained by The Chronicle.

Texas Republicans Mistakenly Email 2020 Strategy to Democrats, Seek to Reduce ‘Polarizing Nature’ of Trump  —  POLITICS TEXAS REPUBLICANS EMAIL 2020  —  Texas Republicans blamed a “staffer” Monday after their blueprint for winning 2020 elections and plans to mitigate President Donald Trump's …

Trump heads where everybody loves him — and hates impeachment  —  Goodbye, New York.  Hello, Florida.  —  That'll be part of President Donald Trump's mantra as he returns to the Sunshine State for a campaign rally in the city of Sunrise, before starting his Thanksgiving break at his private club, Mar-a-Lago.

CNN Poll: No change in views on impeachment after public hearings  —  Analyst: Trump doesn't care how illegal his actions may be  —  (CNN)After five days of public hearings in House Democrats' impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, public opinion over whether the President ought to be impeached …

Anthony Weiner Is The Most Important Politician Of The 2010s  —  Anthony Weiner changed the course of American history when he tweeted out a picture of his dick on May 27, 2011.  —  This is not an exaggeration.  There is a direct line between Anthony Weiner's penis and the rise of far-right media …

Influential neo-Nazi eats at soup kitchens, lives in government housing  —  In his writings, James Mason advocates waging war against “the system.”  But at 67 and living in Denver, he's now dependent on it.  —  A fan of Charles Manson and follower of Hitler, James Mason published essays …

On centennial coins, Trump struggles with how time works  —  There was a point last year at which Harley-Davidson announced plans to move some of its production overseas as a result of Donald Trump's trade policies.  The president. outraged, responded that customers were so angry …

Suicides and overdoses among factors fueling drop in U.S. life expectancy  —  It's official: Americans are dying much sooner in life.  —  Preliminary signals of declining health were neither a false alarm nor a statistical fluke.  A reversal of American life expectancy …

U.S. Tech Companies Prop Up China's Vast Surveillance Network  —  Intel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others aided and profited from China's multibillion-dollar surveillance industry, used in its Muslim crackdown  —  Critical pieces of China's cutting-edge surveillance state share a connection.

Maryland Rep. Cummings' daughters endorse his longtime staffer for his congressional seat  —  The late Rep. Elijah Cummings' daughters are supporting one of the congressman's longtime staffers in the crowded race for his seat — a race that also includes Cummings' widow and nearly three-dozen others.

The apocalyptic myth that helps explain evangelical support for Trump  —  “God's used imperfect people all through history.  King David wasn't perfect.  Saul wasn't perfect.  Solomon wasn't perfect,” outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Parry said in an interview on “Fox & Friends” …