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 …

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 …

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

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

House Democrat backs down from impeachment: 'I don't see the value of kicking him out of office'  —  Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence of Michigan now favors censuring President Trump after backing impeachment proceedings over allegations that he withheld military aid from Ukraine for his personal benefit.

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 …

Devin Nunes ‘quite likely’ to face ethics inquiry over Europe trip, senior Democrat says  —  Leading Democrats are calling for an investigation into a trip to Europe that Rep. Devin Nunes took last year with three aides after attorneys for an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani told news outlets …

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.

‘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.

Texas Republican Party's 2020 election strategy document lands in Democrats' hands  —  Republicans expressed concern about ‘the polarizing nature’ of President Trump … AUSTIN — In a bizarre political blunder, a document laying out the Republican Party of Texas's election strategy …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Who Is Hooded Justice?  Watchmen Has a Stunning Answer.  —  To truly understand the United States of America, you must understand blackness — its rhythms, its splendor, its history.  Over the course of Watchmen's first season, the HBO series has done more than just boldly imagine the dystopian …

State Department Misled Congress on Ouster of Ukraine Ambassador  —  A new trove of State Department emails sheds new light on events surrounding the impeachment inquiry.  —  A newly released trove of documents shows that the State Department misled top lawmakers about why U.S. Ambassador …

A Former Washington State Republican Leader Looks Back: How Did It Come to This?  —  Executive Summary  —  This country needs a One Nation party, which stands for capitalism with a human face and can navigate between Trump's populist insanity and Bernie Sanders' socialism.

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 …

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 …

Why Are Republicans So Anxious to Play Putin's Game on Ukraine?  —  It's one thing to support Trump.  It's another to embrace Putin's disinformation.  But even some of the savviest Republican senators are jumping into bed with the Bear.  —  When Sen. John N. Kennedy of Louisiana went …

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 …

These Prosecutors Promised Change.  Their Power Is Being Stripped Away.  —  As a new crop of district attorneys takes a different approach to criminal justice, some are seeing their authority removed and their actions blocked in court.  —  While Lamar Johnson has spent 24 years in a Missouri prison …