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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘The hubris is unbelievable’: Dems seethe over Bloomberg GOP donations  —  Michael Bloomberg's debut 2020 campaign ad touts that he “took charge” of New York City in the wake of 9-11.  —  What Bloomberg doesn't mention: He leaned heavily on an endorsement from Rudy Giuliani …

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

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 …

DOJ moves to halt judge's ruling that McGahn must testify  —  The Justice Department asked a federal judge Tuesday to put a temporary pause on her ruling that orders former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn to testify in the House impeachment probe, saying it needs the delay to pursue an appeal.

The Inside Story of Christopher Steele's Trump Dossier  —  In a new book, the founders of the firm that compiled it defend their work.  —  For nearly three years, President Trump has spun an alternate reality in which he was not helped and tainted by Russia during the 2016 Presidential campaign but …

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 …

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.

Russian Trolls Aren't Actually Persuading Americans on Twitter, Study Finds  —  New research highlights a surprising barrier to hacking our democracy: filter bubbles  —  know that Russian agents have been using social media to try to influence other countries' politics since at least 2013.

Millions of Latinos are Trump supporters.  Here's what they're thinking.  —  Despite his harmful rhetoric, President Trump's policies and fierce attitude have attracted a certain subset of those in the Latino community.  —  San Diego - It's like chickens for Colonel Sanders.

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 …

A wealthy Venezuelan hosted Giuliani as he pursued Ukraine campaign.  Then Giuliani lobbied the Justice Department on his behalf.  —  When Rudolph W. Giuliani went to Madrid in August to meet with a top aide to the Ukrainian president and press for political investigations sought by President Trump …

They Wanted to Save Their 119-Year-Old Village.  So They Got Rid of It.  —  A feud over local taxes turned into a referendum on government itself.  But Election Day left residents as divided as ever.  —  AMELIA, Ohio — There were allegations of suspicious political donations and rumors about fake social media accounts.

The GOP's galling accommodation of Trump  —  “Thank God no one is accusing us anymore of interfering in the U.S. elections,” Russian President Vladimir Putin recently said.  “Now, they're accusing Ukraine.  Well, they should figure it out among themselves.”  —  Putin has every reason to gloat.

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 …

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 …

Democrats Should Drag Out Trump's Impeachment as Long as Possible  —  There's a way to make Republicans pay for defending the president's abuses of power  —  fter two weeks of often explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry, Democrats may try to wrap it up quickly …

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.

‘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.

White House and Capitol placed on lockdown after aircraft violates restricted airspace  —  The White House and U.S. Capitol were placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after reports of an aircraft in restricted airspace.  —  Two law enforcement sources said an inbound aircraft was being tracked.