Small group of Democrats floats censure instead of impeachment  —  A small group of vulnerable House Democrats is floating the longshot idea of censuring President Donald Trump instead of impeaching him, according to multiple lawmakers familiar with the conversations.

Release Detail  —  December 10, 2019 - Buttigieg Slips, While Biden And Sanders Gain In Primary, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Slightly More Than Half Of Voters Say Don't Impeach Trump  —  In the Democratic primary race for president, former Vice President Joe Biden …

Barr thinks FBI may have acted in ‘bad faith’ in probing Trump campaign's links to Russia  —  “I think our nation was turned on its head for 3 years based on a bogus narrative,” said the attorney general in an exclusive interview with Pete Williams.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr …

Officer, 3 civilians dead after massive gun battle breaks out in New Jersey  —  The New Jersey police officer was shot before the suspects fled to a store.  —  LIVE NOW  —  A New Jersey police officer and three civilians have died after a gun battle was prompted by what is believed …

Growing divide between Trump and McConnell over impeachment trial  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are both looking ahead to the Senate impeachment trial, but there is a growing divide between the two over what that trial should look like, CNN has learned.

Former FBI Lawyer Lisa Page Sues Justice Department and FBI  —  On Dec. 10, Lisa Page filed a complaint against the Department of Justice and the FBI for alleged violations of the Privacy Act related to the disclosure of information about her to the media.  The document is available here and below.

Trump pays $2 million in damages ordered by judge over misuse of charity funds, according to NY attorney general  —  President Trump has paid $2 million in court-ordered damages for misusing funds in a tax-exempt charity he controlled, the New York Attorney General said Tuesday.

EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden's baby mama Lunden Roberts has demanded he admit that he was employed by the Burisma, how much money he was paid by the Ukrainian company and that he also received money from a Chinese person or entity  — The mother of Hunter Biden's baby has demanded that he admit …

It's official: The dossier was malarkey  —  The new report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is an absolutely damning indictment of the Steele dossier.  —  The dossier, compiled by the former British spy Christopher Steele during the 2016 campaign …

Greenland's ice losses have septupled and are now in line with its highest sea-level scenario, scientists say  —  That's according to 26 separate satellite measurements and 89 scientists who have produced them  —  The Greenland ice sheet's losses have accelerated so fast since the 1990s …

Tucker Carlson's War With a GOP Megadonor Has an Ironic Twist  —  The long and entwined history between one of the nation's top donors and Fox News' prime-time host tells the story of Trump's GOP.  —  In mid-2011, Tucker Carlson's digital media outlet the Daily Caller was looking for money …

Bolton knocks Trump administration for latest North Korea decision  —  President Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton, is publicly criticizing the Trump administration's decision to stymie a United Nations Security Council meeting on North Korea's human rights abuses.

The Decade the Internet Lost Its Joy  —  What began as cheerful anarchy was devoured by vulture capital and ruthless consolidation  —  the beginning of 2015, Alex Balk, then-editor of the now-defunct website the Awl, wrote a post of advice for young people in which he supplied three laws about the internet.

The mystery of Rudy Giuliani's spokeswoman  —  The gatekeeper to the lawyer for the most powerful man in the world is a 20-year-old conservative activist with a thin resume, an inflated biography and an impossible job.  —  For the past three months, Trumpworld has been both abuzz and baffled …

The Arctic may have crossed key threshold, emitting billions of tons of carbon into the air, in a long-dreaded climate feedback  —  Report finds sweeping changes underway across the Arctic  —  The Arctic is undergoing a profound, rapid, and unmitigated shift into a new climate state …

Giuliani says Trump has asked him to brief Justice Department and GOP senators on his Ukraine findings  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, said Tuesday that the president has asked him to brief the Justice Department and Republican senators on his findings from a recent trip …

Impeachment?!  There's got to be a better way!  —  At the beginning of any infomercial, someone always tries to convince you that some routine thing you have been doing successfully for years is actually a nightmare that must be stopped at once.  You are treated to grainy black-and-white footage …

US Border Officials Are Issuing Fake Court Notices To Keep Out Immigrants Who Have Won Asylum  —  On a November day just south of the Texas border, Francisco left the temporary shelter he'd been stuck in for four months to travel to a nearby port of entry in the US.

Pentagon to probe legality of using troops on US border  —  Constuction workers look over a section of newly constructed border wall on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, south of Donna, Texas.  /The Monitor via AP)  —  Constuction workers look over a section of newly constructed border wall on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, south of Donna, Texas.

Trump's Strongest Allies In Congress Don't Care How History Will Remember Them  —  How Freedom Caucus leaders got behind Trump and never looked back (or forward).  —  WASHINGTON ― With President Donald Trump headed for a partisan impeachment in the House and a largely automatic acquittal …

Mason student says teacher pulled off her ‘Women For Trump’ pin  —  MASON, MI.  (WILX) — A Mason High School student turns to the police claiming a teacher assaulted her during school hours because she supports President Donald Trump.  —  Sadie Earegood told NEWS 10 that the teacher involved was Paul Kato.

GOP's Yoho announces retirement from Congress  —  Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) announced he will not seek re-election on Tuesday, citing his pledge to only serve four terms in Congress.  —  “I believed when I ran in term limits.  I ran on a pledge to serve four terms - eight years and come home,” he said.

No More School Districts!  —  At the root of educational inequality: the rich and poor districts that keep education segregated.  Here are the three reforms we need.  —  To truly understand what's wrong with Piedmont Unified School District, in the hills a few miles from San Francisco Bay …

Will the GOP's born-again Trumpers ever pay the price for selling out?  —  Rep. Denny Heck (D-Wash.), one of the best-liked members of the House, announced his retirement last week in a searing letter that deserves more attention than it has gotten.  “The countless hours I have spent …