South Jersey Democratic Congressman Jeff Van Drew, impeachment foe, expected to become a Republican  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Jeff Van Drew, the conservative South Jersey Democrat who has vocally opposed impeaching President Donald Trump, is expected to switch parties in the coming days …

'I'm not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here': Graham predicts Trump impeachment will ‘die quickly’ in Senate  —  (CNN)Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a close ally of President Donald Trump, said he will do everything in his power to quickly end …

Booker leads other 2020 Dems in petition urging DNC to change debate qualifications  —  Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) led several of his fellow 2020 contenders in sending a petition asking the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to change its debate qualifications.

Fox News Poll: Trump job approval ticks up, views on impeachment steady  —  Weeks of congressional hearings and debate have failed to move the electorate on impeachment, according to the latest Fox News Poll.  At the same time, approval of President Trump's job performance has climbed three points.

U.S. Secretly Expelled Chinese Officials Suspected of Spying After Breach of Military Base  —  Chinese Embassy officials trespassed onto a Virginia base that is home to Special Operations forces.  Their expulsions added to tensions between Washington and Beijing.

Ex-Trump Aide Is Expected to Return to White House  —  The aide, John McEntee, had been dismissed in 2018 on the orders of the chief of staff at the time, John F. Kelly.  —  A close aide to President Trump who was dismissed last year by the White House chief of staff at the time is expected …

The election in the media: against evasion and lies, good journalism is all we have  —  Political manipulators in the UK proved they have learnt from the US how to blur truth, but one local paper points to the antidote  —  In his first 1,000 days in office Donald Trump made 13,435 false …

Ex-Trump campaign aide Carter Page notches victory after inspector general hammers FBI for surveillance missteps  —  Carter Page fought the law, and the law lost.  —  The former Trump campaign adviser was one of the first four suspects identified by the FBI in the early days of its investigation …

What Does Tucker Carlson Believe?  —  “I've made a complete break mentally with the world I used to live in.”  —  Tucker Carlson does not think he is an “especially” good person.  He knows he can “get mad” and “make a mistake,” that he can “overstate” things as a result of getting “caught up” in his own rhetoric.

Trump admin intends to announce withdrawal of about 4,000 troops from Afghanistan  —  Trump had made clear to his advisers earlier this year that he wanted to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by the November 2020 election.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration intends to announce …

Conservative groups target their impeachment ‘Dirty 30’  —  Residents in 31 congressional districts are about to be inundated with millions of dollars' worth of TV spots, Facebook ads, texts and tweets blaring that the “radical left” is trying to remove the president after a “witch hunt” …

West Point, Annapolis Officials Investigating Possible ‘White Power’ Hand Sign  —  Army and Navy officials try to determine meaning of hand signs that service academy personnel appeared to use on national TV during Army-Navy football game  —  West Point and Annapolis officials are trying …

Longest UN climate talks end with no deal on carbon markets  —  MADRID (AP) — Marathon international climate talks ended Sunday with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on how to regulate global carbon markets.  —  After two weeks of negotiations in Madrid on tackling global warming …

Mayor Pete's bestie is also helping craft the Warren agenda  —  In a new book, a top Warren adviser first acknowledges the man Warren is battling fiercely in Iowa.  —  From left to right: Randall Winston, Nat Myers, Pete Buttigieg, Previn Warren, Ganesh Sitaraman, and Ryan Rippel …