Schumer's opening pitch for the Senate impeachment trial  —  On Sunday night, Chuck Schumer made his opening bid to Mitch McConnell in the two leaders' negotiations over the Senate impeachment trial.  —  Driving the news: Schumer has sent a letter to McConnell in which he asks the Republican leader …

Trump goes after Pelosi's teeth as the House gears up for impeachment vote  —  President Trump opened a new, dental front Sunday in his periodic feuding with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, suggesting on Twitter that her teeth were falling out as she answered a reporter's question about why bribery was not made an article of impeachment.

NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: Biden, Sanders Lead 2020 Democratic Race  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders lead the crowded Democratic field, pulling in together about half of the support of Democratic voters and Democratic-leaning independents, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll.

Staff exodus in Van Drew office after party switch  —  Five senior aides to Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey resigned on Sunday as the lawmaker formally prepared to switch parties, stating they were “deeply saddened and disappointed by his decision.”  —  The aides in Van Drew's Washington office wrote …

Harvey Weinstein: I deserve pat on back when it comes to women  —  More than 80 women have accused him of sex assault or harassment — but for Harvey Weinstein, it's still all about himself.  —  The alleged serial sex predator and disgraced Hollywood producer whined to The Post …

The Impeachment Process Is Barely Functioning  —  Hyperpartisan politics and an implacable president may break Congress's ability to check him.  —  Ms. Drew is a journalist based in Washington who covered Watergate.  —  When the process of impeachment drove President Richard Nixon from office in 1974 …

Lindsey Graham's Democratic Challenger Nearly Tied in Heavily-Republican South Carolina, Poll Shows  —  Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is statistically tied with Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison, with the staunch pro-Trump incumbent seeing his favorability ratings plummet among independent voters.

Bloomberg's sexist remarks fostered company culture that degraded women, lawsuits allege  —  Bloomberg allegedly told employee who had just announced pregnancy to “kill it.”  —  Mike Bloomberg has on repeated occasions faced and fought allegations that he directed crude and sexist comments …

Boeing Weighs Cutting or Halting 737 MAX Production  —  Management of aerospace giant sees an output pause as most viable option, as fleet grounding stretches into 2020  —  Boeing Co. BA -1.33% is considering either halting or further cutting production of the 737 MAX amid growing uncertainty …

The only principle Republicans have left is partisanship  —  I come before you, my friends, to defend Republicans against charges that they are unprincipled, two-faced hypocrites.  —  Pointy-headed coastal elitists, with all sorts of useless book learning that real Americans don't need …

Homeowner says swastikas, Confederate flags are not racist; others denounce them as symbols of white supremacy  —  Des Moines, Iowa - A homeowner living next to an elementary school in Iowa is facing backlash for painting Confederate battle flags and swastikas on pallets around his property.