Most Voters Want Senate to Call More Witnesses for Trump's Impeachment Trial  —  Post-impeachment poll finds attitudes toward Trump's impeachment, removal unchanged  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) watches the House vote to impeach President Donald Trump on Dec. 18 in his office.

Trump adviser: Expect more aggressive poll watching in 2020  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of President Donald Trump's top re-election advisers told influential Republicans in swing state Wisconsin that the party has “traditionally” relied on voter suppression to compete in battleground states …

Trump administration demanded Democrats strip Ukraine aid language from spending package  —  The language would have required the White House to release Ukraine defense aid quickly.  —  Senior Trump administration officials in recent days threatened a presidential veto that could have led …

My Response to Christianity Today:  —  Christianity Today released an editorial stating that President Trump should be removed from office—and they invoked my father's name (I suppose to try to bring legitimacy to their statements), so I feel it is important for me to respond.

Facebook says a pro-Trump media outlet used artificial intelligence to create fake people and push conspiracies  —  Facebook took down more than 600 accounts tied to The Epoch Times, a media outlet that has spent heavily on digital ads to push pro-Trump conspiracy theories.

Columbia Inquiry Found Plagiarism in Monica Crowley's Dissertation  —  An investigation concluded that the Treasury Department's top spokeswoman did not commit research misconduct, but required extensive revisions.  —  WASHINGTON — Monica Crowley, the Treasury Department's assistant secretary …

'He's the linchpin': Buttigieg blocking all roads to the nomination  —  Buttigieg's ideology, profile and poll position in Iowa has spurred the rest of the Democratic field to take him on.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.  Mario Tama/Getty Images

The president is on trial.  So are my Senate Republican colleagues.  —  Jeff Flake, a Republican, represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019.  He is a resident fellow at Harvard University and a contributor to CBS News.  —  To my former Senate Republican colleagues,  —  I don't envy you.

Under secret Stephen Miller plan, ICE to use data on migrant children to expand deportation efforts  —  The White House sought this month to embed immigration enforcement agents within the U.S. refugee agency that cares for unaccompanied migrant children, part of a long-standing effort …

Pete Buttigieg's Campaign Says This Wikipedia User Is Not Pete.  So Who Is It?  —  Pete Buttigieg, the young, telegenic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, prides himself on being the only millennial currently vying for the presidency, and his path up to this point has been a fairly deliberate one.

The Shady History of Mayor Pete's Wine Cave—and the Ultra-Rich Couple That Owns It  —  $100,000 checks, plum ambassadorships, and a $102 million settlement.  The cave has been an oasis for dollar-eyed Dems long before Elizabeth Warren made it instantly infamous.

The Majority is in Play  —  A year into this election cycle, the overall Senate landscape generally looks much like I thought it would.  The races that seemed likely to be the most competitive are, in fact, the most competitive today.  And, if the race ratings don't quite reflect it yet …

Trump Stands Impeached: A Response To Noah Feldman  —  In the House Judiciary Committee, I had some fundamental disagreements with my friend Professor Noah Feldman on issues ranging from the basis for impeachment on the basis of specific crimes (bribery, extortion, campaign finance violations …

Why I Voted Against the Trump Impeachment  —  The investigation against President Clinton was thorough and nonpartisan.  The Trump proceedings have been the opposite in every way.  —  Mr. Sensenbrenner is a Republican congressman from Wisconsin.  —  As I walked into the House chamber …

Trump Has a Habit of Quoting His Allies on Twitter Saying Things They Never Said  —  The president frequently injects his own words into statements he claims his supporters said on Fox News or elsewhere.  They rarely publicly correct him.  —  WASHINGTON — Watching Fox News ahead …

Kentucky's ex-governor pardoned a child rapist because the 9-year-old victim's hymen was intact  —  When the Louisville Courier-Journal revealed earlier this month that former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin (R) had pardoned a slew of violent criminals during his final weeks in office, he cited his belief in second chances.

Former NSA Director Is Cooperating With Probe of Trump-Russia Investigation  —  Retired Adm. Michael Rogers, former director of the National Security Agency, has been cooperating with the Justice Department's probe into the origins of the counterintelligence investigation …

Results of Investigation into Hand Gestures  —  WEST POINT, N.Y. - The U.S. Military Academy announced today it has concluded an internal investigation of the cadets who displayed hand gestures during a broadcast of ESPN College GameDay at the Army-Navy game Dec. 14.

Trump's mean streak spares no one — living or dead  —  Midway through his rally in Battle Creek, Mich., this week, President Trump's trademark vindictiveness bumped up against the limits of decency as he began to disparage a dead man.  —  Turning his attention to Rep. Debbie Dingell …

Top scientists warn of an Amazon ‘tipping point’  —  Deforestation and other fast-moving changes in the Amazon threaten to turn parts of the rainforest into savanna, devastate wildlife and release billions of tons carbon into the atmosphere, two renowned experts warned Friday.

The Trump administration just overturned a ban on old-fashioned lightbulbs  —  The move, which could raise U.S. energy costs by $14 billion and boost carbon emissions, keeps incandescent bulbs from being phased out Jan. 1.  —  The Trump administration gave old-fashioned …

Even People Who Like NY Times Columnist Paul Krugman Are Telling Him to Cool It With the Extreme TDS  —  New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is so easy to dunk on, well, because he's Paul Krugman and all.  But just because it's easy doesn't mean writers shouldn't do it when the opportunity presents itself.

Ex-FBI official gets 7 days jail for accessing anti-Mueller activist's emails  —  Mark Tolson had tried to derail eccentric Washington lobbyist Jack Burkman's attempt to procure sexual misconduct allegations against Mueller.  —  The FBI headquarters in Washington, DC.  Mark Wilson/Getty Images