Trump Should Be Removed from Office  —  It's time to say what we said 20 years ago when a president's character was revealed for what it was.  —  In our founding documents, Billy Graham explains that Christianity Today will help evangelical Christians interpret the news in a manner that reflects their faith.

Crazy Won't Beat Trump  —  Impeachment looks like a victory for Democrats, but their lurch left will prove far more consequential.  —  The Democrats think they've just had a big triumph.  The president's been impeached.  But Republicans see themselves as gaining the upper hand.

The Warren-Buttigieg wine cave controversy, explained  —  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg during the Democratic presidential primary debate on December 19, 2019.  Chris Carlson/AP  —  The wine cave controversy …

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 White House officials say they feared Putin influenced the president's views on Ukraine and 2016 campaign  —  Almost from the moment he took office, President Trump seized on a theory that troubled his senior aides: Ukraine, he told them on many occasions, had tried to stop him from winning the White House.

Washington Rep. Matt Shea engaged in domestic terrorism against U.S., says state House inquiry  —  OLYMPIA — State Rep. Matt Shea planned and participated in domestic terrorism against the United States, before and during the armed takeover at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge …

Durham Is Scrutinizing Ex-C.I.A. Director's Role in Russian Interference Findings  —  The federal prosecutor investigating the origins of the Russia inquiry is examining testimony by the former C.I.A. director John Brennan and seeking his communications records.

The Tyranny of the 63 Million  —  Impeachment didn't undermine democracy.  It vindicated it.  —  When George W. Bush lost the popular vote to Al Gore in 2000 but became president anyway, he did so with almost 50.5 million votes.  I didn't know that number until I looked it up …

Trump Pulled Plug on Pompeo's November Ukraine Trip Over Impeachment Heat  —  The secretary of state will visit Kyiv in January.  But he was supposed to make a trip there in November—until the plans were abruptly canceled.  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was scheduled to visit Ukraine …

CNN Poll: US economy receives its best ranking in nearly 20 years  —  Here's where democratic candidates stand against Trump  —  (CNN)As 2019 comes to a close, the US economy earns its highest ratings in almost two decades, potentially boosting President Donald Trump in matchups …

New disclosures to our archive of state-backed information operations  —  Transparency is at the heart of everything we do at Twitter.  That's why we routinely disclose datasets of information operations we can reliably link to state actors.  —  These datasets live in our public archive …

How to Track President Trump  —  IF YOU OWN A MOBILE PHONE, its every move is logged and tracked by dozens of companies.  No one is beyond the reach of this constant digital surveillance.  Not even the president of the United States.  —  The Times Privacy Project obtained a dataset …

BREXIT BEGINS!  Britain on way to Brexit as MPs FINALLY back Boris Johnson's deal just days before Christmas  —  BRITAIN is officially on its way to leaving the EU on January 31 today after MPs finally backed Boris Johnson's Brexit deal by a huge majority of 124.

US third-quarter economic growth unrevised at 2.1%  — U.S. economic growth nudged up in the third quarter, the government confirmed on Friday.  — There are signs the economy more or less maintained the moderate pace of expansion as the year ended, supported by a strong labor market.

The Decade Tech Turned Dystopian  —  This was the decade we gave our privacy away.  —  We took silly personality quizzes on Facebook Inc. that made Cambridge Analytica possible.  We bought phones that tracked our locations everywhere we went.  We plugged in smart speakers that sent recordings …

Boeing Starliner fails mission, can't reach space station after flying into wrong orbit  — Boeing's spacecraft Starliner did not achieve the correct orbit after launching on Friday, preventing it from reaching its goal of docking with the International Space Station

Here's what Tucker Carlson believes  —  Welcome back to The Long Version, a newsletter by Jonathan M. Katz.  —  Subscribe now  —  On Sunday, exactly halfway between the resounding Conservative Party victory in the soon-to-be-less-United Kingdom and the impeachment of Donald J. Trump …

Chinese government cuts US Democratic debate feed during Xinjiang discussion  —  Hong Kong (CNN)The live feed of the sixth Democratic presidential debate was cut without warning in China Thursday night during a discussion on allegations of human rights abuses in the country's western region of Xinjiang.

Impeachment of Trump voted top 2019 news story in AP poll  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The drive by the Democratic-led House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump was the top news story of 2019, according to The Associated Press' annual poll.  —  Trump also figured in the second …