Newly released emails offer more details in timeline of pause to Ukraine aid  —  Source: Key impeachment witness told to leave Ukraine post before Pompeo visit  —  Washington (CNN)Shortly after President Donald Trump spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25 …

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.

Democrats Sparred Over a Wine Cave Fund-Raiser.  Its Billionaire Owner Isn't Pleased.  —  “It's just not fair,” said the owner of the wine cave, who with his wife has donated millions to Democrats since the 1980s.  —  RUTHERFORD, Calif. — To reach the wine cave that set off a firestorm …

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 …

U.S. Sanctions Halt Work on Russia's Gas Pipeline to Europe  —  The pause comes hours after President Trump signed a bill targeting entities working on the project  —  BERLIN—U.S. sanctions have temporarily stopped the construction of a pipeline that is set to increase the flow …

Why Does Starbucks Melt Conservative Brains?  —  Right-wingers keep falling for hoaxes and believing the worst about the ubiquitous coffee purveyor.  —  Rep. Steve King (R-IA) had an important warning to share on Tuesday: A Starbucks manager in North Carolina was firing employees for saying …

U.S. Braces for Major North Korean Weapons Test as Trump's Diplomacy Fizzles  —  President Trump's summits with Kim Jong-un have failed to bring concrete results, and the diplomatic vacuum has given North Korea more time to build its nuclear arsenal.  —  WASHINGTON — American military …

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 …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distorted letter to Dems and history  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The closing passage in President Donald Trump's impeachment-eve letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the ring of truth to it.  He was writing his thoughts for history, he said.  For 100 years from now, “when people look back at this affair.”

These Reporters Lost Their Jobs.  Here Are the Stories They Couldn't Tell.  —  Amid a crisis in local news, eight journalists who left newsrooms in 2019 reflect on the stories left in their notebooks.  Photographers who also lost their jobs captured them on their former beats.

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 …

$1 billion for Briny Breezes?  Real estate broker thinks Trump would buy... and residents are listening  —  A plan being pushed by a Briny Breezes resident would sell the 43-acre town for $1 billion to Donald Trump as a potential site for a presidential library.

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.

Democratic Debate Ratings Hit Lowest Point of 2020 Presidential Campaign  —  The final Democratic primary had one of the smallest stages yet and the fewest viewers for it, drawing just over 6 million viewers across multiple viewing platforms.  —  According to Nielsen figures provided to Variety …

How Trump spent the ultimate week of impeachment  —  The week he got impeached, President Donald Trump spent his mornings huddled with top aides and lawyers to strategize.  —  He spent the afternoons working the phones, first gathering vote tallies and later asking why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …

Russian State TV Backs Trump's Wild Impeachment Attacks  —  Russian state media have joined President Vladimir Putin in delivering a full-throated defense of impeached U.S. President Donald J. Trump.  —  Such support would have been implausible for any other U.S. leader, much less one who claims to be “tough on Russia.”

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 …

Robert Mueller's Dossier Dodge  —  Why did the special counsel not tell America that Christopher Steele's information was false?  —  By The Editorial Board  —  In her public order Tuesday, Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court didn't mention Robert Mueller.

The Media Can Take Bernie Sanders a Little Seriously, as a Treat  —  Termed by his supporters as the “Bernie Blackout,” the Bernie Sanders's media coverage, or lack thereof, during the 2020 primary has turned into somewhat of a wry, running joke.  But earlier this week …