Fear and Loyalty: How Donald Trump Took Over the Republican Party  —  The president demands complete fealty, and as the impeachment hearings showed, he has largely attained it.  To cross him is to risk a future in the Republican party.  —  BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — By the summer of 2017 …

About Pete Buttigieg's wine cave dinner?  I was there.  —  Bill Wehrle is a vice president of a health-care company and lives in San Francisco.  —  You may have some questions about that famous “wine cave” fundraising dinner in Napa Valley last weekend.  I may be able to help, as I was there.

Officials Discussed Hold on Ukraine Aid After Trump Spoke With Country's Leader  —  Emails also suggest President Trump first began asking about $250 million in Pentagon aid after a June 19 article in the Washington Examiner.  —  WASHINGTON — About 90 minutes after President Trump held …

Heritage Foundation Responds to Tucker Carlson's False Accusations on Big Tech  —  WASHINGTON—In a segment that aired Friday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made several false, outrageous, and unfounded accusations against The Heritage Foundation.  Rob Bluey, vice president of communications at Heritage …

Satellite photos show work on North Korean site linked to long-range missiles  —  The new evidence comes as U.S. military and intelligence officials are increasingly concerned that North Korea is poised to conduct a long-range missile test in the next few days or weeks.

Poll: 43% Of Evangelicals Approve Of Trump's Removal From Office  —  A new poll from Politico/Morning Consult indicates that 43% of evangelical voters would approve of President Donald Trump being removed from office.  —  The poll asked whether voters would “approve or disapprove of the Senate removing President Trump from office?”

Trump is remaking the federal judiciary  —  WASHINGTON - After three years in office, President Donald Trump has remade the federal judiciary, ensuring a conservative tilt for decades and cementing his legacy no matter the outcome of November's election.  —  Trump nominees make up 1 in 4 U.S. circuit court judges.

California population growth slowest since 1900 as residents leave, immigration decelerates  —  The Golden State remains stuck in the slow lane when it comes to population.  —  The number of Californians increased to 39.96 million, with new data from the Department of Finance showing mostly downward trends.

Woman Ran Over Girl Because She Was ‘a Mexican,’ Police Say  —  The police charged a Des Moines woman with attempted murder after she told investigators she intentionally ran over a 14-year-old girl with her vehicle.  —  An Iowa woman was charged with attempted murder after running …

From an imaginary restraining order to a phantom drop in NATO spending: Trump makes 99 false claims in two weeks  —  Lindsey Graham calls out Trump after attack  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump made 99 false claims over the two weeks that ended last Sunday.

BBC could restrict journalists' use of Twitter  —  Executive said to be considering move after rows during election campaign  —  The BBC is considering restricting its journalists' use of Twitter.  If the plan is approved, top correspondents will be told to move away from using online platforms …

The two big flaws of the media's impeachment coverage — and what went right  —  The most telling moment of how the media covered impeachment may have come, oddly enough, on Fox News.  —  Todd Piro of “Fox & Friends” — President Trump's most reliable cheerleading squad …

Save Me from My Defenders! … Being silenced or harassed for unpopular speech on a university campus is by now such a mark of distinction that I may be accused of exercising bragging rights in describing a recent incident in which I was involved.  The real danger I encountered, however …

Susan Collins set to play pivotal role in impeachment drama  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is emerging as the most important vote in the Senate battle over President Trump's impeachment trial, as Democrats regard her support as key to getting the additional witnesses and documents they need to build their case.

Fiore tied to report alleging domestic terrorism by Washington lawmaker  —  Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)  —  Findings that a Washington state lawmaker participated in domestic terrorism during a high-profile armed standoff in Oregon …

Bloomberg Expands Staffing Plan to More Battleground States  —  Billionaire candidate plans to keep offices open through November election, even if he isn't nominee  —  PHILADELPHIA— Michael Bloomberg's campaign is planning to keep offices open and staffers employed through the November election …

Trump supporter disrupts impeachment rally with a truck and ‘Rambo’ flag, NC cops say  —  A man in a flatbed pickup truck who was waving a flag with President Donald Trump's face superimposed on what looks like Rambo's body interrupted an impeachment rally in western North Carolina.

Trump slams ‘unfair’ Pelosi delay, rallies conservatives  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump complained Saturday about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's delayed transmission of the articles of impeachment to the Senate, which may delay a trial in the GOP-controlled chamber.

Biden-Graham friendship, forged in war zones, fractures under the pressures of impeachment and Trump  —  Joe Biden and Lindsey Graham were hurtling over the Hindu Kush mountains, bound for Kabul and a war that both men knew was veering badly off track.  —  Biden was two weeks away …

Trump touts Putin speaking out against his impeachment  —  Late Friday night, minutes before deplaning in Florida for the holidays, President Trump retweeted a link to an article in which Russian President Vladi­mir Putin defended him against impeachment.