A Conversation With Rudy Giuliani Over Bloody Marys at the Mark Hotel  —  As the black SUV came to a stop on 33rd Street in Manhattan, its lights flashing, a pale hand stretched through the open window of the passenger door and gave a little wave.  It was attached to Rudy Giuliani, who smiled from behind his tortoiseshell sunglasses.

Obama talks up Warren behind closed doors to wealthy donors  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren has spent her campaign railing against the donor class, making it known she doesn't want their help.  —  She has publicly bashed millionaires, has sworn off high dollar fundraisers and has refused large checks from Democratic bundlers.

Saudi sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi's killing  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death on Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents.

Trump launches into latest bizarre rant against windmills: ‘I never understood wind’  —  President repeats exaggerated claims about wind turbines threatening bald eagles  —  Donald Trump renewed his long-running attack on wind power during a rambling speech to conservative students over the weekend.

Impeachment live updates: McConnell, Pelosi dig in on impasse over Trump's Senate trial  —  Both sides dug in Monday in the impasse over a Senate trial of President Trump, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) chiding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) for the delay …

For Her Head Cold, Insurer Coughed Up $25,865  —  Toggle more options  —  Alexa Kasdan had a cold and a sore throat.  —  The 40-year-old public policy consultant from Brooklyn, N.Y., didn't want her upcoming vacation trip ruined by strep throat.  So after it had lingered for more than a week, she decided to get it checked out.

How the economy could make or break Trump in 2020  —  Most of the economic gifts President Donald Trump is going to get for 2020 are already unwrapped and out from under the tree.  —  The Federal Reserve slashed rates and went dark.  The “phase one” China deal is pretty much done.  So is the new NAFTA.

Mike Bloomberg is plowing millions of dollars into a secretive tech firm he founded months ago as he seeks the White House  — A technology company called Hawkfish, with former executives from Facebook and Foursquare, is helping Bloomberg's 2020 presidential bid.

Two Giuliani Associates Used Washington Connections to Chase Ukraine Gas Deal  —  Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman leveraged ties to seek a natural gas deal with Naftogaz  —  Last fall, as Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas barnstormed Ukraine on behalf of President Trump's personal lawyer …

China orders Christians to rewrite the Bible for the era of President Xi  —  Chinese Communists want all religious texts to fall in with the party line, or they will be rewritten  —  As the world prepares to celebrate Christmas, Chinese Communists have announced plans to rewrite the Bible …

Special Report: Iran's leader ordered crackdown on unrest - ‘Do whatever it takes to end it’  —  (Reuters) - After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared impatient.  Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it takes to stop them.

The Downsides of Trump's Slashing Style Are Showing  —  Disapproval by many Americans makes re-election trickier than it should be given the strong economy  —  President Trump likes to say—and his followers often echo the sentiment—that his slashing, pugilistic style is necessary for him to succeed.

New Emails Reveal Internal Competition Between Fox News Media Networks  —  “He is doing Maria Bartiromo you know — much lower ratings than us and I say this in an endearing way,” a Lou Dobbs producer told Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin's spokesperson.  —  Cable news booking is a competitive business …

How Breitbart Is Crushing Mainstream Media on Facebook  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  Soon after President Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, Breitbart appeared to be on the ropes.  —  BuzzFeed exposed its star writer's ties to white nationalists.

Boeing Names David L. Calhoun to Replace Dennis Muilenburg as CEO  —  *Boeing Names David L. Calhoun as President, CEO  —  *Boeing Names Lawrence W. Kellner as Chairman  —  Boeing Co. BA -1.65% Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg has been replaced by David L. Calhoun as the aerospace giant deals …

The Anonymous White House Official and the Naïve Republican Fantasy of “A Warning”  —  The author of the viral “resistance inside of the Trump Administration” op-ed is back.  —  One of literature's great joys is that it can transport us to worlds we could never have imagined …

DOJ: Impeachment votes undercut House case for McGahn testimony  —  The Justice Department is arguing that the House's votes last week to impeach President Donald Trump undercut lawmakers' ongoing court case demanding testimony from former White House Counsel Don McGahn.

Trump campaign plagued by groups raising tens of millions in his name  —  As President Donald Trump raises money for his reelection campaign, he's competing for cash with a growing mass of pro-Trump PACs, dark money groups and off-brand Facebook advertisers neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Trump's campaign.

How ‘Centrist Bias’ Hurts Sanders and Warren  —  The media has a bigger problem than liberal bias.  —  John F. Harris is about as mainstream as the mainstream media gets.  He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, including as its political editor.  Then he became the founding editor of Politico, where he is now a columnist.

William Barr Is Justified in Calling out George Soros  —  It's darkly ironic that roughly the same time Attorney General William Barr called out George Soros for the billionaire's financing of the campaigns of “progressive” (in his view anyway) district attorneys throughout the country, we had yet another blood bath in Chicago.