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.

House counsel suggests Trump could be impeached again  —  The House is open to the prospect of impeaching President Donald Trump a second time, lawyers for the Judiciary Committee said Monday.  —  House Counsel Douglas Letter said in a filing in federal court that a second impeachment …

Obama talks up Warren behind closed doors to wealthy donors  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren has spent her presidential 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.

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.

What Trump was talking about in his baffling rant about wind energy  —  President Trump's political speeches are shaped by two tendencies.  The first is that he pays attention to the lines that get the best response, and he'll eventually narrow his rhetoric to highlight those zingers.

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 …

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.

Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal  —  Andrew Favorov, the No. 2 at Ukraine's state-run gas company Naftogaz, says he sat on a red leather bench seat and listened wide-eyed as the men boasted of their connections to President Donald Trump and proposed a deal …

Elizabeth Warren held fundraisers at upscale restaurant offering $6,600-a-bottle wine  —  Elizabeth Warren recently made headlines jabbing 2020 Democratic rival Pete Buttigieg over his Napa Valley “wine cave” fundraiser.  But the Massachusetts senator's own campaign fundraisers …

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.

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.

Column: Trump's tax cut was a mammoth fraud  —  Decades from now, many Americans will have to consult history books to gain an appreciation of the lowest point of Donald Trump's presidency: his impeachment.  But they will be able to feel the effects of his highest point: the 2017 tax bill, which he signed into law two years ago Sunday.

Bannon's Work With Wanted Chinese Billionaire Began Shortly After He Left White House  —  Stephen K. Bannon, once President Trump's top political adviser, struck up a business relationship with a mysterious and wanted Chinese billionaire just after his White House job ended.

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 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.

Evangelical tussling over anti-Trump editorial escalates  —  As the political clamor caused by a top Christian magazine's call to remove President Donald Trump from office continues to reverberate, more than 100 conservative evangelicals closed ranks further around Trump on Sunday.

Inside Christmas Card, Girl Finds Plea From Chinese Prison Laborers  —  A 6-year-old found the note in London while writing Christmas cards to her classmates.  “Forced to work against our will,” the message read.  —  A 6-year-old girl in London preparing Christmas cards for her classmates found …

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.