Mike Bloomberg Exploited Prison Labor to Make 2020 Presidential Campaign Phone Calls  —  Former New York City mayor and multibillionaire Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg used prison labor to make campaign calls.  Through a third-party vendor, the Mike Bloomberg 2020 campaign contracted …

Christianity Today and the problem with ‘Christian Elitism’  —  Christianity Today editor Mark Galli's “lofty” op-ed last week calling for President Trump's removal from office touched off a firestorm of criticism and dissent from scores of evangelical leaders, and the backlash and debate have reached …

Trump says Pelosi ‘desperate’ and ‘hates all of the people that voted for me’  —  The president spoke to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in southern Florida where he's spending the holidays.  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday railed against the impeachment case against him, complaining that he'd been treated “very unfairly.”

A Trump Policy ‘Clarification’ All but Ends Punishment for Bird Deaths  —  WASHINGTON — As the state of Virginia prepared for a major bridge and tunnel expansion in the tidewaters of the Chesapeake Bay last year, engineers understood that the nesting grounds of 25,000 gulls, black skimmers …

Chinese Restaurants Are Closing.  That's a Good Thing, the Owners Say.  —  The share of Chinese restaurants has fallen in metro areas across the country in the last five years.  Many owners are glad their children won't be taking over.  —  KINGSTON, N.Y. — More than 40 years after buying Eng's …

Convict Trump: The Constitution is more important than abortion  —  Christians should advocate for President Donald J. Trump's conviction and removal from office by the Senate.  While Trump has an excellent record of appointing conservative judges and advancing a prolife agenda, his criminal conduct endangers the Constitution.

Hunter Biden owns massive home in swanky Hollywood Hills, court docs reveal  —  Recovering crack addict Hunter Biden owns a home in one of the swankiest neighborhoods in America, it was revealed Monday.  —  The son of former Vice President Joe Biden shares a ZIP code in the Hollywood Hills …

The FBI is asking questions about former Gov. Matt Bevin's pardons  —  The FBI is asking questions about the pardons Matt Bevin issued during his last weeks as Kentucky governor, The Courier Journal has learned.  —  State Rep. Chris Harris, D-Forest Hills, told reporters …

Legal Experts Slam Attorney General Barr Over Impeachment: He's ‘Up To His Eyeballs’ in Corruption  —  Attorney General William Barr's defense of President Donald Trump amid impeachment is raising questions about potential conflicts of interest as legal experts accuse the Justice Department chief …

How to understand Trump now: Wounded child, drug addict or delusional gaslighter?  —  Psychiatrist Justin Frank says Trump is terrified, angry and extremely dangerous — “conflict ... gives him life”  —  Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives last week.

North Korea never halted efforts to build powerful new weapons, experts say  —  Just before North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile in 2017, scientists strapped their newest rocket engine to a test stand to see how it would perform.

Former Hawaii governor calls on Tulsi Gabbard to resign  —  Running for president she is “not able to do the job for the 2nd District,” says Neil Abercrombie.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard said she will not resign.  Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Buttigieg Blames Private Equity Firms for Surprise Billing.  One of His Bundlers, a Blackstone Exec, Is Linked to the Problem.  —  South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg's health care plan takes on the predatory practice of surprise medical billing, which occurs when patients receive astronomical medical bills …

‘The surge is real’: Klobuchar makes late push in Iowa  —  SHELDON, Iowa — Amy Klobuchar keeps telling Iowans about the text she got from a friend cheering her “insurgency” after last week's debate.  The friend meant to say “surge,” but Klobuchar found the auto-correct error funny …

Eight Cases Against Harvey Weinstein Being Reviewed by L.A. District Attorney  —  Harvey Weinstein is set to go on trial next month in New York on charges of rape and sexual assault.  But no matter how that case turns out, he will still face criminal jeopardy in Los Angeles.

Melania Trump silently forges path through impeachment  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton spent the morning of her husband's impeachment visiting Capitol Hill to rally Democrats to his side.  Pat Nixon kept assuring reporters her husband wouldn't quit — right up until he did.

The 2019 Just Security Holiday Reading List  —  As 2019 comes to a close, we'd like to thank everyone for reading Just Security during what has been an extremely busy year.  We hope you'll continue to turn to us for analysis and legal commentary of today's pressing national security issues in the new year …

Ex-Trump staffer suing over pregnancy discrimination  —  A.J. Delgado is claiming she “inexplicably stopped receiving emails and other communications” after disclosing her pregnancy.  —  Former Trump aides Reince Priebus (left) and Sean Spicer, seen here during the transition in January 2017, were among those named in the lawsuit.

The 1619 Project is the 2019 Project — and the 2020 Project … It is increasingly clear that the 1619 Project, foisted on the American public in August by the New York Times, was ill advised.  Fatuous, tendentious and tedious, 1619 is more advocacy than history, and is intended mainly …

The invisible man: Text messages reveal former golfer's role in Ukraine scandal  —  New York (CNN)When Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman traveled to Ukraine last winter to help Rudy Giuliani dig up dirt on President Donald Trump's political opponents, they were accompanied by a 44 year-old American named David Correia.

Comey or ‘Corney’?  Stalking a Half-Popped Kernel of a Deep-State Kerning Conspiracy  —  We know a few things for sure, beginning with the fact that quiet changes have been made in the blockbuster report on FBI spying abuse released two weeks ago by the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General.