Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALs Who Turned In Edward Gallagher  —  Video interviews and group texts obtained by The Times show men describing their platoon leader in grim terms.  —  [Watch a special Times documentary featuring combat video and confidential interviews with the Navy SEALs …

Stopping Lisa Murkowski From Playing Lady Macbeth  —  The Trump Administration and the Republican Party got a troubling sign Christmas week that all of their number might not be willing to stand together come an impeachment trial.  —  Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Tuesday told KTUU-TV …

AOC for president?  The buzz has begun  —  LOS ANGELES — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was campaigning for Bernie Sanders at a jampacked beach-side rally last week when she took a moment to look beyond 2020.  —  “I know, and we all know, that this isn't just about Bernie Sanders,” she said.

Women attacked, man threatens shooting in rash of anti-Semitic incidents in NYC  —  GRAVESEND, Brooklyn (WABC) — There have been a rash of anti-Semitic incidents in New York City this week, most in parts of Brooklyn.  —  A man wearing a hoodie apparently walked into Lubavitch World Headquarters …

Elizabeth Warren's campaign sounds the alarm as fundraising pace slows about 30% in fourth quarter  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign told supporters in an email on Friday that, so far, it has raised just over $17 million in the fourth quarter, a significant drop from her fundraising haul during the third quarter.

Rank-and-File Workers Get Bigger Raises  —  Short supply of labor, minimum-wage rises and increased poaching have helped lift wages for lower-income workers  —  Rank-and-file workers are getting bigger raises this year—at least in percentage terms—than bosses.

Russia commissions intercontinental hypersonic weapon  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin that a new hypersonic weapon of intercontinental range became operational Friday following years of tests.  —  Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Putin …

Michael Moore Predicts 2020 Trump Victory: Trump's Level Of Support “Has Not Gone Down One Inch”  —  In an interview with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, Michael Moore said if the election were held today that President Trump would win a second term.  However, Moore predicted the Democratic candidate …

Exclusive: FBI investigates Briton, others for Epstein links - sources  —  (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and several other people linked to U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges …

Why Trump's Second Term Will Be Worse  —  When I spent a month on a research trip to India in December 2014, half a year after Narendra Modi swept to power, the writers, academics, and intellectuals I met were engrossed in a debate that may now feel oddly familiar to Americans.

Disney characters say tourists inappropriately touched them  —  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World employees who portray Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck each filed police reports this month claiming they were inappropriately touched by tourists.

Spotify to suspend political ads in 2020  —  Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and the RNC are among Spotify advertisers  —  Spotify is suspending the sale of political advertising on its platform, the company told Ad Age Friday.  —  Spotify said in a statement that it will pause political advertising …

Men Are Dismissing ‘Little Women.’ What a Surprise.  —  The rejection of the latest screen adaptation of the beloved novel echoes a long-held sentiment toward women-centered narratives.  —  Ms. Eldredge is a writer.  —  “'Little Women' Has a Little Man Problem.”

Trump Pushes Out Tweet Naming Alleged Whistleblower  —  Several people close to the president, such as Ivanka Trump and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, had privately cautioned him against it.  —  On Thursday evening, Donald Trump pushed out on Twitter the name of the alleged whistleblower …

Hunting black men to start a ‘race war’ … The man stumbled into the police precinct in Hell's Kitchen late one night, staggering toward a tall reception desk painted black and blue.  Before the desk officer could ask the man his business, he collapsed on a bench, dripping blood.

One surprisingly simple reason evangelicals love Trump  —  Thousands of students, supporters, and invited guests sing songs of Christian praise before then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took the stage in January 2016 at Liberty University, whose founder Jerry Falwell was a prominent evangelical leader.

Schumer said in 1999 Senate wasn't like a jury box and was ‘susceptible to the whims of politics’  —  (CNN)Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has blasted his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell in recent days after he described himself as “not an impartial juror” ahead …

Iowa swung fiercely to Trump.  Will it swing back in 2020?  —  In 2008, its voters propelled Barack Obama to the White House, as an overwhelmingly white state validated the candidacy of the first black president.  A year later, Iowa's Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriage …

Beating Donald Trump in the 2020 election isn't everything; it's the only thing  —  Debating wine cellar fundraisers, free tuition and ‘Medicare for All’ won't rid America of an unfit president: Our view  —  To the casual observer of the Democratic debates, it seems like candidates are spending …

Interior Department Cut ‘Sexual Orientation’ From Anti-Discrimination Guideline  —  Its explanation shows that the administration is talking out of both sides of its mouth when it comes to LGBTQ rights.  —  President Donald Trump's Interior Department removed “sexual orientation” …

Ousted cardinal McCarrick gave more than $600,000 to fellow clerics, including two popes, records show  —  Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick gave hundreds of thousands of dollars in church money to powerful Catholic clerics over nearly two decades, according to financial records obtained …

2010s = 1984: The decade we finally understood Orwell  —  Saying George Orwell's 1984 is my favorite book is like saying Star Wars is my favorite movie franchise.  It would be more accurate to call them obsessions.  I consume both in their entirety at least once a year, and have read everything there is to read about their creators.