Bernie Sanders' campaign says it raised more than $34.5 million in blowout fourth quarter  — Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign raised more than $34.5 million in the fourth quarter, it said Thursday.  — The total easily tops the fundraising hauls of Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang …

Julián Castro Ends Presidential Campaign  —  Mr. Castro, the former housing secretary and mayor of San Antonio, was the only Latino candidate in the race.  He championed progressive policies but did not find his footing in polls.  —  Julián Castro, the former housing secretary …

Exclusive: Unredacted Ukraine Documents Reveal Extent of Pentagon's Legal Concerns  —  “Clear direction from POTUS to continue to hold.”  —  This is what Michael Duffey, associate director of national security programs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), told Elaine McCusker …

House Democrats Would Have Impeached Lincoln  —  I, like most people from my home state of Illinois, am a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln.  —  Recently I've wondered what would have happened had Nancy Pelosi been the Speaker of the House when Abraham Lincoln was president.

Family of anti-Semitic machete attack victim shares heartbreaking hospital photo of their Hasidic patriarch: ‘We shall not let this terrible hate-driven attack be forgotten’  —  An Orthodox Jewish man hacked viciously by a machete-swinging anti-Semite will likely remain brain-damaged and paralyzed for life …

Shock Waves From American Airstrikes in Iraq May Have Just Begun  —  Retaliation against an Iran-backed militia set off anti-American protests that could strengthen Iran's hand.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.

'It's Creepy': Unexplained Drones Are Swarming by Night Over Colorado  —  Sheriffs in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado say they don't know who's flying the drones — or why.  The F.A.A. is investigating.  —  They come in the night: Drones — lots of them — flying in precise formations over the Colorado and Nebraska prairie.

‘Unqualified, dangerous’: the oddball officials running Bolsonaro's Brazil  —  While the far-right president has trashed norms the lower ranks of his administration have shown jaw-dropping offensiveness  —  Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, and his gun-loving sons have hogged …

By ROSS IBBETSON FOR MAILONLINE  —  The leader of an Iran-backed US embassy siege in Baghdad was welcomed to the White House by Barack Obama eight years ago before becoming Tehran's ‘point man’ in Iraq.  —  Hadi al Amiri joined Iraq's then-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as his Minister …

Presidential hopeful Bennet pledges $6 trillion ‘Real Deal’  —  DENVER (AP) — Presidential hopeful Michael Bennet is releasing a $6 trillion plan that he calls “the Real Deal” in an attempt to offer what he says is a more realistic contrast with more liberal contenders for the Democratic nomination …

Armed, even in church: Texas shooting is about a lot more than Jack Wilson's heroism  —  Jack Wilson is a hero.  But why were so many other parishioners armed?  And how did the shooter get his gun, given his criminal history?  —  Jack Wilson is a hero alright.

Civility and Its Critics  —  Some self-righteous writers believe that their goodness—and their opponents' badness—justifies incivility.  —  As long as there are political debates, there will be those who participate in nasty ways—lying, distorting, insulting.