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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

‘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 …

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.