Dems unload ‘overwhelming’ impeachment case on the Senate — even as they press for more  —  And on the first day, Democrats unleashed the flood.  —  One by one, the seven House impeachment prosecutors seeking President Donald Trump's removal from office reconstructed a case against the president …

Republicans, think about this carefully  —  We know virtually all, if not all, Senate Republicans will vote to acquit President Trump.  They told us up front they were going to let him off, removing even the pretense of adhering to their oaths.  They told us they were unserious about their oaths …

Mnuchin says Thunberg can tell us what to do ‘after she goes and studies economics in college’  — Speaking at a press briefing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mnuchin was asked whether the world's largest economy needed to completely and immediately divest from fossil fuels.

Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday will finalize a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands and other water bodies, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers and real estate developers …

Sanders Widens Lead In N.H. In New WBUR Poll  —  With the New Hampshire presidential primary less than three weeks away, a new WBUR poll suggests Bernie Sanders might be peaking at just the right time.  The survey of more than 426 likely Democratic primary voters finds Sanders in the lead …

Ghislaine Maxwell's personal emails were HACKED sparking fears that damaging information about high-profile individuals linked to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case, including Prince Andrew, could be leaked  — Lawyers for the British socialite revealed the hack while discussing …

S. Carolina elected official now backing Sanders over Biden  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina elected official who endorsed Joe Biden last month is switching her allegiance to Bernie Sanders in the state's first-in-the-South presidential primary, saying she had viewed the former vice president …

Trump's Doral Resort Spikes Its Room Rates Ahead Of His RNC Visit  —  The near doubling of rates may have increased taxpayer costs for housing Secret Service and other staff who traveled there ahead of the president's trip.  —  DORAL, Fla. ― The president's Miami golf resort that puts money …

Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs  —  The president signaled a willingness to scale back Medicare, a shift from his 2016 platform of protecting welfare programs.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested on Wednesday that he would be willing to consider cuts …

University of Minnesota student jailed in China over tweets  —  A University of Minnesota student has been arrested in China and sentenced to six months in prison for tweets he posted while in the United States, according to a Chinese court document viewed by Axios.

1 dead and 7 injured, including 9-year-old boy, in mass shooting on downtown Seattle sidewalk  —  The area around Third Avenue and Pine Street has long been one of the grittiest in downtown Seattle, a grim reputation underscored Wednesday when gunfire erupted during the evening commute …

How Millennial Leaders Will Change America  —  Love 'em or hate 'em, this much is true: one day soon, millennials will rule America.  —  This is neither wish nor warning but fact, rooted in the physics of time and the biology of human cells.  Millennials-born between 1981 and 1996-are already …

How Jeff Bezos' iPhone X Was Hacked  —  It most likely began with a tiny bit of code that implanted malware, which gave attackers access to Mr. Bezos' photos and texts.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — On the afternoon of May 1, 2018, Jeff Bezos received a message on WhatsApp from an account belonging …

Bernie Sanders Once Compared Vermont Workers to Black ‘Slaves’  —  As the leading member of a self-described “radical political party” in the 1970s, Bernie Sanders repeatedly compared Vermont workers to enslaved black people.  —  In recent weeks, Sen. Bernie Sanders has criticized his rivals …

Marianne Williamson throws support behind Andrew Yang in Iowa caucuses  —  Andrew Yang on the state of the economy  —  Washington (CNN)Former Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson announced overnight Wednesday that she supports Andrew Yang's White House bid in the upcoming Iowa caucuses.

Facebook's big 2020 fear is a Democrat in the White House  —  One of Facebook's biggest headaches leading up to 2020 isn't election interference or fake news — it's worrying about what a Democrat in the White House could mean for the business.  —  Why it matters: The Obama administration's warm embrace …

In four top 2020 battlegrounds, it's not the economy, stupid.  It's Donald Trump.  —  Our new polls show the star of the 2020 election will be Donald Trump.  No matter who they nominate, Democrats would be wise to keep him center stage.  —  President Donald Trump recently tweeted: " …

Fox & Friends Airs Brutal Bloomberg Ad Highlighting Trump's 'Erratic and Out of Control ‘Attacks’ on the Military  —  Fox News' Fox & Friends, often reported to be one of President Donald Trump's favorite shows, aired an attack ad on the president from 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg …

Buttigieg's Hollow Military Bragging  —  Imagine you heard that someone got a “direct diploma” from Harvard but didn't actually have to do four years of papers and tests.  —  The term “veteran” wields a strange talismanic power in American politics today; the military is almost the only institution …

The Iconic Man With a Gun Is a White Man  —  Protesters in Virginia were re-enacting — and re-embracing — an exclusionary vision of American history.  —  RICHMOND, Va. — Around 22,000 people came here on Monday to protest potential new restrictions on guns under consideration by the new Democratic majority in the General Assembly.

Bail reform is already working: Look beyond the breathless fearmongering  —  In January 2019, almost one year to the date before the new bail reforms in New York went into effect, I met a 64-year-old man named Adrian Rose.  Rose had just been arrested and charged with a violent felony assault …

Here's how Mike Bloomberg is luring 2020 campaign staffers with lavish perks  —  Billionaire presidential long shot Michael Bloomberg is trying to poach staff from other campaigns with outsized salaries and fancy perks like three catered meals a day, an iPhone 11 and a MacBook Pro, according to sources.

The ‘Corrupt Purposes’ Impeachment  —  Why the House logic is a danger to all future Presidents.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  As House managers make their impeachment case, many Americans will dismiss it all as a partisan effort that hasn't persuaded the country and will die in the Senate.

Is There a Targeted Troll Campaign Against Lisa Page?  A Bot Sentinel Investigation  —  “Homewrecker.”  “Traitor.”  “Tramp.”  These are just some of the insults flung at Lisa Page—the former FBI lawyer whom President Trump has targeted for her text messages critical of him during the 2016 election …

A Matter of Facts  —  With much fanfare, The New York Times Magazine devoted an entire issue in August to what it called the 1619 Project.  The project's aim, the magazine announced, was to reinterpret the entirety of American history.  “Our democracy's founding ideals,” its lead essay proclaimed, “were false when they were written.”

What the Biggest Swing County in Iowa Says About 2020  —  Both Trump and Obama won big in Howard County.  While the president is likely to win such small, rural places again, the size of his margins could be crucial.

A New Face of White Supremacy: Plots Expose Danger of the ‘Base’  —  A secret domestic terrorism investigation revealed that the violent neo-Nazi group was recruiting cells across the United States.  —  The plans were as sweeping as they were chilling: “Derail some trains, kill some people, and poison some water supplies.”