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 …

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 …

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 …

Club for Growth works to defeat House GOP incumbent  —  The prominent conservative group Club for Growth is throwing its weight behind a primary challenge to veteran Rep. Kay Granger of Texas — a move that is likely to anger Republican leaders who've rushed to her aid.

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 …

Snakes could be the source of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak  —  (CNN)Snakes — the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra — may be the original source of the newly discovered coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly infectious respiratory illness in China this winter.

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 …

Mitch McConnell has failed the Republican Party  —  World War II began with the Nazi invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939.  Two days later, the governments of Britain and France honored their diplomatic vows to Warsaw by declaring war on Adolf Hitler's invading armies.

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 …

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 …

Ralph Northam is demonizing gun owners to distract from his racist past  —  Ralph Northam, Virginia's Democratic governor, declared a public emergency despite knowing there were no grounds for doing so.  The governor, who recently overcame his history of racism to hang on to his current elected office …

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 …

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 …

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.

Sex is for married heterosexual couples only, says Church of England  —  Pastoral guidance also calls for Christians in gay or straight civil unions to be abstinent  —  The Church of England has stated that sex belongs only within heterosexual marriage, and that Christians in gay …

Warren takes on big fights for consumers and wins them.  I saw it firsthand: Rich Cordray  —  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a testament to the strength of Warren's ideas and her ability to make them work.  She has guts and skill.  —  Over the past year, Sen. Elizabeth Warren …

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 …

Detroit man settles race discrimination lawsuit, then bank won't cash his check  —  Sauntore Thomas is reeling from a one-two punch.  —  First, the Detroiter sued his employer alleging racial discrimination in a lawsuit that settled confidentially.  Then he went to the bank this week to cash …

Fox News devised a way to cover the impeachment trial without covering it at all  —  Viewers were shown video without the audio, allowing hosts to spin the proceedings in real time.  —  As the impeachment trial got underway in the Senate on Wednesday, Fox News covered it in a way that gave …

Trump promised his mileage standards would make cars cheaper and safer.  New documents raise doubts about that.  —  Top Senate Democrat argues that revised rule “will lead to vehicles that are neither safer, nor more affordable or fuel-efficient.”  —  President Trump has said his plan …

An Ex-Spy Who Wants to Represent New Mexico Can't Hide From Criticism  —  Valerie Plame is celebrating her C.I.A. past in a race for a congressional seat.  But as she finds herself cast as an outsider, she's running into trouble.  —  SANTA FE, N.M. — When Valerie Plame declared her run …

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 …

Would Democrats Impeach Obama?  —  His dealings with foreign officials and Congress look as suspect as Trump's.  —  Hypocrisy is common in Washington, but impeachment is bringing out more than its fair share.  That's true of some Republicans, and the mainstream media devotes countless hours to it.

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 …

Ready to move, Californians tour their top destination: Texas  —  When half a dozen California families arrived in a limo-style bus for a daylong tour of suburban homes for sale north of Dallas, the sun was shining but the temperature had dipped below 50 degrees.

‘S.O.S.!  PLEASE HELP ME!’  The world's greatest deliberative body falls to pettifoggery.  —  Senate chaplain Barry Black began Wednesday's session of President Trump's impeachment trial by praying for God to give senators “civility built upon integrity.”  —  It was too much to ask.

Trump's Trial by Charlatans  —  Since when have the Dems cared about the Constitution?  —  YouTube screenshot  —  🔊 Listen to this article  —  The attacks of the Democrats on Trump never made any sense.  First, they tried to portray him as an unpatriotic shill for Putin.