Republicans fear “floodgates” if Bolton testifies  —  There may be enough new pressure on Senate Republicans to allow witnesses at President Trump's impeachment trial, after the leak from a forthcoming book by former national security adviser John Bolton that contradicts what the White House has been telling the country.

Read the Kobe Bryant-Related Tweets That Led Washington Post to Suspend Reporter Felicia Sonmez  —  Washington Post national political reporter Felicia Sonmez was suspended by the paper over the weekend over tweets she sent out after the news broke of Kobe Bryant's death.

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to proceed with immigration rules  —  The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to begin implementing new rules making it easier to deny immigrants residency or admission to the country because they have or might use public-assistance programs.

Prince Andrew Offers ‘Zero Cooperation’ in Epstein Case, F.B.I. Says  —  The United States attorney in Manhattan said the prince had not responded to their requests for an interview.  —  Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. have sought to interview Prince Andrew about Jeffrey Epstein …

Meghan McCain Defends Mike Pompeo's NPR Meltdown, Compares Him to Adam Driver  —  “I don't know what's going on over at NPR,” the conservative co-host said.  “I also think journalists are supposed to be unbiased in their questioning.”  —  Meghan McCain on Monday rallied to Secretary …

Bernie Sanders's Trump-like campaign is a disaster for Democrats  —  Former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg is the youngest Democratic presidential candidate; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the oldest (roughly double Buttigieg's age).  Buttigieg consistently demonstrates a mature understanding …

Watch six decade-long disinformation operations unfold in six minutes  —  Here's a bird's eye view of six state-backed information operations on Twitter, and how they evolved over the last decade.  This research was funded by the Mozilla Foundation by an Open Source Support Award.

Bernie Can't Win  —  “Left but not woke” is the Bernie Sanders brand.  If anybody failed to recognize it before, nobody can miss it now.  Last week, the mega-podcaster Joe Rogan endorsed Sanders.  The Sanders campaign tweeted a video of the Rogan endorsement from Sanders's own account.

Trump is worst possible leader to deal with coronavirus outbreak  —  So far, Trump has blithely tweeted that ‘it will all work out well.’ Yet the steps he's taken as president have only weakened our capacity to respond.  —  The possibility of a pandemic is a challenge President Donald Trump is unqualified to handle as president.