Senate and John Roberts face possibility of epic tie on witnesses  —  Ahead of a tight vote on whether to hear new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, the Senate is preparing for the possibility that this crucial roll call has an asterisk in the history books: It ends in a tie.

Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side  —  (CNN)Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border.  —  The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing sections of the wall.

White House has issued formal threat to Bolton to keep him from publishing book  —  Washington (CNN)The White House has issued a formal threat to former national security adviser John Bolton to keep him from publishing his book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.

ALAN DERSHOWITZ FOR THE DEFENSE: L'ÉTAT, C'EST TRUMP  —  Donald Trump's lawyer says that the President can do just about anything he wants.  —  An hour into the Senate trial of Donald John Trump on Wednesday, the emeritus Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz came to the floor to answer …

What Will You Do When the Culture War Comes for You?  —  Newsrooms still aren't ready for the trolls.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.  —  The culture war will come for us all.  —  On Sunday, it came for a Washington Post reporter, Felicia Sonmez.

What the New Bolton-Engel Breaking News Really Means, And Why It Matters  —  We've just had breaking news in an announcement from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel.  He says that on Sept. 23, he spoke to John Bolton and Bolton “suggest[ed] to me — unprompted …

Trump Ally Held Event Handing Out Cash in a Black Community  —  The group that hosted the event last month in Cleveland is run by a prominent black ally of the president, and it promoted Trump administration policies while doling out cash prizes.  —  WASHINGTON — A nonprofit organization run …

Dem Caucuses Could Be a Five-Way Contest  —  Nearly half remain open to switching support on caucus night  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Elizabeth Warren continue to jostle for the top spot in the fifth and final Monmouth University Poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers.

Super PAC Attacks Sanders in an Ad.  Sanders Raises $1.3 Million in a Day.  —  As Bernie Sanders shows strength in the early-voting states, his opponents face a challenge: Attacking him can help fuel his campaign.  —  DES MOINES — A Democratic super PAC wanted to undermine Senator Bernie …

Lessons for Life: The Obituaries of Republicans Who Opposed Nixon's Impeachment  —  “Obituaries reflect what the present thinks of the past,” wrote journalism professor Kathleen McElroy.  —  What will the future think of President Donald Trump and two historic votes senators must take on his impeachment?

Klobuchar Called On To Suspend Campaign As Questions Swirl Around Myon Burrell Case  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Senator and presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar is facing new scrutiny over an old case.  —  The 2002 murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards happened when Klobuchar was the Hennepin County attorney.

NeverTrump: Most Overrepresented Demographic in Media  —  Over the weekend, Washington Post columnist Max Boot had a novel take on President Trump's impeachment.  According to Boot, what Trump said on the phone call with Ukraine's president was in some ways worse than Andrew Jackson's forced relocation …

Hillary Clinton refuses to be served Tulsi Gabbard's defamation lawsuit  —  Hillary Clinton has now twice snubbed a process server attempting to deliver the defamation lawsuit filed against her by Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, according to Gabbard's attorney.

‘Mind Boggling’: Take a Look at These Demographic Numbers From Trump's New Jersey Rally  —  Tuesday night President Trump traveled to deep blue New Jersey for a campaign rally.  Despite freezing temperatures in the middle of winter, people camped out a day ahead of his remarks in order to make it inside the arena.

Kremlin confirms new title of SUPREME RULER for Vladimir Putin is being considered following his recent changes to Russia's constitution  —  Vladimir Putin could become Russia's ‘Supreme Ruler’ when he steps down as president under proposed changes to the country's constitution, it emerged today.

California Senate rejects transit density bill SB 50  —  Under SB 50, cities would also have to allow up to four units on lots now exclusively reserved for single-family homes.  Getty Images/iStockphoto  —  But there's a chance the bill will return soon for reconsideration

ABC News suspends correspondent over erroneous report on Kobe Bryant crash  —  ABC News has suspended the correspondent who speculated on-air that all four of Kobe Bryant's daughters were on board the helicopter that crashed and killed the NBA icon and eight others on Sunday.

Flynn's new legal team unleashes on his old lawyers in bid to withdraw guilty plea  —  The new legal team for former national security adviser Michael Flynn unleashed a withering assault Wednesday on Flynn's old lawyers, accusing them of a conflict of interest so severe that it merits allowing …

Elizabeth Warren proposes criminal penalties for spreading disinformation online  — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday released a plan to fight disinformation to hold tech companies accountable for their actions in light of the 2016 election.

Lev Parnas' lawyer ties Lindsey Graham to corrupt Ukraine scheme  —  Rudy Giuliani delivered a letter in late 2018 to Sen. Lindsey Graham calling for sanctions on Ukrainian government officials, including a corruption reformer and another who ran the company whose board Hunter Biden served on.

Bernie Sanders is ‘insanely consistent.’ That's nothing to brag about.  —  One of the toughest questions I received during my book tour for “The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right” came from a high school student who asked how she could trust anything I said now that I had disavowed my previous beliefs.

21 Hours With Alan Dershowitz  —  Over the course of one week, Tom Chiarella watched Donald Trump's TV-loving lawyer prepare for his biggest argument to date.  He still can't make sense of it.  —  He sits with his back half-turned to the window of his eighth-floor apartment in Miami Beach …

If the Senate Doesn't Hold Trump Accountable, the Damage Will Go Far Beyond This Presidency  —  Vance is distinguished professor of the practice of law at the University of Alabama, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst.