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.

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.

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.

BREAKING: Gardner says he doesn't want to hear from more impeachment witnesses  —  U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Wednesday that he thinks the Senate has heard from enough witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, taking off the table a potential Republican vote to subpoena national security adviser John Bolton.

John Roberts blocks mentions of alleged whistleblower's name  —  Chief Justice John Roberts has communicated to senators that he will not read aloud the alleged Ukraine whistleblower's name or otherwise publicly relay questions that might out the official, a move that's effectively blocked Sen. Rand Paul from asking a question.

Biden Plans a Counterattack at Trump as Impeachment Tensions Rise  —  Joe Biden will deliver a speech on Thursday forcefully rebuking the president, whose allies in Congress have increasingly set their sights on the former vice president.  —  DES MOINES — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. …

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.

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 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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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?

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 …

Trump Impeachment Trial: Top Democrat Concedes ‘Probably No’ on Witnesses  —  During questioning, a lawyer for President Trump argued that any action to aid re-election could be considered in the nation's interest and therefore could not be impeachable.

10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2020  —  Since 2011, FIRE has named and shamed 65 individual colleges and universities as America's worst for free speech.  Some — we're looking at you Harvard, DePaul, and Syracuse — are regulars and have appeared four or five times.

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.

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 …

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.