GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander, key impeachment vote, to reveal decision on witnesses tonight  —  Alexander is one of a handful of Republican senators who may vote to hear from witnesses during the Senate impeachment trial.  —  Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a key impeachment swing vote …

In Austin, John Bolton voices support for officials called in impeachment hearing  —  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Speaking at a private event in Austin Thursday, Former National Security Advisor John Bolton defended government officials who testified in front of the U.S. House impeachment inquiry.

Bloomberg surges past Warren into third place in new national poll  —  Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg surged past Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in the latest nationwide Hill-HarrisX poll, putting him in third place in the field of Democratic presidential candidates.

Dems Fed Up With GOP's Refusal to Budge on Impeachment: 'It's More Than Frustrating—It's Pathetic'  —  To a person, they feel like the case they made was overwhelming.  So what does it say if Republicans don't move?  —  For nearly two weeks, Democrats took to the floor of the Senate …

Trump: Coronavirus will have ‘a very good ending for us’  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to assure Americans about the spread of a new coronavirus, saying it would have “a very good ending for us ... that I can assure you,” hours after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global emergency.

Paul Manafort and Rudy's Indicted Associate Igor Fruman Go Way, Way Back  —  The relationship — stretching from New York to London to Kyiv — long predated Rudy Giuliani's attempts to discredit the evidence that played a key role in Manafort's downfall.  —  The web of connections between …

Bernie Sanders praised George Wallace as ‘sensitive’ in 1972  —  Seven years after Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to George Wallace as “perhaps the most dangerous racist in America today,” a young Bernie Sanders praised the segregationist Alabama governor.

Trump's border wall, vulnerable to flash floods, needs large storm gates left open for months  —  NACO, Ariz. — President Trump's border wall likely will require the installation of hundreds of storm gates to prevent flash floods from undermining or knocking it over, gates that must be left open …

Don't let the defense fool you.  This impeachment is all about corruption.  —  George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York and an adviser to the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC.  —  The president's lawyers this week floated their catch-all impeachment defense, one tailor-made for President Trump.

AP Exclusive: Woman who says Trump raped her seeks his DNA  —  NEW YORK — Lawyers for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s are asking for a DNA sample, seeking to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she says she wore during the encounter.

Iowa Democrats fear losing first-in-the-nation status  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Bruised feelings from Julián Castro's criticism this fall that Iowa is too white and too unrepresentative of the Democratic Party to go first in the nominating process have been replaced by spreading fears here that critics could get their way in 2024.

Trump to create post to focus on solely human trafficking  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to expand the White House domestic policy office by appointing an individual to focus exclusively on combating human trafficking, The Associated Press has learned.

64 US troops suffered traumatic brain injuries from Iranian missile attack, as casualty total continues to balloon  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced Thursday that 64 American troops sustained mild traumatic brain injuries as a result of the Iranian missile strikes on two military bases in Iraq …

Senator Collins' Statement on Vote on Witnesses and Documents  —  Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued the following statement on the next stage of the impeachment trial process:  —  “We have heard the cases argued and the questions answered.

The Atlantic made Rahm Emanuel a contributing editor.  Then, suddenly, he wasn't.  —  Last May, the Atlantic announced that Rahm Emanuel, who'd just left his post as Chicago mayor, would be joining the magazine as a contributing editor.  “The Atlantic will be the primary home for Emanuel's writing …

White Nationalist State Department Official Still Active in Hate Movement  —  U.S. State Department official Matthew Q. Gebert has been steadily producing white nationalist propaganda in the nearly six months since he was suspended from his job, Hatewatch has learned.

Pence aide who testified in impeachment inquiry to leave VP's office  —  A national security aide to Vice President Mike Pence and key witness in the House's impeachment of President Donald Trump will be leaving her post in the vice president's office early to join Central Command, according to two people with knowledge of her plans.

Trump will insist NHS pays more for drugs in trade deal, says ambassador  —  Exclusive: President will put US firms first in UK trade talks, says Kim Darroch  —  Donald Trump will put the interests of corporate America first and demand that the NHS pays higher prices for US drugs …