Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman in Post-Acquittal Purge  —  Emboldened by his victory and determined to strike back, the president removed Mr. Sondland as ambassador to the European Union after the White House earlier on Friday dismissed Colonel Vindman.

Exclusive NH Tracking Poll: Buttigieg Takes Lead Over Sanders In Tight New Hampshire Race  —  BOSTON (CBS) - Pete Buttigieg continued his rise in Friday night's exclusive WBZ/Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll, for the first time taking a narrow lead that falls within the survey's 4.4% margin of error.

Collins says it would not be appropriate for Trump to retaliate against impeachment witnesses  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), one of two Republicans to vote last week to subpoena additional witnesses and extend the impeachment trial, said Friday that she would disapprove of President Trump retaliating …

“We're losing our damn minds”: James Carville unloads on the Democratic Party  —  James Carville arrives for the annual JFK Profiles in Courage Award ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 20, 2018.  Paul Marotta/Getty Images  —  Why the longtime Democratic strategist is “scared to death” of the 2020 election.

Justice Department Drops Antitrust Probe Against Automakers That Sided With California on Emissions  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has dropped its antitrust inquiry into four automakers that had sided with California in its dispute with the Trump administration over reducing climate …

The nagging detail about job growth Trump probably won't like  —  The New York Times ran a report this morning on the latest jobs data, and the White House probably appreciated the political framing. … Well, sort of.  As we discussed this morning, the latest report from the Bureau …

Another Scandal at the DNC  —  Because of other disasters afflicting the Democratic Party in recent days, this story, from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, hasn't gotten a lot of attention.  But it fits with other recent instances of Democratic Party incompetence and worse: “Leaders of 2020 DNC Host Committee fired.”

As usual, Trump called me a sleaze.  But the audience reaction to his rant was more upsetting.  —  James B. Comey is a former director of the FBI and former deputy attorney general.  —  The most important thing that happened during President Trump's post-impeachment rant at the White House didn't happen at the lectern.

Thousands of Hmong and Lao Americans face deportation under Trump proposal  —  In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Rep. Betty McCollum calls the plan ‘unconscionable’  —  Advocates warn that a Trump administration proposal to deport thousands of Hmong and Lao Americans back to Laos …

Docs: Shadow Inc. Directly Tied to Left-Wing Media Operation  —  A company called Shadow earned instant infamy this week when an app it created to tabulate the results of the Iowa caucuses led to a statewide meltdown that has thrown the Democratic presidential campaign into disarray.

Steyer, Biden feud on debate stage over SC legislator's remarks about campaign payments  —  COLUMBIA — A dispute between South Carolina lawmakers over payments to one of them from a presidential campaign briefly became the center of attention during a nationally televised debate Friday night in New Hampshire.

The Age of Decadence  —  Cut the drama.  The real story of the West in the 21st century is one of stalemate and stagnation.  —  An Opinion columnist and the author of the forthcoming book “The Decadent Society,” from which this essay is adapted.  —  Everyone knows that we live …

Here's a new abuse of power by Trump that should alarm you  —  The big danger emerging from President Trump's acquittal isn't just that he has learned his whole party is unprepared to constrain any future abuse of power he undertakes.  It's that he has learned his party will …

McConnell and the GOP Senate are accomplices to Trump's wrongdoing  —  Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, is speaker of the House of Representatives.  —  For more than 200 years, our republic has endured, not only because of the wisdom of our Founders and the brilliance of our Constitution …