Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press for Barr to Step Down  —  More than 1,100 former prosecutors and officials who served in Republican and Democratic administrations signed an open letter condemning the president and the attorney general over the Stone case.

Klobuchar declines to set expectations for New Hampshire  —  EXETER, N.H. — Amy Klobuchar declined to set expectations for Tuesday's primary here, saying in an interview that it would be for “many others” to decide what constitutes success, adding that she has “kept meeting every single standard” set before her thus far.

Bloomberg in 2013: Civil libertarians and teachers union are like NRA ‘extremists’  —  Michael Bloomberg has made it his late life's mission to take on the National Rifle Association, calling the organization “shameful,” “dangerous” and extreme.  —  The problem now that he's seeking the Democratic nomination?

‘Something has to be done’: Trump's quest to rewrite history of the Russia probe  —  The U.S. intelligence community long ago produced evidence of Russia's illegal interference in the 2016 presidential election to try to boost Donald Trump's candidacy.  Then the special counsel investigating …

Bloomberg Campaign Shuts Down Report He's Considering Hillary Clinton As Running Mate  —  Michael Bloomberg's campaign is downplaying a report claiming the billionaire presidential hopeful is considering former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate.

Mike Bloomberg in 2010 called Obamacare legislation ‘a disgrace’ and 'another program that's going to cost a lot of money'  —  (CNN)Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said the final Obamacare bill would do “absolutely nothing to fix the big health care problems” and also called the program …

Xi's early involvement in virus outbreak raises questions  —  BEIJING (AP) — A recent speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping that has been published by state media indicates for the first time that he was leading the response to a new virus outbreak from early on in the crisis.

Trust and consequences … It was time for another hearing in the ongoing efforts of the U.S. government to deport a Honduran teenager named Kevin Euceda, who had already been in detention for more than two years.  In a Northern Virginia courtroom, U.S. immigration judge Helaine Perlman peered …

'The only uncertainty is how long we'll last': a worst case scenario for the climate in 2050  —  The Future We Choose, a new book by the architects of the Paris climate accords, offers two contrasting visions for how the world might look in thirty years (read the best case scenario here)  —  It is 2050.

Trump's Secret Service hotel racket is hiding in plain sight.  And he's getting away with it.  —  A complete accounting of how much taxpayers have forked over to the Trump Organization since its CEO's election is as likely as a Trump pardon for Michael Cohen.

Biden calls on Sanders to take accountability for supporters' threats  —  The message comes after the powerful Culinary Workers Union said supporters of the Vermont senator had “viciously attacked” its members.  —  LAS VEGAS — Joe Biden called on Bernie Sanders to accept greater accountability …