Despite His Billions, Bloomberg Busts  —  His rivals were ready.  He was not.  —  You can buy ads and saturate the airwaves with them.  You can buy allies, especially with the right budget.  —  But you can't buy a debate performance, and that's why Mike Bloomberg's on Wednesday night mattered so much.

I was Barr's deputy attorney general.  He did his job in the Roger Stone case.  —  George J. Terwilliger III, a partner at the law firm McGuireWoods, served in the Justice Department, including as deputy attorney general and acting attorney general.  —  Attorney General William P. Barr …

The mass shooter who killed 9 in Germany published a racist manifesto where he identified as an incel and accused Trump of stealing his populist slogans  — A mass shooter in the central German city of Hanau published a delusional, racist manifesto in which he accused US President Donald Trump …

Rohrabacher confirms he offered Trump pardon to Assange for proof Russia didn't hack DNC email  —  WASHINGTON — Former California Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher confirmed in a new interview that during a three-hour meeting at the Ecuadorian Embassy in August 2017 …

Bolton: Testimony wouldn't have changed impeachment outcome  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday denounced the House's impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump as “grossly partisan” and said his testimony would not have changed Trump's acquittal …

Trump Names Richard Grenell as Acting Head of Intelligence  —  The move places a loyalist atop the intelligence agencies that the president has long battled.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday named Richard Grenell, a vocal loyalist who quickly antagonized the German establishment …

In speech, Mulvaney says Republicans are hypocritical on deficits  —  Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Wednesday night that the Republican Party is hypocritical when it comes to deficits, according to audio of an overseas speech obtained by The Washington Post.

The 11 Criminals Granted Clemency by Trump Had One Thing in Common: Connections  —  The process bypassed the formal procedures used by past presidents and was driven instead by friendship, fame, personal empathy and a shared sense of persecution.  —  WASHINGTON — Early Tuesday morning, Bernard B. Kerik's telephone rang.

Trump Job Approval Steady at 49%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval remains elevated at 49% in the latest Gallup poll, the same as in the previous poll and up five points from an early January poll conducted before Trump was acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial.

Political ads are flooding Hulu, Roku and other streaming services, revealing loopholes in federal election laws  —  With more Americans cutting the cord, watchdogs worry that voters lack a full understanding of who's trying to influence them  —  The ad that interrupted some Hulu subscribers …

EXCLUSIVE: Florida feds knew of New York victim in Epstein indictment 11 years earlier  —  Before her testimony could be secured, Epstein cemented a controversial deal.  —  A woman whose allegations of childhood sex abuse in New York were central to last year's indictment of Jeffrey Epstein …

Trump's budget will wreak havoc on the American economy  —  Michael Linden is the executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.  —  Earlier this month, President Donald Trump released his 2021 budget proposal.