Judge Calls Barr's Handling of Mueller Report ‘Distorted’ and ‘Misleading’  —  The judge said the attorney general lacked credibility on the matter and said he would review the report to decide whether to make its redacted portions public.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge …

‘Doomed from the Start.’ Experts Say the Trump Administration's Coronavirus Response Was Never Going to Work  —  The Trump Administration's strategy to combat COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, began with a relatively simple focus: keep it out of the United States.

As Bernie Sanders Pushed for Closer Ties, Soviet Union Spotted Opportunity  —  Previously unseen documents from a Soviet archive show how hard Mr. Sanders worked to find a sister city in Russia when he was a mayor in the 1980s.  Moscow saw a chance for propaganda.

Mike Bloomberg plans new group to support Democratic nominee  —  Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to form a new independent expenditure campaign that will absorb hundreds of his presidential campaign staff in six swing states to work to elect the Democratic nominee this fall.

Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race  —  Ms. Warren, a senator and former law professor, staked her campaign on fighting corruption and changing the rules of the economy.  —  BOSTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts plans to drop …

Was It Always Going to Be the Last Men Standing?  —  For Elizabeth Warren, the historic number of women in the 2020 field and the Democrats who supported them, the question will linger.  —  WASHINGTON — In the end, the pink wave carried two white men ashore.

Romney could derail Republican subpoena targeting Bidens  —  A Republican effort to subpoena records about Joe Biden and his son Hunter could be derailed amid concerns from at least one GOP senator that the push appears politically motivated.  —  The Senate Homeland Security Committee is set …

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Supreme Court denies stay, Nathaniel Woods' execution set to proceed again  —  Condemned man was scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday evening.  —  In a stunning reversal, the Supreme Court denied a temporary stay, issued only hours earlier, putting the execution of Nathaniel Woods back on late Thursday in an Alabama prison.

Bernie Sanders Cancels Mississippi Rally, Shifting Focus to Michigan  —  The decision suggests that the Sanders campaign is largely ceding another Southern state to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and going all-in on the Midwest instead.  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. — Senator Bernie Sanders has canceled …

New Special Operations network will serve as security backbone in Afghanistan ahead of U.S. withdrawal  —  KABUL — A new network of Special Operations forces will serve as the backbone of a smaller U.S. military mission in Afghanistan, hunting Islamic State fighters as the U.S. withdraws …

GOP senators call for censuring Schumer over Supreme Court comments  —  Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a resolution Thursday calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to be censured, following his fiery remarks directed toward Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

Before Clearview Became a Police Tool, It Was a Secret Plaything of the Rich  —  Investors and clients of the facial recognition start-up freely used the app on dates and at parties — and to spy on the public.  —  One Tuesday night in October 2018, John Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner …

The former President said that when he met Lewinsky, the pressure of the job was too much and he thought, 'There's something that will take your mind off it for a while'  —  Bill offers an apology to Lewinsky in the documentary that will premiere on Friday, and says he felt ‘terrible’ that her life was defined by their affair.

Democrats lead by at least 4 in 4 GOP held Senate seats  —  New PPP polls find Sara Gideon leading Susan Collins 47-43 in the Maine Senate race and Mark Kelly leading Martha McSally 47-42 in the Arizona Senate race.  Additionally a PPP poll for a private client last week found Cal Cunningham …

Newly obtained documents show $157,000 in additional payments by the Secret Service to Trump properties  —  President Trump's company charged the Secret Service $157,000 more than was previously known — billing taxpayers for rooms at his clubs at rates far higher than his company has claimed …

Updating our rules against hateful conduct  —  Editorial note: This blog was first posted in July 9, 2019, and updated March 5, 2020, to reflect additional changes made to our rule against hateful conduct  —  We create our rules to keep people safe on Twitter, and they continuously evolve …

Gov. Hogan: Maryland has first positive cases of coronavirus … Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has declared a state of emergency as three Montgomery County residents have tested positive for coronavirus.  —  A Maryland state lab in Baltimore confirmed the first three positive cases of coronavirus in the state.