Exclusive: Massive leak of Trump transition vetting documents shows “red flags” for top officials  —  Nearly 100 internal Trump transition vetting documents leaked to “Axios on HBO” identify a host of “red flags” about officials who went on to get some of the most powerful jobs in the U.S. government.

Black residents of South Bend unload on Mayor Pete Buttigieg … A town hall featuring Mayor Pete Buttigieg broke into near chaos Sunday afternoon as the Democratic presidential candidate tried to respond to community anger over a white police officer's killing of a black man.

Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6 trillion in U.S. student loan debt, escalating Democratic policy battle  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will propose on Monday eliminating all $1.6 trillion of student debt held in the United States, a significant escalation of the policy fight …

Don't Want Your School to Be Named for a Confederate General?  Find Someone Else Named Lee  —  Schools honor others with surname to avoid costs of repainting or new signs  —  The North East Independent School District in Texas was facing pressure to change the name of Robert E. Lee High School …

Sunday Morning Talk Shows Largely Ignore Trump Rape Allegation  —  The “big five” — NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and Fox — were all but silent on E. Jean Carroll's horrifying claim.  —  Acclaimed author E. Jean Carroll publicly alleged for the first time Friday that President Donald Trump raped her in a dressing room in the mid-1990s.

The Ivory Tower team of wonks behind Warren's policy agenda  —  Behind Elizabeth Warren's trust-busting, Wall Street-bashing, tax-the-wealthy platform is a brain trust that extends well beyond the Beltway thinkers who often rubber stamp campaign proposals.  —  Instead, the former Harvard professor …

The Boomers Ruined Everything  —  The Baby Boomers ruined America.  That sounds like a hyperbolic claim, but it's one way to state what I found as I tried to solve a riddle.  American society is going through a strange set of shifts: Even as cultural values are in rapid flux, political institutions seem frozen in time.

Hidden Clue On Website Belonging To Ilhan Omar's Sister Adds To Evidence About Marriage History  — In a 2017 divorce petition, she swore she hadn't seen Ahmed N. Elmi since 2011 and didn't know anyone who might be able to contact him.  — Evidence shows that Elmi may have designed …

AP-NORC Poll: Democratic voters not fully tuned in to 2020  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two dozen Democratic presidential candidates have crisscrossed the country for six months selling their vision for the United States.  But, on the eve of the first debates in the campaign …

Insider Blows Whistle & Exec Reveals Google Plan to Prevent “Trump situation” in 2020 on Hidden Cam  —  Google Head of Responsible Innovation Says Elizabeth Warren “misguided” on “breaking up Google”  —  Google Exec Says Don't Break Us Up: “smaller companies don't have the resources” to “prevent next Trump situation”

Trump-Haley in 2020  —  Putting her on the ticket may win over some moderate, suburban women.  —  I'm proud to have founded the Democrats for Trump movement in 2016.  President Trump's pro-growth policies have revived the stagnating U.S. economy, and he deserves a second term.

What Happens After Amazon's Domination Is Complete?  Its Bookstore Offers Clues  —  SPERRYVILLE, Va. — “The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy” is a medical handbook that recommends the right amount of the right drug for treating ailments from bacterial pneumonia to infected wounds.

O'Rourke releases proposal that aims to improve veterans' lives  —  Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke — who heavily focused on veterans issues during his six years in the House of Representatives — released a proposal Monday morning that outlines how he would improve the lives of veterans if elected president.

Trump Suffers a Triple Fail on Iran, Mexico and Immigration  —  The president's solo initiatives on Iran, Mexico and immigrants were all abandoned before taking effect.  Twitter bravado is a terrible way to govern.  —  LISTEN TO ARTICLE  —  4:46  —  SHARE THIS ARTICLE  —  Share  —  Tweet

California governor: “Xenophobic” GOP will be 3rd party  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) told “Axios on HBO” that it's highly likely Republicans will wind up as a third party nationally in 10 to 15 years because of their “xenophobia” and “hyper-masculinity.”

How Hope Hicks's Testimony Again Destroyed The Trump-Russia Collusion Narrative  —  While the press portrayed Hope Hicks's silence as all-inclusive, in reality she testified at length and in detail about all aspects of Trump's presidential campaign.  —  Following the Thursday release …

Stand-Ins, Push-Ups and Long Drives: How the 2020 Field Is Preparing for the Debates  —  TROY, N.Y. — The ambush came seconds after Senator Kirsten Gillibrand began launching into a pitch for one of her core policy proposals: a system of publicly financing elections.

Doctor compares conditions at immigrant holding centers to ‘torture facilities’  —  From sleeping on concrete floors with the lights on 24 hours a day to no access to soap or basic hygiene, migrant children in at least two U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities face conditions …

What Iran Is Really Up To  —  Desperate to preserve the nuclear deal, Iran with the help of its Western friends is creating just enough turmoil to make America, and not it, appear eager for war.  —  In April 2015, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—known more commonly as the Iran nuclear deal …

Joe Biden Says He Can Work With the Senate.  The Last Time He Tried, Mitch McConnell Picked His Pockets Badly.  —  As the year 2012 wound down, Democrats hopefully eyed what looked to be one of the last opportunities for genuine legislative progress in a divided government.

Democratic group's poll shows Trump vulnerable with his base on health care  —  The Democratic research group American Bridge is preparing a $50 million campaign to win over a slice of President Donald Trump's base, and new polling has convinced the organization that Trump is vulnerable on pocketbook issues …

A White House visit for Raptors is a ‘hard no,’ Danny Green says  —  For the first time in Donald Trump's presidency, the NBA has a champion other than the Golden State Warriors, but don't expect the Toronto Raptors' position on visiting the White House during this administration to be much different from that of the Warriors.