Mueller Testimony Deepens Democratic Divide on Impeachment  —  WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III's long-awaited testimony has inflamed divisions among Democrats over impeachment, with some senior lawmakers pushing on Thursday to begin formal impeachment hearings soon, and vulnerable moderates pleading …

Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time …

Trump's 3% Growth Feat in 2018 Undone by Annual Data Revisions  — Update shows U.S. economy expanded 2.5% last year  — Revisions also boost savings rate, lower cellphone prices  —  President Donald Trump failed to achieve his much-ballyhooed 3% target for economic growth in 2018 after all.

Treasury pick Monica Crowley spread Obama smears: ‘Can he be both loyal to Islam and loyal to the United States?’  —  Trump security pick plagiarized in 2012 book  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's pick for the top spokeswoman job at the Treasury Department repeatedly spread conspiracy theories …

How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria's Secret for Wealth and Women  —  In May 1997, Alicia Arden, a model in California, was introduced to a man who identified himself as a talent scout for Victoria's Secret.  He invited her to his Santa Monica hotel room to audition for the brand's catalog.

Fox News Poll: Biden holds commanding lead for Democratic nomination  —  Joe Biden is the lone top tier candidate in the Democratic nomination race, according to the latest Fox News Poll.  —  The former vice president captures 33 percent support among Democratic primary voters (up one point since June).

Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal — a former Republican fed up with Trump  —  Charles Leazott hadn't thought about the seal in months.  —  The 46-year-old graphic designer threw it together after the 2016 presidential election — it was one part joke, one part catharsis.

U.S. Rolls Out More Farm Aid as Soy Growers Urge Trade Cease-Fire  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled details of a $16 billion aid package to help farmers hurt by President Trump's trade war with China, as soybean growers from around the country converged on Washington …

A Border Patrol chief testifies that Francisco Galicia never claimed U.S. citizenship, but document says otherwise  —  A U.S. Border Patrol chief on Thursday testified before the House Judiciary Committee that 18-year-old Francisco Erwin Galicia never claimed to be a U.S. citizen when he was in Border Patrol custody for 23 days.

Pelosi, Ocasio-Cortez meet in bid to ease party infighting  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a one-on-one meeting Friday on Capitol Hill, in an effort to ease the recent infighting between the progressive wing and moderate congressional Democrats …

Nigel Farage teams up with Trump supporters to raise Brexit funds  —  Brexit party leader Nigel Farage has joined forces with a group of Donald Trump-supporting Americans to form a lobbying body to raise money to help the UK's departure from the EU.  —  The New York launch event for the new group …

Wealthy Republicans fearing socialists provide hope GOP can retake the House  —  Wealthy Republican donors frightened of a socialist takeover in Washington have boosted support for House Republicans despite concerns about the party's direction, providing a ray of hope for recapturing the majority in 2020.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg defends Kavanaugh, Gorsuch as ‘very decent and very smart’  —  Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘I am very much alive’  —  Washington (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg came to the defense of her more conservative colleagues on the bench, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.

What Mueller Was Trying to Hide  —  His investigation was about protecting the actual miscreants in the collusion hoax.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller testified before two House committees Wednesday, and his performance requires us to look at his investigation and report in a new light.

Active-duty U.S. troops are now just feet away from migrants in Texas  —  The troops “monitor” migrants at a Texas facility.  One congressman said they shouldn't be prison guards, and are close to breaking the posse comitatus law.  —  WASHINGTON — Active-duty U.S. troops are now stationed inside …

2020 tests if Dems can win enough black voters without Obama  —  DETROIT (AP) — When Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2008 and 2012, there was no question that Terrance Holmes would vote for the first black president.  But as he helped fix cars this week at a repair shop on Detroit's west side …

How Trump is democratising toxic stress  —  A few days ago a psychologist friend told me something that was at once startling and unsurprising; she is seeing far more patients than before Donald Trump was elected — and they tend to be suffering from deeper anxiety.

We are in our Articles of Confederation moment  —  We are in our Articles of Confederation moment.  By this, I mean we are in a phase in our national life where we need to recognize that our institutions are not serving our interest.  This is not because of President Trump.