Trump Won't Let No. 2 Spy Chief Take Over When Coats Leaves  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is planning to block Sue Gordon, the nation's No. 2 intelligence official, from rising to the role of acting director of national intelligence when Dan Coats steps down this month …

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Chief of Staff and Communications Director Will Depart Her Office  —  Two of Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez's top staffers are leaving her office.  —  Saikat Chakrabarti, her chief of staff, and Corbin Trent, her director of communications — who …

'We're All Tired of Being Called Racists'  —  CINCINNATI—Donald Trump's supporters would like to be clear: They are tired of being called racists.  —  Leave it to the president's eldest son to set the tone.  Last night at the 17,500-person-capacity U.S. Bank Arena downtown here …

Ben Folds makes a song called ‘Moscow Mitch’  —  Rock musician Ben Folds was performing on the roof of New York City's Pier 17 Thursday when he asked the audience to help him out with a new song.  “What I want to do is put a little cool stutter in it, like, you know, 'My-my-my-my-my-my Sharona …

GOP senator held up Trump nominee, demanding to see border wall contracts after Army Corps panned construction firm he prefers  —  A Republican senator held up the confirmation of a White House budget official this week in an attempt to obtain sensitive information about border wall contracts he's …

Pelosi Statement on Progress of House Investigations  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement on the progress of the House's investigations:  —  “When we take the oath of office, we solemnly vow 'to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies …

‘Take Texas seriously’: GOP anxiety spikes after retirements, Democratic gains  —  Republicans have long idealized Texas as a deep-red frontier state, home to rural conservatives who love President Trump.  But political turbulence in the sprawling suburbs and fast-growing cities are turning …

Iran's Foreign Minister Was Invited to Meet Trump in the Oval Office  —  Last month, amid a rapid-fire escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, received an unexpected invitation—to meet President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Detailed Maps of the Donors Powering the 2020 Democratic Campaigns  —  Candidates with the most individual donors  —  Darker shades on the map indicate a greater share of estimated donors.  —  1. Sanders  —  2. Warren  —  3. Buttigieg 4. Harris  —  5. Biden  —  6. O'Rourke

Garner, Pantaleo, de Blasio and truth: Let's be honest about how New York City got here  —  Bill de Blasio is gaslighting New Yorkers again.  —  “Today, for the first time in these long five years, the system of justice is working,” he said Friday, after a deputy NYPD commissioner issued a secret …

Anti-Muslim Activist Laura Loomer to Run for Congress  —  Banned from every major social media network, Laura Loomer will almost certainly lose her challenge to Rep. Lois Frankel.  —  Anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer launched a congressional bid on Friday, setting herself up for almost certain defeat …

Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter killed himself, coroner says, contradicting police version of events  —  The Gilroy Garlic Festival gunman killed himself, the county medical examiner concluded Friday, contradicting an earlier police account that three officers had shot him dead within a minute.

It didn't take long for Democratic candidates to rush to embrace Obama  —  It took progressive Democratic candidates for president less than 24 hours to realize they had gone way overboard in slamming President Barack Obama's record and suggesting that defense of it was akin to “Republican talking points.”

Climate Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb, Republican Strategists Fear  —  WASHINGTON — When election time comes next year, Will Galloway, a student and Republican youth leader at Clemson University, will look for candidates who are strong on the mainstream conservative causes he cares about most …

Top State Department adviser fired over ‘abusive’ management style  —  A senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was fired this week over what officials described as her “abusive” management style, including making homophobic remarks and accusing people of having affairs, according to two people.

Emails show Stephen Miller pressed hard to limit green cards  —  White House senior adviser Stephen Miller wasn't getting an immigration regulation he wanted.  So he sent a series of scorching emails to top immigration officials, calling the department an “embarrassment” for not acting faster, according to emails obtained by POLITICO.

Brittany Kaiser's work with Cambridge Analytica helped elect Donald Trump.  She's hoping the world will forgive her.  —  She'd like to be remembered as a whistleblower and a human rights advocate.  You decide.  —  Brittany Kaiser first emerged in last year's Cambridge Analytica scandal …

Look at the Mueller Report as a Detective Story.  It Will Blow Your Mind.  —  It may turn out to be a film noir.  The investigators uncovered the plot, but the society is too rotten to do anything about it.  —  Ms. Jurecic is the managing editor of Lawfare.

Biden Inc.  —  The day the Bidens took over Paradigm Global Advisors was a memorable one.  —  In the late summer of 2006 Joe Biden's son Hunter and Joe's younger brother, James, purchased the firm.  On their first day on the job, they showed up with Joe's other son, Beau …