Trump blurs lines between personal lawyer, attorney general  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As Washington plunges into impeachment, Attorney General William Barr finds himself engulfed in the political firestorm, facing questions about his role in President Donald Trump's outreach to Ukraine …

For Trump, a high-velocity threat like none he's ever faced  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — From the moment Donald Trump became a national political figure, he has been shadowed by investigations and controversy.  —  They have been layered, lengthy and often inconclusive, leaving many Americans scandal-weary and numb to his behavior.

Forget impeachment.  Donald Trump needs to resign  —  THE VISCERAL REACTION I had to the summary of President Trump's phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was that he should resign the presidency.  So obvious and brazen was the abuse of presidential power …

Collusion After the Fact  —  The Washington Post reported last night: … Shortly after the story broke, I received a message from a person directly involved with the FBI's decision to open a counterintelligence and obstruction investigation of President Trump in the immediate aftermath of the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

Mulvaney on shaky ground in wake of whistleblower fallout, sources say  —  (CNN)Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is on shaky ground in the wake of a bad week for President Trump, according to multiple sources with knowledge of discussions surrounding the whistleblower fallout.

Susan Rice: Obama Put Call Transcripts On Top Secret Server, Too  —  Former national security adviser Susan Rice acknowledged last night that the Obama administration moved transcripts of conversations with foreign leaders onto the same top-secret server where the Trump administration stored …

Chief accused of slamming black teen's head into door: Trump is ‘last hope for white people’  —  A former New Jersey police chief standing trial for allegedly slamming a black teenager's head into a door jamb reportedly called President Trump “the last hope for white people” before the 2016 election.

How Mitch McConnell could give impeachment the Merrick Garland treatment  —  It's on track to be the trial of the century: President Donald Trump fighting to keep his job before a jury of 100 senators.  —  It also could never happen.  —  That's because of a Constitution that designates the Senate with the …

11,000 college votes in '18 turned Tarrant County purple.  Now campus voting may end  —  More than 11,000 votes were cast on local college campuses like UT Arlington and TCU last year — many for Democrats.  —  Now, county officials have no plans to offer college voting sites for the 2020 election.

Boris Johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over his alleged relationship with an American businesswoman  —  (CNN)British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over his alleged relationship with an American businesswoman when he was mayor of London.

Texas Democrat Forced To Apologize For Saying Gov. Greg Abbott ‘Hates Trees Because One Fell On Him’  —  Sometimes the mask slips.  —  Yesterday I attended a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival, an annual gathering of politicos and media figures in Austin, where both audience and speakers tend to be disproportionately leftist.

POLITICO Playbook: 'Don't overthink it'  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  “DON'T OVERTHINK IT.”  That's the mantra we keep hearing from many Democrats in D.C. So many members of the House majority are befuddled by the hyperventilating over messaging, confused at the pretzels some lawmakers twist themselves …

Republicans might oppose impeachment, but do they condone what Trump did?  —  For most of the time President Trump has been in office, Republican elected officials have chosen to look away or down during difficult moments.  They have preferred silence over speaking out …

Impeaching the Peach One  —  There are observers, including critics of President Trump, who are skeptical of the push for impeachment.  Not because he hasn't earned the contempt and sanction of Congress, but because the politics are too risky.  Will the public support an impeachment investigation …

Trump's Ukraine call sparks new questions over intelligence chief's firing  —  The president removed Dan Coats days after his conversation with Zelenskiy and insisted that Coats's deputy not get the job  —  Three days after his now infamous phone conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy …

When Trump's Envoy for Ukraine Resigned, a College Journalist Had the Scoop  —  An editor at Arizona State University's student newspaper beat everyone else to the news that Kurt Volker had stepped down.  —  Kurt D. Volker has traveled halfway around the world as a United States diplomat.