McConnell: ‘I would have no choice but to take it up’ if House votes to impeach Trump  — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate would have no choice but to take up impeachment if the House votes to effectively charge President Donald Trump.

Fellow Republicans, there's still time to save your souls  —  Jeff Flake, a Republican, represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019.  He is a resident fellow at Harvard University and a contributor to CBS News.  —  Two years ago I stood in the Senate chamber and said …

Trump Raises Idea of Arresting House Chairman for Treason  —  The president questioned whether the leader of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, had acted illegally in the way he described Mr. Trump's call with Ukraine's leader.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday questioned whether …

‘Beyond repugnant’: GOP congressman slams Trump for warning of ‘civil war’ over impeachment  —  As Democrats begin an impeachment inquiry, President Trump spent Sunday vigorously defending himself on Twitter and sharing cable news clips of his most ardent devotees insisting that he did nothing wrong …

Thornberry Statement  —  “It has been a great honor to serve the people of the 13th District of Texas as their congressman for the last 25 years.  They have given me opportunities to serve the nation in ways I could have never imagined, including as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

GOP Congressman Will Plead Guilty in Insider-Trading Case  —  Rep. Christopher Collins, a Republican from New York, is pleading guilty to insider trading.  —  The congressman was charged last year with trading on non-public information about Innate Immunotherapeutics Ltd., an Australian biotechnology company.

Another Woman Says Al Franken Groped Her  —  The cover story New York published this week centers on the stories of women and men who came forward about sexual abuse and harassment — and one who has not yet done so.  In the issue, a woman who says former U.S. senator Al Franken groped …

Rudy Giuliani, Joe diGenova Rage at Fox News Bombshell on Ukraine-Biden Plan  —  The Trump-boosting lawyers didn't deny they were involved in a controversial, aborted Ukraine trip.  They are, however, denying that Trump knew anything about it in advance.  —  Appearing Monday morning on WBAL radio …

What Democrats Could Lose With Their Left Turn  —  A survey experiment shows that some independents are already being turned off.  —  One defining feature of the Democratic primary so far has been the party's leftward turn.  In recent debates, candidates have supported policies …

Republican senators press DOJ to probe Clinton and Ukraine  —  As President Donald Trump's presidency is threatened by an impeachment inquiry, the Republican chairmen of two Senate committees, Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley, are asking Attorney General William Barr to investigate …

Virginia sixth-grader now says she falsely accused classmates of cutting her hair  —  The sixth-grade girl at a private Virginia school who accused three classmates last week of forcibly cutting her hair now says the allegations were false, according to statements from the girl's family …

GOP Shows Russian Trolls How It's Done With Whistleblower Smear  —  Trump has joined an army of conservative commentators in pushing a false story involving an obscure government form, a Trump official, and the whistleblower.  —  From Donald Trump on down, prominent Republicans used part …

Treasury Targets Assets of Russian Financier who Attempted to Influence 2018 U.S. Elections  —  Washington - Today, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against Russian actors that attempted to influence the 2018 U.S. midterm elections …

Joe Biden's Digital Ads Are Disappearing.  Not a Good Sign, Strategists Say.  —  In a race where many voters are following politics online, Mr. Biden's pullback is a striking and potentially worrisome sign about his appeal among the digitally active.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential campaign …

House Democrats Resist a Win for American Workers  —  Passing the USMCA would bring in 176,000 jobs and $68 billion.  It should be an easy bipartisan victory.  —  President Trump and the leaders of Canada and Mexico announced the most significant trade deal in a generation a year ago this week.

Bernie Sanders Is in Trouble  —  WEST LIBERTY, Iowa — Bernie Sanders was on the final leg of a barnstorming tour through Iowa last week that he hoped would persuade voters he's the best candidate to take on President Donald Trump.  He had crisscrossed the state at typical breakneck speed …

Don't sleep on Wilbur Ross  —  The secretary of commerce is 10th in line for the presidency, which is close enough to be important and far away enough to be complacent.  Wilbur Ross, the current secretary, is nearly 82, which is old enough to get away with a nap during business hours …

Bolton rebukes Trump on North Korea, says Kim will ‘do whatever he can’ to keep nuclear weapons  —  Former White House national security adviser John Bolton on Monday offered a pointed rebuke to President Trump's diplomatic outreach to North Korea, warning that leader Kim Jong Un has no intention …

What's the Matter With Republicans?  —  Trump has given them another chance to break away.  Why won't they take it?  —  In a sane world, the reaction of Republicans to the “memorandum of telephone conversation” between President Trump and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky …