2nd whistleblower comes forward after speaking with IG: Attorney  —  Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the whistleblower who sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine and triggered an impeachment inquiry, tells ABC News that he is now representing a second whistleblower …

Barr's Requests for Foreign Help Prompt Backlash in Australia, Italy, U.K.  —  Opposition lawmakers, intelligence officials question why the attorney general is working outside usual channels in review of Russia-probe origins  —  Attorney General William Barr is stoking tensions in several foreign capitals …

Crazed Rudy Giuliani Asks, ‘What If Joe Biden Committed Murder?’  In Bizarre Treason Defense  —  Donald Trump's “personal attorney” just threw out more and more unhinged hypotheticals to defend Donald Trump's impeachable acts.  —  Views:  —  Rudy Giuliani continued his propaganda campaign …

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Loses It on ‘Meet the Press’: I Do Not Trust the FBI or CIA  —  “Why a Fox News conspiracy propaganda stuff is popping up on here, I have no idea,” and exasperated Todd noted at one point.  —  In an extremely contentious and heated interview with Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd …

Donald Trump's Ukraine Scandal Has Its Roots in Russia  —  Both situations stem from the President's apparent willingness to accept political favors from foreign leaders, and his eagerness to do Putin's bidding.  —  President Trump and his allies nearly succeeded in consigning the Mueller report to oblivion.

Uncertainty takes over the lead in the Democratic presidential race  —  The top fundraiser in the Democratic presidential field was hospitalized with a heart attack, the longtime polling leader and his son sit at the center of an impeachment inquiry, and the one candidate …

‘Out on a limb’: Inside the Republican reckoning over Trump's possible impeachment  —  A torrent of impeachment developments has triggered a reckoning in the Republican Party, paralyzing many of its officeholders as they weigh their political futures, legacies and, ultimately, their allegiance to a president who has held them captive.

Analysis: Trump's old ways colliding with new realities  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Telling half-truths and outright lies.  Manipulating media coverage.  Pushing legal boundaries.  Pressuring subordinates to do the dirty work.  Believing in the force of his own personality.  Accepting no personal responsibility.

Ukrainian official says false stories pushed by Giuliani threatened relations with Washington  —  False accounts pedaled by members of President Trump's inner circle threatened to poison U.S.-Ukrainian relations this year and gave Trump a cover for suspending military aid …

Senior US diplomat privately warns that Iraqi prime minister's resignation ‘appears inevitable’ amid deadly protests  —  In the wake of escalating civil unrest and a wave of violent protests across Iraq, the American ambassador to the country has warned that the resignation of the prime minister …

Former Trump Organization executive says she expects President Trump will resign  —  New York (CNN Business)A former Trump Organization executive says she thinks President Donald Trump may resign rather than face possible removal from office by impeachment.  —  “He does a lot of things to save face …

Two centuries ago, University of Virginia students beat and raped enslaved servants, historians say  —  The two young, white University of Virginia students had a secret.  —  It was September 1826, and the men — both scions of wealthy Southern slaveholding families — were suffering from the same sexually transmitted disease.