Lev Parnas, Giuliani Associate, Opens Talks With Impeachment Investigators  —  Mr. Parnas could offer Congress a vein of information about a political pressure campaign in Ukraine.  —  An associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani who was involved in a campaign to pressure Ukraine …

The Times' Nate Cohn on Elizabeth Warren's Odds Against Donald Trump  —  On Monday, the New York Times and Siena College released a poll of how Donald Trump is faring against three leading Democratic Presidential opponents—Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren—in six critical swing states, all of which Trump won in 2016.

Tom Steyer aide stole Kamala Harris' SC volunteer data from 2020 presidential voter file  —  COLUMBIA — A South Carolina aide for Tom Steyer's 2020 presidential campaign stole valuable volunteer data collected by Kamala Harris' campaign using an account from when he worked with the S.C. Democratic Party …

Pompeo Faces Political Peril and Diplomats' Revolt in Impeachment Inquiry  —  The secretary of state has been drawn deeply into the Ukraine scandal, with a parade of his diplomats testifying.  He is sticking by the president.  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump's first C.I.A. director …

Roger Stone's trial could hang on a comedian's drunken texts  —  WASHINGTON — It was late in the evening of Oct. 1, 2016, and radio talk show host Randy Credico was at London's Heathrow Airport doing what he sometimes did in those days: getting smashed.  He ducked into a duty-free shop …

Supreme Court unlikely to help Trump keep his taxes from prosecutors  —  ANALYSIS: The president's lawyers are appealing a ruling from the 2nd Circuit court of appeals that the documents must be turned over.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will face strong headwinds in asking …

Hunter Biden's Ukraine gas firm pressed Obama administration to end corruption allegations, memos show  —  Hunter Biden and his Ukrainian gas firm colleagues had multiple contacts with the Obama State Department during the 2016 election cycle, including one just a month before Vice President …

Republicans consider moving Jim Jordan to House Intelligence Committee  —  Washington — As the impeachment inquiry enters its public phase, top Republicans in the House are weighing whether to temporarily assign Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence …

Trump rallied for Kentucky governor, but impeachment was on his mind  —  The president's speech in Lexington on behalf of Gov. Matt Bevin continually circled back to his own grievances.  —  President Donald Trump and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin at a rally Monday.

Commissioners call New York Times ‘fake news,’ deny library funding for digital subscriptions  —  'I don't agree with it, I don't like ‘em,’ said one Citrus County commissioner who said he agrees with President Donald Trump that the newspaper prints ‘fake news.’

In last days, al-Baghdadi sought safety in shrinking domain  —  BEIRUT (AP) — In his last months on the run, Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was agitated, fearful of traitors, sometimes disguised as a shepherd, sometimes hiding underground, always dependent on a shrinking circle of confidants.

I Said Marvel Movies Aren't Cinema.  Let Me Explain.  —  Cinema is an art form that brings you the unexpected.  In superhero movies, nothing is at risk, a director says.  —  Mr. Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning director, writer and producer.  —  When I was in England in early October, I gave an interview to Empire magazine.

Retired Army Officer Remembers Lt. Col. Vindman as Partisan Democrat Who Ridiculed America  —  A retired Army officer who worked with Democrat “star witness” Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in Grafenwoher, Germany, claims Vindman “really talked up” President Barack Obama and ridiculed America …

Don't reveal the whistleblower on Donald Trump's phone call with Ukraine  —  Disclosure would endanger the whistleblower and deter any future witness to presidential malfeasance: Our view  —  The fundamental promise of whistleblower protection is to create a safe space for a witness …

YouTube Bans Gorka Because He Won't Stop Playing Imagine Dragons  —  The notoriously combative Trump ally has regularly played Imagine Dragons songs on his radio show, “America First.”  —  YouTube banned Sebastian Gorka from its platform on Monday, apparently because the former Trump White …

Migrant in ICE custody removed from life support over family's objections  —  An asylum-seeking migrant detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement was pulled off life support after his relatives said they requested that doctors continue the lifesaving measures.

Exxon climate ads aren't “political,” according to Twitter  —  But a Harvard researcher says Exxon's ads “epitomize the art” of political advertising.  —  Welcome to HEATED, a newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis—written by me, Emily Atkin.

More Democrats Want Trump Removed Than Wanted Nixon Out  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats and Republicans are far more unified in their respective positions about whether or not President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office than they were about Richard Nixon at the end of the Watergate scandal.