STATEMENT OF JOHN R. BOLTON  —  During the present impeachment controversy, I have tried to meet my obligations both as a citizen and as former National Security Advisor.  My colleague, Dr. Charles Kupperman, faced with a House committee subpoena on the one hand, and a Presidential directive …

Trump Administration Blocks Iran's Top Diplomat From Addressing the U.N. Security Council  —  Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had sought to give a speech condemning the U.S. assassination of Qassem Suleimani.  —  The Trump administration is barring Iran's top diplomat from entering …

Mike Pompeo Is Said to Decide Against Running for Senate in Kansas  —  The secretary of state's decision most likely ends Republicans' hopes of securing a potentially dominant candidate for the open seat in Kansas, his home state.  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday told Mitch McConnell …

Top general says letter suggesting US would withdraw troops from Iraq was a ‘mistake’  —  Washington (CNN)The top US general said Monday a letter suggesting the US would withdraw troops from Iraq was released by mistake and poorly worded, telling reporters “that's not what's happening.”

One Year in Washington Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reshaped her party's agenda, resuscitated Bernie Sanders's campaign, and hardly has a friend in town.  —  The corridors of Capitol Hill are a marbled monotony, with Oxford heels clacking around corners indistinguishable from one another …

Iranian leader's tears a sign of respect for slain general  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a rare display of emotion from the typically reserved and measured supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cried openly Monday at the funeral of slain Gen. Qassem Soleimani …

Harvey Weinstein Charged With Rape in Los Angeles as N.Y. Trial Starts  —  Harvey Weinstein entered a Manhattan courtroom for the start of his rape trial on Monday.  Sex crimes charges were also filed in Los Angeles against the film producer. … LOS ANGELES — One woman ran into Harvey Weinstein …

Review: Politics reigned at the Golden Globes.  Too bad Ricky Gervais didn't notice  —  Forget the escapist magic of Hollywood.  Nihilism was the name of the game when host Ricky Gervais opened the Golden Globes on Sunday night with a gloom-and-doom monologue so cynical it made the effervescent Tom Hanks scowl.

Qassem Soleimani's dead body flies coach back to Iran … The remains of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian military commander killed in a US drone strike, were apparently placed in a cardboard box and flown out of Iraq across rows of passenger seats, new video shows.

Here's What Americans Think About Trump's Iran Policy  —  A new poll shows the public is narrowly in favor of the airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani, but has less faith in President Donald Trump's overall Iran strategy.  —  Americans split narrowly in favor of President Donald Trump's decision …

Former Bucks Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick dead at 56  —  At age 31, Mike Fitzpatrick was appointed chair of the board of Bucks County commissioners.  By 41, he was elected to the U.S. Congress.  —  Former U.S. Rep. Michael G. Fitzpatrick, who rose from Bucks County commissioner to representing …

Hunter Biden linked to 2016 identity theft involving deceased brother  —  Newly submitted court documents link Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, to an identity theft case from 2016 when he was allegedly being checked into an unidentified Arizona facility.

ICE Detention Center Captain Was on a Neo-Nazi Website and Wanted to Start a White Nationalist Group  —  A senior employee at a for-profit immigrant detention center in Nevada was active on the neo-Nazi site Iron March and aspired to establish a white nationalist chapter in his area.

Inside the secretive Silicon Valley group that has funneled over $20 million to Democrats  —  Mind the Gap is run not by political operatives but by Stanford professors.  David Madison/Getty Images  —  There's a reason you haven't heard of Mind the Gap: Its “raison d'être is stealth.”

2020 candidate Michael Bloomberg says he doesn't regret backing Iraq war  —  With U.S. and allied forces bracing for renewed military conflict in the Persian Gulf, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said Monday that he had no regrets over supporting the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

The very real scenario of a protracted, ‘bizarro world’ Democratic primary  —  Democrats are now beginning to confront a very real scenario where the nomination — and the winnowing — will not be decided in states where campaigns have been plowing ground for more than a year …

Feds, Colorado seek answers in mysterious drone sightings  —  FORT MORGAN, Colo. (AP) — Groups of drones have been spotted buzzing over rural parts of northeastern Colorado and western Nebraska for weeks, unnerving residents.  Now, U.S. officials are working with state and local authorities …