Nikki Haley claims top aides tried to recruit her to ‘save the country’ by undermining Trump  —  NEW YORK — Two of President Trump's senior advisers undermined and ignored him in what they claimed was an effort to “save the country,” former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley claims in a new memoir.

Who is Rudy Giuliani's friend “Charles”?  An accidental text may have outed his identity  —  Rudy Giuliani's new fixer seems to connect a lot of dots  —  At the end of September, a journalist friend gave me Rudy Giuliani's phone number.  When I called, he picked up on the second ring …

National Sec Adviser: Top Impeachment Probe Witness Will Be Removed From WH Council  —  On Sunday, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who gave a bombshell testimony in the House impeachment investigation last month on President Donald Trump's Ukraine scheme …

Bloomberg Is Top Choice for 4% of Democratic Primary Voters  —  Former NYC mayor would enter presidential race in 6th place  —  Michael Bloomberg speaks onstage during the Hudson River Park Annual Gala at Cipriani South Street on Oct. 17 in New York City.  A new Morning Consult poll finds …

What Joe Biden Actually Did in Ukraine  —  When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2014, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. pressed President Barack Obama to take decisive action, and fast, to make Moscow “pay in blood and money” for its aggression.  The president, a Biden aide recalled, was having none of it.

What the Hell Happened to Hugh Hewitt?  —  “He's lost his f*cking mind,” a senior MSNBC colleague told The Daily Beast, lamenting how the conservative intellectual has morphed into a Lou Dobbs-like booster of the president.  —  When Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2016 wanted to reach conservative voters …

‘Baby Trump’ balloon slashed at Alabama-LSU game, Hoyt Hutchinson charged  —  A protest against the president at Tuscaloosa's Monnish Park ended abruptly after a man slashed a large “Baby Trump” balloon.  —  Witnesses said the incident happened shortly before kickoff of the Alabama-LSU game.

How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster  —  Graphics and design by LORENA IÑIGUEZ ELEBEE and SEAN GREENE  —  REPORTING FROM MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS  —  Five thousand miles west of Los Angeles and 500 miles north of the equator …

Mulvaney's move to join impeachment testimony lawsuit rankles Bolton allies  —  White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's last-minute effort to join a lawsuit that could determine whether senior administration officials testify in the impeachment inquiry was an unwelcome surprise …

Graham on the impeachment inquiry: 'I made my mind up.  There's nothing there'  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) doubled down on his defense of President Trump amid the ongoing impeachment inquiry, arguing there's “nothing there” in the call between Trump and Ukrainian leaders to suggest the president did anything wrong.

Fox News Contributor Causes Scene When She Names Alleged Whistleblower on Air  —  Host Howard Kurtz, clearly startled, immediately shot back that he didn't know if that person was actually the whistleblower.  —  Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway caused a scene on Sunday morning …

Media beware: Impeachment hearings will be the trickiest test of covering Trump  —  The national media's shortcomings have been all too obvious in recent years as Donald Trump has gleefully thrown the norms of traditional journalism into a tizzy.  —  They've trafficked in false equivalence.

Ahead of public impeachment hearings, Trump tweets 82 times in one day  —  President Trump tweeted or retweeted 82 times on Twitter on Saturday while flying to and from a collegiate football game in Alabama.  —  Why it matters: Many of the president's tweets were fighting …

Five better uses of Michael Bloomberg's money  —  Michael Bloomberg is well-known for his philanthropy and his dedication to causes such as reducing gun violence and reversing climate change appears entirely sincere.  His tentative conclusion that his money and time might be best used running …

Giuliani Associate Says He Gave Demand for Biden Inquiry to Ukrainians  —  The claim by the associate, Lev Parnas, is being vigorously disputed.  —  Not long before the Ukrainian president was inaugurated in May, an associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani's journeyed to Kiev to deliver a warning …

‘This is a very strong case of bribery’ : Rep. Jackie Speier on impeachment  —  A Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee defended the Democrats' strategy in the impeachment inquiry and responded on Sunday to the Republican witness requests in an interview on ABC's “This Week.”