Cancer on the Presidency: Military aid to Ukraine was definitely stalled to extract a political promise from the president of that country to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, according to a transcript of testimony by the senior …

Democrats Rising: In what may be a warning shot for President Trump and Republicans next year, Democrats in elections yesterday won complete control of the Virginia government for the first time since 1992, and a Democrat edged out the incumbent governor …

Silence of the Lambs: A string of officials who had been called to testify before House impeachment investigators this week is refusing to show up, while the whistleblower who started the whole Trump/Ukraine/Biden thing is offering to answer written questions from …

Omerta: National Security aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified before Congress in the impeachment inquiry that he was told not to discuss the phone call in which President Trump pressed Ukraine’s president for investigations of American citizens, The NY Times reports.   Vindman, the top Ukraine …

Soviet Rules: Despite complaining for weeks about closed impeachment hearings led by House Democrats, the Republicans voted in unison yesterday against a Democratic bill to proceed openly. The vote was 232-136 with only two Democrats siding with the Republicans.   Minutes after …

The Series: The Washington Nationals came from behind last night in Houston to win game seven and their first World Series in franchise history. Final score, 6-2. The last time a team won the series in Washington, Calvin Coolidge was President. …

Shoot the Messenger: An Army officer who works for the National Security Council testified before Congress yesterday that the so-called “transcript” of President Trump’s phone call with the president of Ukraine was edited to omit some significant things that were said.  …

Ear Witness: An Army officer assigned to the National Security Council who listened to President Trump’s phone call with the president of Ukraine is expected to testify in the House today that he was so upset by what he heard that …

The Death of Baghdadi: The leader of the Islamic State who wrought so much death, suffering, and destruction in the Middle East was killed in a US commando raid in Syria, President Trump announced yesterday from the White House.   “Last night, …

Tipping the Scale: The House impeachment inquiry is a legally-conducted proceeding, a federal judge ruled yesterday, and she says the House Judiciary Committee is entitled to view secret grand jury evidence gathered by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.    It’s a big …