| Former national security officials fight back as Trump attacks impeachment as 'deep state' conspiracy; Furor over Syria began with troubling Trump phone call and White House statement; Pentagon won't take over Islamic State prisons if U.S.-allied Kurdish forces withdraw, officials say; Western businesses see China's slap at the NBA as a warning; Arsonists are torching the Amazon. This elite team of firefighters stands in their way.; Joe Biden is a hypocrite on Ukraine; Trump's dam might be about to burst; Trump is betraying his oath of office. If Republicans don't step up, they will too.; We can learn something from this year's Nobel Prizes: Humility; Will Gorsuch abandon his judicial philosophy to get what he wants?; Trump is ignoring arms control. It's a dangerous mistake.; For the first time in history, U.S. billionaires paid a lower tax rate than the working class last year; After heart attack, Bernie Sanders says he was 'dumb' to ignore his symptoms; California cuts power to more than 500,000 as high winds raise wildfire threat; Minneapolis arena backs off on rally security costs after Trump campaign cries extortion, threatens to sue; Police name suspects, deny wrongdoing in death of Amber Guyger witness Joshua Brown |
| |  |  | | The morning's most important stories, curated by Post editors. | | | | | | | |  | | (AP) | | | The White House letter highlights the limitations of Democrats' ability to exercise their oversight authority in the face of an administration that appears unfazed by flouting subpoenas. | | By Karoun Demirjian, Josh Dawsey, Shane Harris and John Wagner ● Read more » | | | Those who have come forward said they are determined to make clear that the president's conduct falls well outside the institutional boundaries of the presidency. | | By David Nakamura ● Read more » | | | The results have been rapid and remain unpredictable — and, in the view of critics, amount to the abandonment of the U.S.'s Syrian Kurdish allies to a massive Turkish military assault. | | By Karen DeYoung and Kareem Fahim ● Read more » | | | The U.S. military does not have the forces or mandate to guard militant prisons in Syria if a Turkish offensive creates a security gap, they said. | | By Missy Ryan and Liz Sly ● Read more » | | | China has long controlled what it allows businesses and its own citizens to say or do at home. With Hong Kong in its fourth month of protests, China is increasingly imposing the same strictures on what's said about it beyond its borders. | | By Jeanne Whalen, Ben Golliver and Steven Zeitchik ● Read more » | | | | | | In one corner of the rainforest, the Alliance Brigade is attacking the flames and teaching ranchers how to help. Some describe the team, known locally as the "fire warriors," as a potential model for the rest of the Amazon. | | By Terrence McCoy ● Read more » | | | | | | The average effective tax rate paid by the richest 400 families was 23 percent, a full percentage point lower than the 24.2 percent rate paid by the bottom half of American households, a new book-length study found. | | By Christopher Ingraham ● Read more » | | | The senator and presidential candidate said he was foolish to discount signs of physical strain. He also admitted that he will have to reduce the number of campaign events he holds a day because of his health. | | Campaign 2020 ● By Chelsea Janes ● Read more » | | | | | | The intentional shut-off encompasses more than half of the state's 58 counties and spans much of Northern California, where two of the deadliest fires in state history have occurred in the past two years. | | By Scott Wilson ● Read more » | | | The Target Center had planned to pass along a $530,000 security to the Trump campaign. | | By Colby Itkowitz ● Read more » | | | Police emphatically denied rumors that Brown was slain for his role in the trial of Amber Guyger, the white former officer convicted of murder for killing Botham Jean, her unarmed black neighbor. | | By Brittany Shammas and Reis Thebault ● Read more » | | | | | | | |
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