Jeff Sessions Used Political Funds for Republican Convention Expenses  —  Records show attorney general used campaign account for travel expenses to Cleveland, where he met Russian envoy  —  The Trump administration says Attorney General Jeff Sessions was acting as a then-U.S. senator …

Pence used personal email for state business — and was hacked  —  Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, at times discussing sensitive matters and homeland security issues.  —  Emails released to IndyStar in response …

Voice of The Southern: Let the people have their say  —  “Where is Mike Bost?”  —  That's the question many 12th District voters have been asking after Rep. Bost did not schedule an in-person town hall meeting during the time he was back in the district last week.

Dreamer Arrested After Speaking To Media Will Be Deported Without Hearing, Attorney Says  —  “ICE's assertion that her detention is ‘routine’ is absurd and seems anything but,” one lawmaker said.  —  WASHINGTON A 22-year-old undocumented immigrant arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Jackson …

Former Trump adviser at center of Russia firestorm wrote letter to DOJ accusing ‘Clinton regime’ of committing ‘hate crimes’ against him  —  Carter Page, an early foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, wrote a letter to the Department of Justice on February 12 alleging …

Trump's advisers push him to purge Obama appointees  —  Frustrated by the gush of leaks, the president's allies say it's time to take action.  —  Advisers to President Donald Trump are urging him to purge the government of former President Barack Obama's political appointees and quickly install …

European Parliament lifts Marine Le Pen's immunity for tweeting gruesome images of violence  —  PARIS — The European Parliament has voted to lift Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution for tweeting violent images, a crime that in France can carry up to three years in prison.

EXCLUSIVE: Kellyanne Conway Speaks Out After Congressman Said She Looked ‘Familiar’ On Her Knees  —  Kellyanne Conway believes the news media would be more outraged about a Democratic congressman's crude joke that the White House staffer looks “familiar” with being on her knees …

Garfield's a boy ... right?  How a cartoon cat's gender identity launched a Wikipedia war.  —  Garfield is lazy; Garfield is a cat; Garfield likes lasagna.  —  Is there really much more to say about Garfield?  The character is not complicated.  Since the comic debuted in 1978 …

This Is What It's Like When A Father Of 4 Is Detained By ICE While Dropping His Daughters Off At School  —  Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez, an undocumented father of four U.S.-born children, has lived in this country for more than 20 years.  On Tuesday, he was dropping his daughters off at school, as he does every morning.

Snap IPO marks moment investors donned sweats  —  (Reuters Breakingviews) - Investors have effectively just done what no self-respecting person ever should: wear sweatpants in public.  With Snap's $3.4 billion initial public offering they have simply given up giving a damn.

Sorry Liberals, Ellison and DWS Remained Seated During Roughy Two-Minute Standing Ovation Honoring Fallen Navy SEAL's Widow … Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) remained seated during the honoring of Carryn Owens, whose husband, Ryan, a Navy SEAL, was killed in action in Yemen back in January.

White House: Keystone exempt from ‘Buy American’ requirements  —  The Keystone XL pipeline will not be subject to President Donald Trump's executive order requiring infrastructure projects to be built with American steel, a White House spokeswoman said today.

Rep. Schiff accuses Comey of withholding information on Russia probe  —  The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused FBI Director James Comey of withholding crucial information about its probe into Russian interference in the election and raised the prospect of subpoenaing the agency.

New EPA head told Congress he never used personal email for government business.  But it turns out he did.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions isn't the only Trump Cabinet official being pressed to explain omissions in congressional testimony at his confirmation hearing.

A diabetic boy's parents 'didn't believe in doctors.' Now they're guilty of his murder. … Alexandru Radita's first medical crisis began when he was on the verge of turning 3.  His parents brought him — thirsty, feverish, vomiting and suffering from abdominal pain — to a hospital in British Columbia in December 2000.

Fayetteville shooting death livestreamed on Facebook  —  While Calvin Louis Blackshire Jr. lay dying at a Fayetteville motel, his final moments were livestreamed on Facebook.  —  Police are now looking for those responsible for the shooting death.  —  “I just want to know who in the world …

Colin Kaepernick to stand during national anthem next season  —  Quarterback Colin Kaepernick will stand during the national anthem next season, sources told ESPN on Thursday.  —  Kaepernick no longer wants his method of protest to detract from the positive change he believes has been created, sources told ESPN.

Woman arrested for having sex with high school football players  —  More On:  —  A 42-year-old California woman has been arrested for allegedly having sex with three high school football players.  —  Mary Frances Fletcher, also known as Debbie Fletcher, was arrested Tuesday on charges …

US Senate calls on British spy Christopher Steele to give evidence on explosive Trump-Russia dossier  —  Exclusive: Republicans and Democrats in Congress keen to facilitate discreet meetings in the UK or on neutral territory, as pressure grows on President  —  Christopher Steele …

Illegal El Salvador migrant gang members with a Satanic shrine in their apartment ‘kidnapped, drugged and raped a 14-year-old Houston girl and murdered another to appease insulted demon’  — Hours earlier, 13 members of the same gang were arrested in New York for allegedly killing three high school students

Top Trump Advisers Are Split on Paris Agreement on Climate Change  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is fiercely divided over President Trump's campaign promise to “cancel” the Paris agreement, the 2015 accord that binds nearly every country to curb global warming, with more moderate voices maintaining …

Judge Under Investigation for Allegedly Helping Illegal Immigrant Escape ICE Through Her Private Entrance  —  A judge in Multnomah County, Oregon is under investigation for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade federal authorities.  —  On Jan. 27, Mexican national Diddier Pacheco Salazar appeared …