Our Reporter Mike Schmidt on His Golf Club Interview With President Trump  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Shortly after 1 p.m. on Thursday, President Trump came off the 18th hole of his golf course here and walked into the club house's Grill Room.  Waiters scurried to bring menus and drinks …

Interview Is a Portrait of a Man in Cognitive Decline  —  I don't care whether Michael Schmidt was tough enough.  We've got bigger problems.  —  On Thursday, El Caudillo del Mar-A-Lago  —  sat down with Michael Schmidt of The New York Times  —  for what apparently was an open-ended, one-on-one interview.

Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in deadly Wichita police shooting  —  Online gamers have said in multiple Twitter posts that the shooting of a man Thursday night by Wichita police was the result of a “swatting” prank involving two gamers.  —  Swatting is an internet prank …

State Department releases Huma Abedin emails found on Anthony Weiner's laptop  —  The State Department on Friday released a batch of work-related emails from the account of top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin that were discovered by the FBI on a laptop belonging to Abedin's estranged husband …

10 Falsehoods From Trump's Interview With The Times  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, in an impromptu interview on Thursday with The New York Times, rattled off at least 10 false or misleading claims about the Russia investigation, wars abroad, health care, immigration and trade.  Here's an assessment.

Iran cities hit by anti-government protests  —  Anti-government demonstrations that began in one city on Thursday have now spread to several major cities in Iran.  —  Large numbers reportedly turned out in Rasht, in the north, and Kermanshah, in the west, with smaller protests in Isfahan, Hamadan and elsewhere.

Trump Tweets About the Bitter Cold and Global Warming, Confusing Weather and Climate  — President Trump tweeted about the cold snap hitting the East Coast.  — He seemed to confuse the difference between weather and climate.  —  President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that …

Exclusive: Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea  —  Guy Faulconbridge, Jonathan Saul, Polina Nikolskaya  —  LONDON/MOSCOW - Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea …

TRUMP FIRES HIV/AIDS COUNCIL IN ITS ENTIRETY BY FEDEX LETTER, REPORT CLAIMS  —  President Donald Trump fired the remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Wednesday, reportedly informing them without explanation with a letter delivered by FedEx.

EXCLUSIVE: White power at the White House - Trump intern flashes ‘alt-right’ symbol used by notorious extremists during group photo with the president  — Former White House intern Jack Breuer held up a ‘white power’ sign during a photo-op with President Trump and fellow interns in the East Room in November

Defense Secretary Mattis breaks tradition, doesn't visit U.S. troops in war zone this December  —  WASHINGTON - For only the second time since 9/11, America's defense secretary didn't visit U.S. troops in a war zone during December, breaking a long-standing tradition of personally …

After Saving Many From Fire, Soldier Died Trying to Rescue One More  —  Emmanuel Mensah was a handsome, strongly built young man in his late 20s who immigrated to the Bronx from Ghana about five years ago.  He joined the Army but returned to his apartment on Prospect Avenue in December after undergoing training.

Key races for control of the House as Democrats take slight edge into 2018  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats ended 2016 dejected and despondent after Donald Trump shocked Hillary Clinton — and the world — by a tiny combined margin of 77,744 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to win the presidency.

Breitbart's Astonishing Confession  —  Every so often, a right-wing commentator who purports to abhor dishonesty among media elites admits that they've been guilty of dishonestly purveying propaganda.  —  These figures are not marginal.  —  In the final years of the Bush administration …

Judge denies Rick Gates request to leave house arrest for New Year's Eve party  —  A judge on Friday denied a request from Richard Gates, who was indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller  —  's Russia probe, to leave house arrest to attend a New Year's Eve party.

'Don't screw with me on this': Mattis defends U.S. efforts to prevent civilian casualties in Yemen  —  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis gave a full-throated defense Friday of U.S. efforts to prevent civilian casualties in the conflict in Yemen, making the case that without American involvement, there would be more.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr: There's an ‘assault on our institutions and on our core values’  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Outspoken Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr sat down with USA TODAY Sports recently following a tour of the team's Chase Center construction site.