Eric Trump: The government shutdown is ‘good for us’ politically … President Trump  —  's son Eric Trump  —  said on Saturday that he believes the government shutdown is politically good for his father and his allies.  —  “Honestly, I think it's a good thing for us,” …

‘Negotiating with Jell-O’: How Trump's shifting positions fueled the rush to a shutdown … In a remarkable, televised 55-minute meeting with about two dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers earlier this month, President Trump twice proclaimed that any immigration deal would need to be …

Patrick Meehan, Congressman Combating Harassment, Settled His Own Misconduct Case  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Patrick Meehan, a Pennsylvania Republican who has taken a leading role in fighting sexual harassment in Congress, used thousands of dollars in taxpayer money to settle …

They Were Bad.  He May Be Worse.  —  Historians have long looked to a few key criteria in evaluating the beginning of a president's administration.  First and foremost, any new president should execute public duties with a commanding civility and poise befitting the nation's chief executive, but without appearing aloof or haughty.

Welcome to Trump's whatever shutdown  —  Trump has spent a year upending the rules of being president, and so far he's approaching the congressional spending crisis as another episode that will work itself out.  —  Little of the congressional drama that precipitated the weekend's government shutdown …

Iraq War vet Tammy Duckworth nails Trump: I will not be lectured by a draft dodger  —  “I have a message for Cadet Bone Spurs: If you cared about our military, you'd stop baiting Kim Jong Un into a war that could put 85,000 American troops ... in danger.”  —  Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) …

Women's March 2018: Thousands of Protesters Take to the Streets  —  A year after millions of people turned out for the Women's March and took to the streets en masse to protest President Trump's inauguration, demonstrators gathered on Saturday in cities across the United States …

DEUTSCHE BANK WILLING TO REPORT JARED KUSHNER'S ‘SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS’ TO ROBERT MUELLER: REPORT  —  A German bank reportedly has evidence of “suspicious transactions” related to Jared Kushner's family accounts and is willing to hand the information over to Russia probe special counsel Robert Mueller.

Minnesota woman strikes St. Kate's  —  St. Catherine University (a/k/a St. Kate's, formerly St. Catherine College) sits on a leafy 110-acre campus in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul.  It is located a few blocks down the street from my high school alma mater and within shouting distance …

Poll finds public optimistic about the economy, critical of Trump, split on issues … Americans have reached a split-screen assessment of the state of the country at the end of President Trump's first year in office, expressing the most positive views about the economy in nearly two decades …

Jane Fonda, Gloria Allred, Tessa Thompson Slam Trump at Sundance Women's Rally  —  Jane Fonda, Tessa Thompson, Gloria Allred, Common and other celebrities rallied a crowd of hundreds strong at the women's march at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday.  —  Allred, a women's rights attorney, led attendees in a chant of “Resist.