Trump was angry and ‘unglued’ when he started a trade war, officials say  —  WASHINGTON — With global markets shaken by President Donald Trump's surprise decision to impose strict tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, the president went into battle mode on Friday: “Trade wars are good, and easy to win,” he wrote on Twitter.

Jared Kushner's Real-Estate Firm Sought Money Directly From Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade  —  The real estate firm tied to the family of presidential son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner made a direct pitch to Qatar's minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt …

Trump confidant dumped millions in steel-related stock last week  —  Billionaire investor and longtime Trump confidant Carl Icahn dumped $31.3 million of stock in a company heavily dependent on steel last week, just days before Trump announced plans to impose steep tariffs on steel imports.

E.U. Leader Threatens Tariffs on Bourbon and Bluejeans in Retaliation for Trump's Plan  —  BERLIN — The European Union will hit back at the heart of the United States, slapping tariffs on products like Harley-Davidsons, Kentucky bourbon and bluejeans, if President Trump goes ahead with a plan …

Police: 2 shot at Central Michigan University, gunman still at large  —  Sheriff Wayne Ivey of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office gives tips on how to survive an active shooter situation.  Video provided by Brevard County Sheriff's Office.  Wochit  —  CONNECT

Sunnyvale home shatters record with enormous price tag  —  Check out the other stories on Uber Health and the Northern California storm.  —  SUNNYVALE — The small, unassuming home in the Cherry Chase neighborhood was on the market just two days before it sold for $2 million, a whopping $550,000 over its asking price.

House Race in Pennsylvania May Turn on Trump Voters' Regrets  —  BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. — The steel mill where Patti Stroud's husband worked for 26 years shut down a few weeks before Election Day in 2016.  Though she is a registered Democrat, Ms. Stroud had long since drifted away from the party over its liberal social policies.

Uber and Lyft drivers' median hourly wage is just $3.37, report finds  —  Majority of drivers make less than minimum wage and many end up losing money, according to study published by MIT … Uber and Lyft drivers in the US make a median profit of $3.37 per hour before taxes …

Alec Baldwin on His ABC Talk Show, Woody Allen Fallout and ‘SNL’ Future  —  “Every time I do it now, it's like agony,” Baldwin says of his Trump parody.  —  Beginning this weekend, ABC will start spending its Sundays With Alec Baldwin.  —  Earlier this week, the network ordered a nine-episode …

Mueller eyes charges against Russians who stole, spread Democrats' emails  —  WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is assembling a case for criminal charges against Russians who carried out the hacking and leaking of private information designed to hurt Democrats in the 2016 election …

FBI interviewed top Clinton aide Huma Abedin after saying investigation of her boss had concluded … The FBI interviewed top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin around the holidays last winter — more than a month and a half after the politically charged investigation into Clinton's email practices …

Instead of Taking on Gun Control, Democrats are Teaming with Republicans for a Stealth Attack on Wall Street Reform  —  In mid-January, Citigroup executives held a conference call with reporters about the bank's fourth quarter 2017 earnings.  The discussion turned to an obscure congressional bill …

White House on Gun-Law Changes: Not So Fast  —  Trump backs away from broad overhaul to gun laws after meeting with NRA  —  WASHINGTON—The White House signaled Friday that President Donald Trump is backing away from a broad overhaul of U.S. gun policy and focusing on more modest changes …

Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show  —  Want the latest climate news in your inbox?  You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd:, our new email newsletter.  —  WASHINGTON — Even before President Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring …

The number of Delta Airlines passengers who bought tickets with NRA discount: 13  —  How many airline passengers does it take to kill a $40 million tax break for Delta Air Lines?  13.  —  The Georgia legislature removed a jet-fuel tax break from a larger tax package Thursday.

How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries  —  Many Americans can buy a gun in less than an hour.  In some countries, the process takes months.  Here are the basic steps for how most people buy a gun in 15 of them.  Many countries have exceptions for specialized professions, and local laws vary.

Sen. Orrin Hatch calls Obamacare supporters ‘stupidest, dumbass people’  —  (CNN)Sen. Orrin Hatch says supporters of the Affordable Care Act are the “stupidest, dumbass” people he's ever seen.  —  Speaking about the massive GOP tax overhaul at the American Enterprise Institute on Thursday …

Multi-modal survey of Adélie penguin mega-colonies reveals the Danger Islands as a seabird hotspot  —  ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4305-17194, 5,  —  ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3324-23838, 9,  —  Abstract  —  Despite concerted international effort to track and interpret shifts …

CNN Purchases Industrial-Sized Washing Machine To Spin News Before Publication  —  ATLANTA, GA—In order to aid the news station in preparing stories for consumption, popular news media organization CNN purchased an industrial-sized washing machine to help its journalists and news anchors spin the news before publication.

Depth Of Russian Politician's Cultivation Of NRA Ties Revealed  —  A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time over six years to leverage those connections and gain access deeper into American politics, NPR has learned.

Trump's embrace of Russia: The evidence on public display already paints a jarring picture  — Trump's in-plain-sight embrace of Russia gets obscured by the Trump news avalanche.  It's worth reviewing what's been established so far.  —  As Robert Mueller accumulates guilty pleas …

EU citizenship for sale as Russian oligarch buys Cypriot passport  —  Exclusive: Oleg Deripaska joins hundreds of rich people who have bought Cypriot nationality  —  Sara Farolfi, Luke Harding and Stelios Ophanides in Nicosia … The Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has bought …

Can a maverick candidate save the Republican Party?  —  Transforming a political party is harder than it looks.  —  When Mitt Romney announced that he was running for a Utah Senate seat, various corners of the anti-Trump internet gurgled with anticipation that Romney might be a source …

Read: Mike Huckabee's CMA Foundation resignation letter  —  Mike Huckabee and TBN president Matthew Crouch talk about the new show in Nashville  —  Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee resigned from his position on the CMA Foundation board of directors Thursday amid criticism from members of the country music industry.

In a prestigious high school math and science program, alumni say #MeToo … Years after they left one of the nation's premier high school programs in math and science, hundreds of alumni have come forward to support allegations that a celebrated Maryland teacher sexually harassed and demeaned female students.