Hyde-Smith Attended All-White ‘Seg Academy’ to Avoid Integration … JACKSON, Miss. — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith attended and graduated from a segregation academy that were set up so that white parents could avoid having to send their children to schools with black students, a yearbook reveals.

Deal with Mexico paves way for asylum overhaul at U.S. border  —  MEXICO CITY — The Trump administration has won the support of Mexico's incoming government for a plan to remake U.S. border policy by requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts …

How Loneliness Is Tearing America Apart  —  When people have a hole in their life, they often fill it with angry politics.  —  Mr. Brooks is the president of the American Enterprise Institute.  —  America is suffering an epidemic of loneliness.  —  According to a recent large-scale survey …

The Democrats of Trump Country  —  How liberals in the reddest parts of America are starting to get their groove back.  —  I met Frank Nolen at Armstrong's Restaurant, an unassuming grill in Verona, Virginia, located in the Shenandoah Valley near the state's western border.  It was early September.

Will shake-up at London embassy leave Assange out in the cold?  —  London (CNN)The Ecuadorian government has removed its ambassador to the UK, sparking speculation over Julian Assange's future at the diplomatic mission there.  —  The 47-year-old founder of WikiLeaks moved into the Ecuadorian Embassy …

Trump Claims He Already Shut Down The Border In Puzzling Exchange With Reporters  —  “Actually two days ago we closed the border.  We said nobody's coming in because it was out of control,” president insisted.  —  President Donald Trump insisted — twice — in an odd exchange with reporters Thursday …

‘The Enemy of the People’  —  Criticism of the media by a president is not necessarily a bad thing  —  Depending on your perspective, one of President Trump's real talents, or one of his most baleful traits, is his knack for the zinger label, pinned on a political or institutional foe.

House results underscore that what's good for Trump isn't so good for the GOP  —  When President Trump won the White House in 2016, he did it by hijacking the Republican Party.  Now, after what happened in the midterm elections, it's clearer than ever that the president's fortunes and his party's future are at odds.

Free-speech protects those in viral prom photo appearing to show Nazi salute, Baraboo district says  —  BARABOO - Students who appeared in a photograph that showed several high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute are protected by free-speech rights and are unlikely to face discipline …

The Website That Shows How a Free Press Can Die  —  BUDAPEST — Hungary's leading news website, Origo, had a juicy scoop: A top aide to the far-right prime minister, Viktor Orban, had used state money to pay for sizable but unexplained expenses during secret foreign trips.

Sheryl Sandberg Can't Have It All  —  The burdens and perils of the pedestal.  —  Well.  Our picture of Sheryl Sandberg has just gotten a bit more complicated, has it not?  —  Until not that long ago, she was Sandberg the feminist icon.  As chief operating officer of Facebook and author of …

Russia's national airline is revoking air miles from those who criticize its CEO  —  LIKE  —  Hello!  Find out this week why venting on Twitter about your delayed Aeroflot flight may not be such a good idea, and what this tells us about the country's national airline.

Report: Bill Shine to Get Paid by Fox News and White House Simultaneously  —  White House communications chief Bill Shine received an $8.4 million severance package upon leaving Fox News in May 2017 and will continue to be paid by the network for two more years, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Judge Rejects Trump's Request To Dismiss Lawsuit Against Trump Foundation  —  New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood's suit against the organization can go forward.  —  The New York State Supreme Court has rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation.

It's not just Ocasio-Cortez: Here are 7 freshman Democrats to watch  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first rocked the political world by toppling Queens party boss Rep. Joe Crowley and the incoming freshman continues to shake up the way things are done on Capitol Hill.

In his drive to dismantle American institutions, Trump is following in Erdogan's footsteps  —  Starting with the the media, the US president has systematically attacked symbols of trust and authority - but the courts are pushing back  —  This year's Thanksgiving holiday in the United States …

Climate change will shrink US economy and kill thousands, government report warns  —  (CNN)A new US government report delivers a dire warning about climate change and its devastating impacts, saying the economy could lose hundreds of billions of dollars — or, in the worst-case scenario …