Cyberattack from outside the U.S. hits newspapers across the country, preventing distribution, source says  —  A cyberattack that appears to have originated from outside the United States caused major printing and delivery disruptions at several newspapers across the country on Saturday including …

New Jersey AG has obtained evidence of possible crimes at Trump's golf club — and Mueller, FBI are involved in probe  —  New Jersey prosecutors have collected evidence that supervisors at President Trump's Garden State golf club may have committed federal immigration crimes …

Exclusive: Russian Ex-Spy Pressured Manafort Over Debts to an Oligarch  —  When the U.S. government put out its latest sanctions list on Dec. 19, the man named at the top did not seem especially important.  Described in the document as a former Russian intelligence officer …

A Federalist Remembrance Of Bre Payton, Our Colleague And Friend  —  Bre Payton lived life as if she was always ready to leave it.  And she did, too early for all of the rest of us, at the age of 26.  —  I hired Bre Payton right out of college.  She was green.  She was unknown.  She had never done TV.

Trump issues executive order freezing federal workers' pay in 2019  —  Federal workers brace for long shutdown  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday freezing federal workers' pay for 2019, following through on a proposal he announced earlier in the year.

Trump's focus on pleasing his most ardent supporters raises questions about reelection strategy  —  President Trump's headstrong refusal to reopen the federal government without new border wall funding has set him on a risky and defiant path for 2019, relying on brazen brinkmanship to shore …

New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out  —  Nearly a century ago, the publisher Alfred A. Knopf released a slim book of spiritual fables by an obscure Lebanese-American poet and painter named Kahlil Gibran.  —  Knopf had modest expectations, and printed around 1,500 copies.

California organizers cancel Women's March due to ‘overwhelmingly white’ participants  —  A crowd fills Independence Avenue looking towards the U.S. Capitol and the stage, lower right, during the Women's March on Washington, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington.  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  —  AA

Trump tries to deflect blame for migrant children's deaths  —  President Donald Trump sought to deflect blame for the deaths of two Guatemalan children in U.S. custody by claiming they were “very sick” when they arrived, even though immigration authorities have said both children passed initial health checks.

2-year-old Yemeni boy whose mom sued US to see him has died  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The 2-year-old son of a Yemeni woman who sued the Trump administration to let her into the country to be with the ailing boy has died, the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced.

Is the Michael Cohen ‘Prague’ Story True?  —  The reporters behind it are either the new Woodward and Bernstein—or the new Judith Miller.  —  Three weeks after 9/11, Vice President Dick Cheney was already trying to tie the horror to Iraq.  He floated a bogus story that earlier in 2001 …

Potential 2020 candidates confront the need for campaign cash, and fewer sources of it  —  A sprawling field of potential Democratic presidential candidates is simultaneously confronting the need to raise staggering sums of money — and to do so under demands from party activists to curb …

As long as Matthew Whitaker is in place, the Russia investigation is in danger  —  FOR MORE than a month, Americans did not know whether acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker had received the advice of Justice Department ethics experts on whether he should recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

Congresswoman-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Top 7 Political Gaffes of 2018  —  Congresswoman-Elect and Socialist darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the gift that keeps on giving.  No, seriously.  She says some of the most ridiculous things imaginable.  —  These are her top seven craziest political gaffes of 2018:

Letter suggesting furloughed workers do chores to cover rent was posted by accident, OPM says  —  The agency that oversees the government's civilian workforce is facing scrutiny after suggesting federal employees affected by the partial government shutdown barter with their landlords …

Trump personally intervened to pay Coast Guard in shutdown  —  Concerned about U.S. Coast Guard forces losing a paycheck in the partial government shutdown, President Trump personally urged his team to find a solution that would allow the administration to make this week's $75 million payroll, according to officials.

GAO: IRS Had 4,487 Guns; 5,062,006 Rounds of Ammunition  —  (CNSNews.com) - The Internal Revenue Service had in its weapons inventory 4,487 guns and 5,062,006 rounds of ammunition as of late 2017, according to a report published this month by the Government Accountability Office.

Trump pulled out of a massive trade deal.  Now 11 countries are going ahead without the US  —  New York (CNN)A major 11-country agreement goes into effect Sunday, reshaping trade rules among economic powerhouses like Japan, Canada, Mexico and Australia — but the United States won't be a part of it.

U.S. and China Fleshing Out Trade Deal  —  Trump administration wants to increase U.S. exports and ease Chinese regulations; president claims ‘big progress’ in talks  —  WASHINGTON—Chinese and U.S. negotiators are starting to flesh out a deal that could defuse trade tensions by boosting U.S. exports …