Trump inclined to declare national emergency if talks continue to stall  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is inclined to declare a national emergency to secure military funding for his long-promised southern border wall if talks between administration officials and top lawmakers from both parties continue …

Trump aide: Syria withdrawal waiting on ‘conditions’  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, said Sunday that the U.S. military withdrawal from northeastern Syria is conditioned on defeating the remnants of the Islamic State group …

Fox's Chris Wallace Repeatedly Nails Sarah Sanders on Bogus Border Terror Threat Claims  —  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders ran into a buzzsaw Sunday morning when Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace challenged the Trump administration's repeated false claims about terrorism …

Theresa May urges MPs to back Brexit deal ahead of perilous vote  —  U.K. prime minister Theresa May used a television and print media blitz Sunday to reject calls for the second referendum on Britain's EU membership.  —  May urged members of parliament to back the Brexit deal she negotiated …

In an Astonishing Letter, Delta and United Airlines Pilots Just Told President Trump To Stop and Think  —  Airline pilots are very worried about the government shutdown.  —  Will he react?  —  By Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.

Iowa women meet Warren and wonder anew about the glass ceiling  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Elizabeth Warren introduced herself to Iowa voters this weekend as an Oklahoma-born economic populist willing to take on billionaires and big banks.  She also wanted voters to know she's already broken through …

NAACP blames ‘white supremacy’ for Portland earthquake signs  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — A new city policy requiring public signs on brick buildings warning they might collapse in an earthquake is part of a long history of white supremacy aimed at forcing black people to move out of neighborhoods, the NAACP of Portland, Oregon, says.

Kohler's smart toilet promises a ‘fully-immersive experience’  —  With built-in speakers, ambient lighting, and Amazon Alexa support, why go anywhere else in your house?  —  CES has barely begun, but 146-year-old plumbing company Kohler has already stolen the show with what will undoubtedly …

The Border Wall: What Has Trump Built So Far?  —  The federal shutdown hinges on whether the United States should fund a large wall on its border with Mexico.  While Trump has described the wall's progress, not a single mile of an extended wall has been built so far.

Democrats keep proving how detached they are from reality  —  In its common definition, the job of president of the United States is to deliver peace and prosperity.  Donald Trump is doing well on both fronts, so let's impeach the bastard!  —  As insane as it sounds, that and only that is what many Democrats have in mind.

Rashida Tlaib's profanity starts year on a low note  —  I made a New Year's resolution to stay away from angry politics.  It took less than a week to blow it.  —  The dynamite to my best-laid plans came off the lips of newly minted Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who, shortly after being sworn in last week …

No, Trump Cannot Declare an ‘Emergency’ to Build His Wall  —  If he did, and used soldiers to build it, they would all be committing a federal crime.  —  Mr. Ackerman is a professor of law at Yale and author of “The Decline and Fall of the American Republic.”

‘It is a pleasure to blog with you’: Elizabeth Warren's early years online  —  When a bankruptcy reform bill that contained favorable terms for the credit industry was moving through Congress in early 2005, Warren logged on.  —  Long before Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. …

Trump Has Promised to Bring Jobs Back.  His Tariffs Threaten to Send Them Away.  —  HOLLAND, Mich. — Plants in every direction shut down and moved their operations to Mexico, succumbing to the relentless pressure to cut costs in an age of globalization.  Not EBW Electronics.

A Man Has Been Arrested And Charged With The Fatal Shooting Of 7-Year-Old Jazmine Barnes  —  A suspect was arrested and charged Saturday with capital murder over the fatal shooting of seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was killed as she was riding in a car with her family in what police described …