Trump Eyes Radical Move to Escape Impasse Over Wall and Shutdown  — Reiterated threat of declaring national emergency to fund wall  — Move would prompt immediate legal challenge by Democrats  —  Donald Trump edged closer toward a radical move to fund his border wall after the prospect …

THE TRUTH ABOUT ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: The inside story of how, in just one year, Sandy the bartender became a lawmaker who triggers both parties  — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a bartender when she pulled together a scrappy populist campaign for US Congress and stunned the political world …

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 …

Biden Sees Himself as Democrats' Best Hope in 2020, Allies Say  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is in the final stages of deciding whether to run for president and has told allies he is skeptical the other Democrats eyeing the White House can defeat President Trump …

Bolton promises no troop withdrawal from Syria until ISIS contained, Kurds' safety guaranteed  —  President Trump's national security adviser sought to reassure allies Sunday that the United States would be methodical about withdrawing troops from Syria, promising that the pullout …

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.

Park Service takes ‘extraordinary step’ of dipping into entrance fees to bolster operations at popular sites  —  Critics say the unprecedented move, which comes as trash and other problems mount, could be illegal.  —  The National Park Service will take the unprecedented step of tapping entrance fees …

Tucker Carlson's Monologue Insults His Viewers  —  Conservatives are abuzz about a long monologue delivered on Fox News by the host Tucker Carlson, who intimated solidarity with “normal Americans” while accusing U.S. elites of callously betraying their countrymen.

We need more GOP women, but not in the mold of Rep. Elise Stefanik  —  The Republican Party heads into 2019 having lost its House majority.  Much like in the aftermath of Mitt Romney's loss in the 2012 presidential election, some are calling for an autopsy of what went wrong.

A family felt a black child's killing was a hate crime.  An arrest gave police a ‘new direction.’  —  Texas authorities have charged a man in the fatal shooting of a black 7-year-old girl, whose death captured national attention and sparked a manhunt for the killer.

Thailand: Allow Fleeing Saudi Woman to Seek Refuge  —  Threat to Send Her Back to Family in Saudi Arabia  —  (Bangkok) - Thailand authorities should immediately halt the planned deportation of a Saudi woman who says she is fleeing domestic abuse and fears for her safety if forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia …

WikiLeaks tells reporters 140 things not to say about Julian Assange  —  LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks on Sunday advised journalists not to report 140 different “false and defamatory” statements about its founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 2012.

R. Kelly Says He Didn't Watch ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ But Plans to ‘Sue Everybody’  —  R. Kelly has reemerged as one of music's most controversial figures due largely to Lifetime's Surviving R. Kelly.  However, unlike the rest of the country, the singer has made it clear that he did not watch any of the six-part docu-series.

Democrats, don't impeach Donald Trump  —  Why censure, not impeachment, is the proper way to deal with the president's misdeeds.  —  On Thursday, freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) infuriated many of her colleagues by telling a room of liberal activists that the Democratic House of Representatives would “impeach the motherf—er.”

Detained Jewish teenagers suspected of murdering Palestinian woman — Shin Bet  —  Partially lifting gag order, security service says students at northern West Bank yeshiva were involved in hurling stone that struck Aisha Rabi in the head, killing her  —  The Shin Bet security service …