Trump and His Associates Had More Than 100 Contacts With Russians Before the Inauguration  —  Among these contacts are more than 100 in-person meetings, phone calls, text messages, emails and private messages on Twitter.  Mr. Trump and his campaign repeatedly denied having such contacts with Russians during the 2016 election.

For a President Consumed With Winning, a Stinging Defeat  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump famously declared that in his administration the nation would become tired of all the winning.  So on Friday he tried a little losing.  —  After the longest government shutdown in history …

Huge Trove of Leaked Russian Documents Is Published by Transparency Advocates  —  A group of transparency advocates on Friday posted a mammoth collection of hacked and leaked documents from inside Russia, a release widely viewed as a sort of symbolic counterstrike against Russia's dissemination …

The Ex-Starbucks CEO Could Get Trump Re-elected  —  Before there was Jill Stein, there was Ralph Nader.  Before there was Nader, there was Ross Perot.  —  None won.  All argued that the Republican Party and the Democratic Party were basically the same, and the only way to make real change was to ditch them both.

Bernie Sanders set to announce 2020 presidential run  —  WASHINGTON—Three years after fighting a surprisingly competitive Democratic primary race against Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is making another run for the White House.  —  Two sources with direct knowledge …

Lou Dobbs slams Trump's shutdown cave: “Illegal immigrants are surely pleased”  —  VIDEO ››› January 25, 2019 ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF  —  From the January 25 edition of Fox Business News' Lou Dobbs Tonight:  —  Loading the player reg...

Melania Trump - An Apology  —  Following last Saturday's (Jan 19) Telegraph magazine cover story “The mystery of Melania”, we have been asked to make clear that the article contained a number of false statements which we accept should not have been published.

The shutdown was proof of Trump's stark incapacity for leadership  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S temper tantrum over Congress's refusal to fund a border wall paralyzed much of the government for five weeks, sapped the morale and wallets of hundreds of thousands of federal workers and low-wage contractors …

Yes, Venezuela Is a Socialist Catastrophe  —  In the age of A.O.C., the lesson must be learned again.  —  Conspicuous by its relative absence in much of the mainstream news coverage of Venezuela's political crisis is the word “socialism.”  Yes, every sensible observer agrees …

CNN NEWSROOM  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  [14:30:00] DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We do not have the necessary space or resources to detain, house, vet, screen and safely process this tremendous influx of people.

BuzzFeed Staff Unload on CEO Jonah Peretti After Massive Layoffs: You Make ‘Same Mistakes Over and Over’  —  Reporters blasted the company's CEO for spreading out the announcing of a 15% cut and only offering dogs in the office to comfort them.  —  BuzzFeed staffers chewed out CEO Jonah Peretti …

France, Germany and Spain ramp up pressure on Venezuela  —  France, Germany and Spain on Saturday urged Venezuela to call elections in the next eight days, warning they would otherwise recognize the country's parliamentary chief, Juan Guaidó, as interim president.

4chan trolls flood laid off HuffPost, Buzzfeed reporters with death threats  —  The threats are part of a coordinated campaign organized on the far-right message board.  —  Shortly after he tweeted the news of his own layoff, Nick Wing checked his inbox at the Huffington Post and saw an email with a few pictures from a troll.