Transcript: President Trump on “Face the Nation,” February 3, 2019  —  The following is a transcript of an interview with President Trump airing Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, on “Face the Nation.”  —  MARGARET BRENNAN: Would you shut down the government again?  —  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well …

Sorry, Republicans.  You can't call out Northam for racism and give Trump a pass.  —  That's hypocrisy, full stop.  —  Finally, the GOP is calling out a chief executive for his appalling insensitivity on an issue of race: Saturday, via Twitter, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

Democratic primary watchers look to the West  —  LAS VEGAS — The rapidly growing 2020 presidential field is shaping up to be a Wild West of Democratic primaries — with the actual West emerging as a decisive battleground.  —  The delegate-rich state of California has vaulted itself near …

‘A watershed moment’: Trump faces crossroads amid mounting threats on all sides  —  When President Trump delivers his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, a Democrat will be seated at the rostrum over his shoulder for the first time.  —  The presence of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …

Plan to evacuate queen if Brexit goes bad  —  If Britain crashes out of the EU, and things go bad in London, Queen Elizabeth II will be ready to make her own exit — to an undisclosed location.  —  The U.K. government has repurposed Cold War emergency evacuation planning to prepare …

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Tells Joe Rogan: Trump Is No Worse Than Obama  —  ‘Everyone has a right’ to social media, says the head of the website that notoriously tolerates racists, death threats, and trolls.  —  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who has been under fire for failing to police hate speech …

Trump appoints Ronny Jackson chief medical adviser  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday named Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson as chief medical adviser and assistant to the president.  —  Jackson, the president's former physician and his nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs …

The Real Legacy of the 1970s  —  Forget leisure suits and disco balls.  The decade's economic tumult changed who Americans were as a people.  —  Mr. Tomasky is a contributing writer and the author of “If We Can Keep It: How the Republic Collapsed and How It Might Be Saved,” from which this essay is adapted.

Over 60, and Crushed by Student Loan Debt  —  Older Americans are struggling under the burden of student loans—their children's and their own.

Trump could ‘be forced’ to declare national emergency, GOP border negotiator says  —  A Republican member of the bipartisan group of lawmakers charged with striking a deal on immigration measures said Sunday that President Donald Trump “would be forced” to declare a national emergency …

Deutsche Bank in Late 2016 Raced to Shed Loan It Made to Russian Bank VTB  —  Deutsche Bank raced in 2016 to shed a loan it had made to VTB Group that raised concerns inside the German lender about exposure to Russia, according to documents and people familiar with the matter.