President Trump installed a room-sized golf simulator at White House  —  President Trump has installed a room-sized “golf simulator” game at the White House, which allows him to play virtual rounds at courses all over the world by hitting a ball into a large video screen, according to two people told about the system.

Trump backer Tom Barrack defends Saudi Arabia  —  Real estate developer said that kingdom was misunderstood by the West  —  Dubai: America is in no moral position to criticise Saudi Arabia, according to financier and key Trump backer Tom Barrack.  —  Speaking on stage at the Milken Institute MENA Summit …

MN Jewish leaders talked with Ilhan Omar about anti-Semitism last year.  Why they remain frustrated.  —  Ilhan Omar has been talked to about this before.  —  Last year, before she was elected to the House of Representatives, before she emerged from a crowded Democratic field …

Kamala Harris Was Accused of Lying About Listening to Tupac and Snoop Dogg.  The Truth Is More Complicated.  —  It began as a lighthearted moment.  Senator Kamala Harris, the California Democrat and former prosecutor who announced her presidential candidacy last month …

Former U.S. Counterintelligence Agent Charged With Espionage on Behalf of Iran; Four Iranians Charged With a Cyber Campaign Targeting Her Former Colleagues  —  Indictment Unsealed as U.S. Treasury Department Announces Economic Sanctions  —  Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, a former U.S. service member …

Justice Department investigating leak of confidential Michael Cohen bank records  —  (CNN)The Justice Department is investigating the leak last year of confidential reports about Michael Cohen's personal bank records which led to revelations that the former Donald Trump lawyer was profiting …

Democrats are learning to copy Trump.  Uh-oh.  —  Sometime in the past few years, the left became obsessed with “gaslighting.”  Derived from the 1944 movie “Gaslight” starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer, the term means not just lying to someone's face but also persuading them that they don't see what you both plainly do.

Howard Schultz and the media's unlearned lesson  —  A billionaire flirts with a run for president and gets grossly disproportionate free airtime.  We all know the punchline.  Howard Schultz, the running-but-not-yet-running former CEO of Starbucks, has attracted intense media interest …

Michael Bloomberg's $500 million anti-Trump moonshot  —  Billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg is preparing to spend at least $500 million from his own pocket to deny President Donald Trump a second term, according to Democratic operatives briefed on his plans.

Who is Richard Burr, Really?  Why the public can't trust his voice in the Russia probe  —  On the same day that Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) officially joined the Trump campaign as a senior national security advisor, the U.S. intelligence community released a statement that the Kremlin was trying to interfere in the election.

Being Raised by Two Narcissists Taught Me How to Deal with Trump  —  Two years in, some people are still expecting one of his scandals to bring him down.  I know better.  —  If you've watched the past three-plus years of the Donald Trump circus looking for some glimmer of hope he'll get owned …

US budget deficit running 41.8 percent above last year  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit in December totaled $13.5 billion, helping to push the deficit for the first three months of this budget year up 41.8 percent from the same period the previous year.

McCarthy rebuffs accusations of anti-Semitism in deleted tweet about Soros, Steyer and Bloomberg  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday denied expressing anti-Semitic undertones in a now-deleted tweet he posted before last year's midterms that warned of three prominent Jewish …

Manafort-Linked PAC Failed To Report $1 Million And The FEC Wants To Know Why  —  A super PAC closely linked to Paul Manafort is facing questions about why it failed to report a $1 million contribution received just before the 2016 presidential election.  —  In a Tuesday letter …

U.S. Revives Secret Program to Sabotage Iranian Missiles and Rockets  —  WARSAW — The Trump White House has accelerated a secret American program to sabotage Iran's missiles and rockets, according to current and former administration officials, who described it as part of an expanding campaign …

Brock Long resigns as FEMA administrator  —  FEMA Administrator Brock Long announced Wednesday that he would resign from his post.  Peter Gaynor will serve as acting administrator.  —  The big picture: Long had been criticized and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general …

Investigation finds no evidence of ‘racist or offensive statements’ by Covington Catholic students during Lincoln Memorial incident  —  An investigation released Wednesday into an encounter between Covington Catholic High School students and Native American activists at the Lincoln Memorial …

President Trump wants the press to check out the Great Tariff Debate of 1888.  Okay!  —  On tariffs, what can 1888 tell us about 2019?  —  Many things happened at President Trump's El Paso rally on Monday night.  A BBC cameraman was violently attacked by a #MAGA supporter; you can read his colleague's account of that here.

Why the United States will never have high-speed rail  —  California likes to think of itself as the state where the future happens, and in 2008, its voters decided the future was high-speed rail.  In November of that year, they approved a $9 billion bond issue to begin one of the most …

House Democrats plan vast Russia probe  —  Mueller is just the beginning.  House Democrats plan a vast probe of President Trump and Russia — with a heavy focus on money laundering — that will include multiple committees and dramatic public hearings, and could last into 2020.

An open letter to Los Angeles Times management about its intellectual property proposals  —  We, the undersigned journalists of the Los Angeles Times, write to protest a proposed company policy on intellectual property that would mark a new low in the newspaper industry …

Prime Time Sports forced to close, after removing Nike apparel from store  —  COLORADO SPRINGS - After more than 20 years in business, Prime Time Sports Owner Stephen Martin says he can't afford his monthly lease anymore at Chapel Hills Mall.  —  On Monday, staff hung 40% off signs all over the store.

Wisconsin GOP lawmakers force Colin Kaepernick's name out of Black History Month resolution … (Photo: Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)  —  MADISON - For the second year in a row, some white lawmakers in the state Legislature objected to how black lawmakers want to honor Black History Month …

Mark Kelly's Arizona Senate Run Could Spark A Clash With The Left  —  He's a dream recruit for Democrats, but he could face one of several contentious primaries in key Senate races.  —  WASHINGTON Democratic operatives are ecstatic about Mark Kelly's decision to run against appointed Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally in 2020.

NASA rover finally bites the dust on Mars after 15 years  —  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate just three months but kept going and going, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the red planet.