My Father Faces the Death Penalty.  This Is Justice in Saudi Arabia.  —  The kingdom's judiciary is being pushed far from any semblance of the rule of law and due process.  —  Mr. Alaoudh is a legal scholar at Georgetown University.  —  Despite the claims of Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his enablers …

American politics keeps getting better at the outrage, but worse at consequences  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — The American political system right …

Howard Schultz's campaign about nothing  —  At a CNN town hall, the former Starbucks CEO came off as a caricature of an independent candidate.  —  At the start of the town hall CNN gave Howard Schultz on Tuesday night, anchor Poppy Harlow promised, “We're going to talk about all the issues, because that's what this is about.”

Howard Schultz's campaign is based on 3 ideas, and they're all wrong  —  Schultz isn't solving America's problems.  He's reinforcing them.  —  On Tuesday night, CNN hosted a live town hall with former Starbucks CEO and potential presidential candidate Howard Schultz.  It didn't go particularly well.

Trump intends to sign border deal to avoid another shutdown  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump intends to sign the border security deal to avoid another partial government shutdown, according to two sources who have spoken directly with the President.