National emergency will be blocked by courts temporarily, DOJ warns White House  —  A senior official said the White House would win an appeal.  —  16m ago

Andrew McCabe's disturbing account of working for Sessions and Trump  —  Greg Miller is national security correspondent for The Washington Post, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of “The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy.”

Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters  —  Amazon on Thursday canceled its plans to build an expansive corporate campus in New York City after facing an unexpectedly fierce backlash from some lawmakers and union leaders, who contended that a tech giant did not deserve nearly $3 billion in government incentives.

We're entering a new phase of the Trump-Russia investigation  —  President Trump has been insisting for so long that any investigation of his personal finances would cross a “ red line ” that people may have overlooked the outrageousness of his claim.  But this self-declared immunity is about to change.

Sources: Police investigating whether Jussie Smollett staged attack with help of others, allegedly being written off ‘Empire’  —  Chicago police confirmed Thursday that detectives are talking to two persons of interest in connection with the alleged attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.

NBC News, MSNBC, Telemundo to host first Democratic presidential primary debate  —  The debate will also stream online free on NBC News' digital platforms, including NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com and apps.  —  NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo will host the first 2020 presidential primary debate in June …

5 insane provisions in the amnesty omnibus bill  —  Before getting into the details of this crazy omnibus bill, it's important to recognize that we don't understand all the details.  The worst provisions are written in vague language ensconced in an 1,169-page bill, which has already …

Trump technically obese, despite doctor's clean bill of health  —  President Donald Trump gained four pounds over the last year, according to a new assessment from his doctor, a weight increase that makes him technically obese.  —  But Trump's doctor, Sean Conley, nonetheless determined that the president …

‘Off the rails’: Inside Trump's attempt to claim victory in his border wall defeat  —  After three weeks of pained negotiations to keep the federal government open, President Trump almost blew the whole thing up again on Thursday.  —  Headed for another defeat on his signature promise …

Blaming Political Climate, Trumps Give Up on New Hotels  —  In the early months of the Trump administration, with the president no longer running his family business, his eldest sons embarked on a plan to roll out two new hotel lines in dozens of American cities.

“My Only Goal Has Been to Protect Jeff and Lauren”: Michael Sanchez, Suspected Bezos Leaker, Supplies His Own Theory About the Affair, the Enquirer, Some Below-the-Belt Selfies, and “a Legendary Romance”  —  Weeks ago, Michael Sanchez was a minor player on the fringes of Hollywood …

Facebook uses its apps to track users it thinks could threaten employees and offices  — Facebook maintains a list of individuals that its security guards must “be on lookout” for that is comprised of users who've made threatening statements against the company on its social network as well as numerous former employees.

Boyfriend's Email: Butina ‘Manipulated’ Russian Spy Agency for NRA Trip  —  According to her boyfriend, Russian agent Maria Butina had major sway with the FSB officers “assigned” to her.  —  The boyfriend of confessed Russian agent Maria Butina wrote that she “manipulated” …

How Does the “Blue Wall” Look for 2020?  —  There's something of a consensus forming that the ‘easiest’ or least risky electoral path for the Democratic nominee in 2020 is to reconstruct the so-called “Blue Wall” in the industrial midwest.  If the Democratic nominee wins every state Hillary Clinton carried …

‘Pizzagate’ conspiracy video posted to YouTube account of alleged arsonist's parents before fire  —  The video was posted to Ryan Jaselskis' parents' YouTube account an hour before he allegedly tried to burn down the restaurant at the center of the massive internet conspiracy theory.

Prosecutors Are Moving to Indict R. Kelly, After the Discovery of Another Videotape  —  According to a senior law-enforcement official, the tape shows Kelly sexually assaulting an underage girl.  —  A videotape from the R. & B. superstar R. Kelly's past may soon lead to his indictment in Illinois …