16 States Sue to Stop Trump's Use of Emergency Powers to Build Border Wall  —  WASHINGTON — A coalition of 16 states, including California and New York, on Monday challenged President Trump in court over his plan to use emergency powers to spend billions of dollars on his border wall.

Jussie Smollett Case: Clues Into Potential Motive Behind The Attack  —  (CBS) -"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, upset after a racist letter sent to the show's studio didn't get a “bigger reaction,” is suspected of paying two men to attack him a week later, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.

Alabama newspaper editor calls for Klan return to ‘clean out D.C.’  —  The editor of a small-town Alabama newspaper published an editorial calling for “the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again” against “Democrats in the Republican Party and Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes in Alabama.”

Roger Stone Posted A Photo Of The Judge Presiding Over His Case Next To Crosshairs  —  Roger Stone, a longtime Republican operative and adviser to President Donald Trump who was charged with lying to Congress, posted a photo Monday on Instagram of a judge presiding over his case in which she appears to be next to a crosshairs symbol.

Elizabeth Warren To Unveil Sweeping Plan For Universal Child Care  —  The proposal could put the issue on top of the 2020 campaign agenda.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will unveil a major new initiative on Tuesday designed to make sure every family can afford high-quality child care …

Kamala Harris Says She'd Support Changing “Columbus Day” To “Indigenous Peoples' Day”  —  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Sen. Kamala Harris told a crowd Monday that she would push for the federal government to rename Columbus Day “Indigenous Peoples' Day,” a focal point for some progressives who say the holiday …

Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein expected to leave Justice Department in mid-March  —  (CNN)Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave the Justice Department in mid-March, according to a Justice Department official who spoke to CNN Monday.  —  The official disputed the idea …

RANKED: The greatest US presidents, according to political scientists  — Nearly 200 political scientists ranked the presidents by order of greatness in a survey, and President Donald Trump came in last.  — President Abraham Lincoln was first.  — Members of the American Political …

CBS's Lara Logan Calls Media ‘Mostly Liberal’ in Scorched Earth Interview: I'm Committing ‘Professional Suicide’  —  In a recent interview, CBS News Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan critiqued the international “liberal” media while holding up outlets like Breitbart as the opposite side of the coin.

Florida sixth-grader charged with misdemeanor after refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance  —  A Florida student is facing misdemeanor charges after a confrontation with his teacher that began with his refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and escalated into what officials described as disruptive behavior.

Key Bernie Sanders supporter says presidential announcement coming Tuesday  —  Vermont senator's supporters to receive email laying out his plans  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. —  Bernie Sanders is getting ready for a second run for president.  —  WMUR has learned that an email announcing …

The Vatican's Secret Rules for Priests Who Have Children  —  ROME — Vincent Doyle, a psychotherapist in Ireland, was 28 when he learned from his mother that the Roman Catholic priest he had always known as his godfather was in truth his biological father.  —  The discovery led him to create …

What America really needs to do is abolish Congress  —  The far right wants to eliminate what it considers the vestigial organs of government, including the Education, Commerce and Energy departments.  The far left wants to Abolish ICE.  —  They're both thinking too small.

Grand Canyon tourists exposed for years to radiation in museum building, safety manager says  —  For nearly two decades at the Grand Canyon, tourists, employees, and children on tours passed by three paint buckets stored in the National Park's museum collection building, unaware that they were being exposed to radiation.

Stephen Miller's Own Words Show the Weakness of the Trump Legal Argument on the Wall  —  One of the first rules of effective litigation is that you don't want your client to make statements out loud that reveal the weakness of your legal case.  On Sunday morning, Trump adviser Stephen Miller violated that rule.

Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan Teams Up With Notorious Holocaust Denier at Saviours' Day 2019 Conference  —  Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam teamed up with a Holocaust denier and anti-Semitic ideologue to attack the Jewish religion and blame numerous ills of modern society on Jews …