He's In For 2020: Bernie Sanders Is Running For President Again  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders has confirmed to VPR that he is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

Flynn-backed plan to transfer nuclear tech to Saudis may have broken laws, say whistleblowers  —  Investigators fear President Trump is still considering the plan, which was pushed by Flynn and Trump friend Tom Barrack.  —  WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers from within President Donald Trump's …

Andrew McCabe Couldn't Believe the Things Trump Said About Putin  —  In the months before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, FBI counterintelligence agents investigating Russian election interference were also collecting evidence suggesting that Trump could be compromised by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Adam Schiff: The Jussie Smollett of Trump-Russia Collusion  —  He helped conceive a hoax so outlandish that only the most gullible, craven, or witless person could believe it.  —  The attack, as he called it, allegedly was executed by mysterious and politically motivated thugs with the intent to inflict harm.

Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalization of homosexuality  —  The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump's top geopolitical foe.  —  BERLIN — The Trump administration is launching a global campaign to end …

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.”

Egypt Turns Back Veteran New York Times Reporter  —  CAIRO — Egyptian officials detained a New York Times correspondent after he arrived in Cairo on Monday, holding him incommunicado for hours before forcing him onto a flight back to London without explanation.

Ex-Sessions spokeswoman to join CNN as political editor  —  President Donald Trump has derided CNN as a leading purveyor of “fake news,” and now, a recently departed administration official is joining the network in a senior role.  —  Sarah Isgur, who served as the Justice Department's …

Poll: 6-In-10 Disapprove Of Trump's Declaration Of A National Emergency  —  Loading...  Nearly 6-in-10 also don't believe there is an emergency at the southern border and that the president is misusing his presidential authority.  They also believe that his decision should be challenged in court.

On January 29, Two Hate Crimes Occurred.  The Media Only Covered The Fake One.  Here's Why.  —  On January 29, 2019, Chicago Police opened a hate crime investigation into the alleged assault of Empire actor Jussie Smollett.  Smollett, who is black and gay, alleged that two men approached …

Emails reveal coordination between Chao, McConnell offices  —  A trove of more than 800 pages of emails sheds new light on the working relationship between Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, one of the most potent power couples in Washington …

Marc Short Returns to Administration as Pence's Chief of Staff  —  Vice President Mike Pence has chosen Marc Short, who served as President Trump's legislative affairs director for most of his first two years in office, to be his chief of staff, a person familiar with the announcement said Tuesday.

Reckless Even by Roger Stone Standards  —  Minutes after this article posted, Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued an Order to Show Cause directing Roger Stone to appear at a hearing on February 21, 2019 to determine whether the gag order should be broadened or his bail should be modified or revoked in light of his Instagram post.

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 …

Our path  —  Howard SchultzBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing  —  It's been three weeks since we began this journey with the launch of my new book on 60 Minutes and the announcement that I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent.  The reaction has been beyond any expectation I had.

‘He just picks up’: Trump and the lawmakers he loves to talk to on the phone  —  One surprise call came from Air Force One as President Trump was leaving Iraq, startling Sen. James M. Inhofe (R) as he was chopping wood back home in rural Oklahoma with his grandson.