I support Trump's vision on border security.  But I would vote against the emergency.  —  Thom Tillis, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from North Carolina.  —  President Trump has few bigger allies than me when it comes to supporting his vision of 21st-century border security …

House Investigators Probe Trump Contact With Matthew Whitaker  —  A House panel believes it has evidence that President Trump asked Matthew Whitaker, at the time the acting attorney general, whether Manhattan U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman could regain control of his office's investigation …

After Putin's warning, Russian TV lists nuclear targets in U.S.  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state television has listed U.S. military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike, and said that a hypersonic missile Russia is developing would be able to hit them in less than five minutes.

Former campaign staffer alleges in lawsuit that Trump kissed her without her consent.  The White House denies the charge.  —  A staffer on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign says he kissed her without her consent at a small gathering of supporters before a Florida rally …

On August 2, 2016, Paul Manafort Gave Konstantin Kilimnik 75 Pages of Recent, Detailed Polling Data  —  I want to return again to the question of what Paul Manafort ordered Rick Gates to print out on August 2, 2016, so he could share it with Konstantin Kilimnik at a clandestine meeting that night.

Bernie Sanders Raises $10 Million in Less Than a Week  —  A clutch of advisers to Senator Bernie Sanders began arriving at the Capitol Hill townhouse that served as his makeshift headquarters before dawn last Tuesday, where they readied themselves to track, among other things …

It's Mueller's Investigation.  But Right Behind Him Is Andrew Goldstein.  —  WASHINGTON — The routine was always the same.  President Trump's lawyers would drive to heavily secured offices near the National Mall, surrender their cellphones, head into a windowless conference room …

Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos?  —  Axions?  Phantom energy?  Astrophysicists scramble to patch a hole in the universe, rewriting cosmic history in the process.  —  There was, you might say, a disturbance in the Force.  —  Long, long ago, when the universe …

Study: Green New Deal Would Cost Up to $94 Trillion  —  Sen. Barrasso: ‘Green New Deal would bankrupt the nation’  —  The “Green New Deal” would cost up to $94.4 trillion, or over $600,000 per household in the United States, according to a new study.  —  The American Action Forum study offers …

State Department says it won't intervene after manslaughter suspect returns to Saudi Arabia  —  The State Department has indicated little hope of bringing back a Saudi citizen to the United States after he fled before his manslaughter trial in Portland.  —  The department confirmed …

Manafort lawyers ask judge for leniency in sentencing  —  Lawyers for Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, pleaded on Monday for a federal judge to spare their 69-year-old client from a sentence that would essentially send him to prison for the rest of his life.

Labour Party Leader, Under Pressure, Backs a New Brexit Referendum  —  LONDON — Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Monday that it was prepared to support a second referendum on withdrawal from the European Union, a shift that could have significant ramifications for the fate of Brexit and for the country's future.

Facebook restores Russia-linked pages, but is still figuring out what to do about state-backed media  —  New York (CNN Business)Facebook said Monday that it would allow a network of millennial-focused pages tied to the Russian state-backed media outlet RT back on its platform …

Joint Statement from ICE and CBP on stillbirth in custody  —  On Feb. 22, while being processed for release from DHS custody, a 24-year-old Honduran woman went into premature labor and delivered a stillborn baby at the Port Isabel Detention Center (PIDC).  —  The woman, whose name …

The Trauma Floor  —  The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America  —  She spent the past three and a half weeks in training, trying to harden herself against the daily onslaught of disturbing posts: the hate speech, the violent attacks, the graphic pornography.

How Lindsey Graham Went From Trump Skeptic to Trump Sidekick  —  “What happened to me?” the senator asks.  “Not a damn thing.”  —  As the luncheon dishes were placed down, the master of ceremonies kicked off a boisterous round of Lindsey Graham trivia.  “What is the senator's middle name? …

Jackson gay rights leader accused of burning down own home … Nikki Joly, transgender activist, arrives in court with defense attorney Daniel Barnett in Circuit Court in Jackson, to face Judge John McBain on Friday, Feb 1, 2019, and is granted a continuance.

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, team detained, released in Venezuela, network says  —  Univision anchor Jorge Ramos and five members of his team were detained and later released in Caracas, Venezuela by President Nicolas Maduro on Monday during an interview in which the embattled president …

Marine Recruits Learn an Important Lesson: What Happened on 9/11  —  The U.S. war in Afghanistan has been going on for so long that the newest recruits weren't alive when it started.  In boot camp, they're taught about the terrorist attacks that set off the war they may soon fight.

Activist whose group infiltrated McCaskill campaign will take stage after Josh Hawley  —  As soon as Sen. Josh Hawley exits the stage at a Friday event in Maryland, a conservative activist responsible for undercover videos of his Democratic opponent will appear on that same stage.

Arrest Record Leaks for a Top Candidate in Tuesday's Public Advocate Election  —  [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]  —  A decade-old arrest of Councilman Jumaane Williams has surfaced in the final stretch of the New York City public advocate's race …

New York Review Names 2 Top Editors 5 Months After Ian Buruma's Departure  —  The New York Review of Books has installed two editors to lead the magazine after being without a top editor since the sudden departure of Ian Buruma in September.  Rea Hederman, the publisher of the intellectual journal …

Warren creates purity test unseen in modern presidential politics  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren's decision to block big donors from having special access to her presidential campaign amounts to voluntary disarmament - a major risk that could send precious dollars to competing campaigns.