Paul Manafort says at his sentencing he feels ‘humiliated and ashamed’  —  Paul Manafort, President Trump's onetime campaign chairman, asked a judge for mercy at his sentencing Thursday for a host of financial crimes — conduct that could now earn the once high-flying political consultant years in prison.

Republicans manage to get Democrats out of a jam — by showing the GOP's true colors  —  After a remarkably successful start for the new Congress, House Democrats got themselves tied up in knots this week.  In responding to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who accused Israel supporters of loyalty …

Eric Holder Says Next Democratic President Should Consider Court Packing  —  The former attorney general made the comments Thursday during a chat with the Yale Law National Security Group.  —  Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the next Democratic president should …

Pentagon may tap military pay, pensions for border wall  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pension accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall, a top Senate Democrat said Thursday.

A conservative group alleges Ocasio-Cortez and her allies ran a PAC scam.  But there's no evidence of wrongdoing.  —  While the structure of her campaign and its vendors might be confusing, it's not illegal, campaign finance experts said.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's congressional campaign …

Lynne Patton, a Trump housing official, says she has presidential OK for reality TV  —  (CNN)Lynne Patton, a longtime Trump family associate who made a controversial appearance at last week's House hearing with Michael Cohen, says she has the President's blessing to follow in his footsteps …

Fearing mass GOP defections, Trump leans in to emergency fight  —  Sen. Ron Johnson made no secret of his displeasure with Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to build his border wall, worrying in late January that the president would take the “Emergency Act beyond where it's ever been.”

The White House And Its ‘Shadow Cabinet’ Of Fox News TV Hosts  —  In July 2018, former Fox News co-President Bill Shine joined the White House staff as deputy chief of staff for communications and assistant to President Trump.  —  He wasn't the first — or only — Fox News personality to align with the president.

House Democrats torn over how aggressively to scrutinize Ivanka Trump, president's other children  —  House Democrats are torn over how aggressively to investigate the intersection of Ivanka Trump's private financial interests and her service in the White House — an area of inquiry that probably …

U.S. Cancels Journalist's Award Over Her Criticism of Trump  —  Jessikka Aro was to receive a “Women of Courage” prize.  Then officials read her Twitter feed.  —  Jessikka Aro, a Finnish investigative journalist, has faced down death threats and harassment over her work exposing Russia's …

The Case for Reparations  —  A slow convert to the cause.  —  I've been traveling around the country for the past few years studying America's divides — urban/rural, red/blue, rich/poor.  There's been a haunting sensation the whole time that is hard to define.  It is that the racial divide doesn't feel like the other divides.

What Kirsten Gillibrand Is Missing: New York Endorsements for 2020  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Cory Booker has been endorsed for president by New Jersey's entire 11-member Democratic congressional delegation, his state's governor and its other senator.  Senator Bernie Sanders has the backing …

Elon Musk's Security Clearance Under Review Over Pot Use  — SpaceX business, overseen by Shotwell, not at risk from review  — Musk refiled security clearance form after podcast incident  —  The Pentagon is reviewing Elon Musk's federal security clearance following …

Theresa May to EU: Help me out on Brexit  —  British Prime Minister Theresa May will deliver a last-ditch plea to the EU Friday in a speech aimed at producing some movement in Brexit talks in the final few days before MPs vote again on her deal.  —  May will travel to Brexit-voting Grimsby …

Biden's tough talk on 1970s school desegregation plan could get new scrutiny in today's Democratic Party  —  When Joe Biden was a freshman senator in the mid-1970s, his home state of Delaware, like other hotspots across the country, was engulfed in a bitter battle over school busing …