Trump has for months been urging administration to reinstate child separation policy  —  A senior administration official said they believe Trump is convinced that family separation has been the most effective policy at deterring asylum seekers.  —  President Donald Trump has for months urged …

Bernie Sanders finds himself in a new role as front-runner  —  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is quieting critics who questioned whether he could recapture the energy of his upstart 2016 campaign, surpassing his rivals in early fundraising and establishing himself …

To Get Trump's Tax Returns, N.Y. Democrats Try a New Strategy  —  ALBANY — In an attempt to work around the White House, Democratic lawmakers in Albany are trying to do what their federal counterparts have so far failed to accomplish: to obtain President Trump's tax returns.

Privileged  —  PHOTO BYMELISSA MAJCHRZAK/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES  —  W  —  hen the police break your teammate's leg, you'd think it would wake you up a little.  —  When they arrest him on a New York street, throw him in jail for the night, and leave him with a season-ending injury, you'd think it would sink in.

Shaw's Metro PCS Store Has Been Forced To Turn Off Its Go-Go Music, Owner Says  —  For 24 years, Donald Campbell has been playing go-go music from his Metro PCS storefront in Shaw, at the corner of 7th Street and Florida NW.  Until now.  —  Campbell says that T-Mobile, which acquired Metro PCS …

Iowa student asks Beto O'Rourke ‘Are you here to see Beto?’ in bathroom  —  On Sunday, minutes before being in front of more than 300 people, Beto O'Rourke took a moment for a requisite bathroom break.  While washing his hands, O'Rourke got an unexpected question.

Statement from the President on the Designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization  —  Today, I am formally announcing my Administration's plan to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including its Qods Force …

‘Daddy hurt her’: Nobody believed a boy's story, until he dug up the backyard 20 years later  —  It was a single-story, three-bedroom ranch house on a quiet residential street in a northern stretch of Jacksonville, Fla. Aaron Fraser had not lived inside since he was 4 years old …

Few Americans think they're getting a Trump tax cut: NBC/WSJ poll  — Just 17% of people believe their own taxes will go down, the NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll finds.  —  No wonder the 2017 Republican tax cut remains so unpopular — the vast majority of Americans don't think they got one at all.

Democrats crafting Mueller response if report drops during recess  —  Attorney General William Barr is likely days away from issuing a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's findings, but Washington may be a ghost town when he does.  —  The House leaves for the week …

Trump's convoluted, confused threat to impose new tariffs on Mexico  —  Last week, as he was preparing to head to California to tour the U.S.-Mexico border, President Trump tweeted a threat.  —  “Mexico, for the first time in decades, is meaningfully apprehending illegals at THEIR Southern Border …

Woman arrested for sending threatening letter to Maine Sen. Susan Collins: Authorities  —  Suzanne Muscara, 37, allegedly sent the letter to Collins in October.  —  A 37-year-old Maine woman has been arrested for allegedly sending a threatening letter to Sen. Susan Collins, authorities said Monday.

Scoop: Former White House counsel Don McGahn off the record  —  Don McGahn, who has kept his head down since leaving as White House counsel, shared some off-the-record thoughts on Thursday in a lunch with about 40 senior Republican Senate aides.  —  Details: “I spent the last couple …

Federal Watchdog Probes Trump Admin Push for Saudi Nuke Deal  —  In 2017 Team Trump worked to clinch a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia—and an independent investigative agency wants to know what happened behind closed doors.  —  One of the government's top investigative agencies has looked …

Bernie Sanders Says Fox News Is A Propaganda Arm Of Trump Administration  —  The 2020 presidential candidate also defended his decision to do a town hall with the network.  —  MUSCATINE, Iowa Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is standing by his decision to do a town hall on Fox News …

Trump's health care brain trust says no thanks  —  President Donald Trump promised a new plan to replace Obamacare.  But the four Senate Republicans he tapped for the job aren't jumping at the opportunity.  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) says any new plan has to come from the White House …

How the NYU School of Medicine is going tuition-free  —  One of the top medical schools in the United States is going tuition-free.  Lesley Stahl reports on how and why they're doing it  —  Going to medical school today takes more than ambition, good grades in biology in college, and an appetite for hard work.

Prosecutor in Foxx's office speaks out: Criticism “is not an attack on Ms Foxx's race, it is an attack on her ethics and her efficacy as State's Attorney”  —  On Saturday, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx appeared at Rainbow PUSH headquarters where she found some friendly faces …