Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president, hundreds of former federal prosecutors assert  —  More than 370 former federal prosecutors who worked in Republican and Democratic administrations have signed on to a statement asserting special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's findings …

Steven Mnuchin Refuses to Release Trump's Tax Returns to Congress  —  WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said on Monday that it would not release President Trump's tax returns to Congress, defying a request from House Democrats and setting up a legal battle likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court.

Former FBI Linguist Arrested and Indicted on Obstruction Charges  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man who previously served as a linguist for the FBI was arrested Saturday night on charges of obstructing a federal investigation and making multiple false statements to FBI officials.

BREAKING: New early state Democratic primary voter survey results  —  Key Findings:  — The Biden Surge: We asked Democratic primary voters who they favored among the eight highest-profile Democrats who have already announced their candidacies.  According to our survey …

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to choose UNUSUAL name for baby that UNIFIES the US and UK  —  MEGHAN MARKLE and Prince Harry could be leaning towards a royal baby name that pays tribute to both US and UK history, according to royal expert Victoria Arbiter.  —  Meghan Markle is expected …

Georgia mayor under fire for alleged remarks about black job candidate  —  The mayor of Hoschton, a nearly all-white community 50 miles northeast of Atlanta, allegedly withheld a job candidate from consideration for city administrator because he was black, an AJC investigation has found.

Former Congressman David Young will run to reclaim his old seat in Iowa's 3rd District  —  Former 3rd District Congressman David Young, who was ousted by Democrat Cindy Axne in 2018, will run to reclaim the seat in 2020, he told the Des Moines Register.  —  “I spent a lot of time with folks around …

TN House Speaker's chief of staff admits past drug use, confirms text messages  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada's chief of staff has admitted to using illegal drugs - including snorting cocaine in his legislative offices - in response to text messages obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates.

New NRA President Carolyn Meadows: Rep. Lucy McBath won her House race because she is a “minority female”  —  New National Rifle Association President Carolyn Meadows claimed that Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) won her 2018 election to the U.S. House not because of her support for gun violence prevention …

Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time  —  When Alexa runs your home, Amazon tracks you in more ways than you might want.  —  Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings?  For most people, the answer is, “Are you crazy?”

Congress Is Failing  —  So much for checks and balances.  —  WASHINGTON — As House Democrats dither over moving forward with impeachment in a divided government and Senate Republicans are satisfied confirming judges rather than passing legislation, a pressing question is emerging: What the hell is Congress good for, anyway?

Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an ‘Unprecedented’ Pace  —  WASHINGTON — Humans are transforming Earth's natural landscapes so dramatically that as many as one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction, posing a dire threat to ecosystems …

Mike Pompeo Praises Climate Change in the Arctic as ‘New Opportunities for Trade’  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Finland to discuss the United States' commitment to the Arctic region.  While much of the secretary's speech addressed …

How Chinese Spies Got the N.S.A.'s Hacking Tools, and Used Them for Attacks  —  Chinese intelligence agents acquired National Security Agency hacking tools and repurposed them in 2016 to attack American allies and private companies in Europe and Asia, a leading cybersecurity firm has discovered.

Trump is trolling us again.  Stop falling for it.  —  President Trump has a superpower.  With just a few taps to the screen of his iPhone, he can transform his staunchest adversaries into . . .  Donald Trump.  —  No one loves a good conspiracy theory as much as the man in the Oval Office.

Removing More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Russia  —  Today we removed multiple Pages, Groups and accounts that were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.  We found two separate, unconnected operations that originated in Russia and used similar tactics …

Algorithms of Suppression  —  Update: Google's Acting Director of Political and Stakeholder Outreach got in touch with the Claremont Institute to notify us that the labeling of The American Mind as a “racially oriented publication” was a mistake.  Our re-marketing ad campaign to americanmind.org readers …

Inaugural Official Disputes White House Account of Her Departure  —  WASHINGTON — Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a leading contractor for President Trump's inaugural committee and a former adviser to the first lady, Melania Trump, has publicly disputed accounts of her departure from the White House last year …

SOCIALISM vs. CAPITALISM?  —  Socialism not seen as compatible with American values,  —  but opinion is not overwhelmingly negative  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Most Americans say socialism is not compatible with American values, but only 4-in-10 hold a decidedly negative opinion of it.

U.S. Jews are more likely than Christians to say Trump favors the Israelis too much  —  In his more than two years as president, Donald Trump has taken significant steps to support Israel, including moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and recognizing the Jewish state's sovereignty over the Golan Heights region.