Judge fast-tracks fight over congressional subpoena of Trump financial records  —  NYT reporter calls Trump business losses ‘unbelievable’  —  Washington (CNN)Congress and Donald Trump's fight over his financial records is now on the fast track.  —  Judge Amit Mehta plans next week to weigh …

Republicans are hall-of-fame hypocrites  —  “In scandals such as this, it is always members of the president's party who have particular leverage, and therefore who have a particular responsibility, to hold the president accountable for his actions.”  —  So wrote noted Republican moralist Bill Bennett …

Kim Jong Un wanted ‘famous’ US basketball players as part of denuclearization deal: Sources  —  Ahead of the second summit in Hanoi, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un requested as part of the agreement between the countries moving forward that the U.S. send “famous basketball players” …

Alabama Senate passes nation's strictest abortion bill, making performing the procedure a felony with few exceptions  —  The bill needs Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's (R) approval before it becomes law.  —  Conservative governors and legislators are using new highly restrictive abortion laws …

FBI's Steele story falls apart: False intel and media contacts were flagged before FISA  —  The FBI's sworn story to a federal court about its asset, Christopher Steele, is fraying faster than a $5 souvenir t-shirt bought at a tourist trap.  —  Newly unearthed memos show a high-ranking government official …

It's Time to Break Up Facebook  —  The last time I saw Mark Zuckerberg  —  was in the summer of 2017, several months before the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke.  We met at Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., office and drove to his house, in a quiet, leafy neighborhood.

Americans' support for impeaching Trump rises: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of Americans who said President Donald Trump should be impeached rose 5 percentage points to 45 percent since mid-April, while more than half said multiple congressional probes of Trump interfered …

Exclusive: Trump, the billion-dollar loser — I was his ghostwriter and saw it happen  —  On Tuesday, the New York Times scooped the world on the news that from 1985 to 1994, Donald Trump incurred the biggest business losses of any single taxpayer in American history.

Former Intelligence Analyst Charged with Disclosing Classified Information  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An indictment was unsealed today charging a former intelligence analyst with illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter.

Trump Bigger Factor than Obama for 2020 Dem Primary Voters  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Former Vice President Joe Biden is the clear front-runner for New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation Democratic primary, according to the first Monmouth University Poll of Granite State primary voters in the 2020 cycle.

‘Things were often a bit not normal’: Rosenstein gets fond, jokey send-off from Justice Dept.  —  Rod J. Rosenstein, whose two-year tenure as the Justice Department's No. 2 official was spent in the eye of a public storm surrounding special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation of President Trump …

Trump To Be Denied Honour Of Addressing UK Parliament During State Visit In June  —  Unlike Obama, 45th President won't get to make an historic address to Westminster Hall.

John Kelly Cashes in on Child Separation Policy He Pushed  —  John Kelly was the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) when President Trump's zero tolerance policy was under consideration, and chief of staff at the White House when the policy was implemented.

One out of every 11,600 people in San Francisco is a billionaire  —  Statistics like this throw into sharp relief the challenge for Silicon Valley and its leaders in 2019.  —  If you want to run into a celebrity, you go to Hollywood.  If you want to run into a billionaire, you should move to San Francisco.

Listen to TurboTax Lie to Get Out of Refunding Overcharged Customers  —  TurboTax successfully lobbied to keep the IRS from offering free tax prep.  Now it's pretending the government already does it. … The makers of TurboTax have long been luring customers into paying for a service …

“I Don't Know Who ‘I’ Am”: Bernie Sanders' Brutally Honest Mayoral Memos  —  Sometime in the mid-1980s, about halfway through his eight-year tenure as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, Bernie Sanders flipped to a fresh page in a yellow legal pad and poured out his crippling sense of doubt.

China, US trade reps meet for high-stakes talks with hours to go until $200B in new tariffs take effect  —  With less than eight hours to go until the Trump administration is set to implement a crippling new volley of tariffs on Chinese goods, trade representatives from the U.S. and China …

Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad.  Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retribution and a photo …

Al Green Claps Back After Trump Mentions Him In Rally Speech: ‘If No One Else Will Bring You To Justice, I Will’  —  The morning after President Donald Trump mentioned Texas Democratic Congressman Al Green at a rally, Rep. Green took to the floor of the House with a blistering response …

Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez want to cap credit card interest rates at 15 percent  —  They have been reaching record levels as the Fed raised key interest rates and the industry prepares for the next recession.  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce legislation …

Trump cheered Patriots to Super Bowl victory with founder of spa where Kraft was busted  —  The FBI has opened a public corruption investigation into Republican donor and South Florida massage-parlor entrepreneur Li “Cindy” Yang, focusing on whether she illegally funneled money from China …

Only Trump can save Syria's Idlib, but time is running out  —  There is little that can stop the brutal assault underway in northwest Syria, where Russian, Iranian and Assad regime forces have launched a major military offensive as millions of civilians flee for their lives.

Students walk out of Colorado school shooting vigil, saying their trauma was being politicized  —  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - Gun rights advocates posted support on social media Thursday for students who walked out of a gun-control rally in anger and tears over concerns the event inappropriately politicized their grief.

Joe Biden brings in massive cash haul at Hollywood fundraiser that draws donors from across the country  — Joe Biden rakes in over $700,000 on Wednesday at a Hollywood fundraiser, one of the biggest hauls so far in the former vice president's campaign to take on President Donald Trump in 2020.

Pro-Trump group plans to spend $250M in six battleground states  —  An outside group supporting President Trump intends to spend $250 million in six battleground states as part of a major effort to boost his chances of being reelected in 2020, according to officials with knowledge of the plans.

What's on Iowans' minds going into 2020 caucuses?  A look at 300 questions they asked candidates in April  —  It was April 1 — a week before California Congressman Eric Swalwell officially announced he would run for president — and an auditorium full of high school students in Algona …

Secret U.S. Missile Aims to Kill Only Terrorists, Not Nearby Civilians  —  Weapon doesn't explode, but brandishes knives to shred target; it was used in high-profile strikes in 2017 and this year  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. government has developed a specially designed, secret missile …

Trump says John Kerry ‘should be prosecuted’ for meetings with Iranian officials  —  President Trump on Thursday said former secretary of state John F. Kerry should be prosecuted for discussing the Iran nuclear deal with officials from that country after leaving office.

Trump to nominate Patrick Shanahan to be permanent secretary of defense  —  President Trump plans to nominate acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan to permanently head up the Pentagon.  —  Why it matters: Shanahan is the longest acting defense secretary in U.S. history …