‘The safe choice:’ Biden widens SC lead in 2020 Democratic presidential primary  —  Now that he's formally entered the race, former Vice President Joe Biden widened his lead in South Carolina among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, according to a new poll.

Can Wharton Revoke Trump's Economics Degree Now?  —  His ideas are dumb and destructive.  —  Despite all the success enjoyed by 19th Century industrial magnate Joseph Wharton, the 21st Century has not been kind to his family's legacy.  His great-great-great grandson, Josh Rosen …

Nadler squeezed with calls for ‘inherent contempt’  —  House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler is in a bind.  —  A growing number of Democratic committee members are pushing Nadler to take more aggressive steps to force President Donald Trump and top administration officials to comply with a host of congressional subpoenas.

A reporter declined to reveal his source.  Then police showed up at his front door with guns.  —  Bryan Carmody, a freelance reporter in San Francisco, awoke Friday to the sounds of someone trying to break into his house.  —  About 10 officers from the San Francisco Police Department …

Applying ‘maximum pressure,’ Trump faces burgeoning crises overseas  —  President Trump ran for office vowing to extricate the United States from entanglements abroad.  But his administration now finds itself juggling three national security crises overseas — with Iran, Venezuela and North Korea …

Your 5G Phone Won't Hurt You.  But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise.  —  RT America, a network known for sowing disinformation, has a new alarm: the coming ‘5G Apocalypse.’  —  The cellphones known as 5G, or fifth generation, represent the vanguard of a wireless era rich in interconnected cars, factories and cities.

‘A dream ticket’: Black lawmakers pitch Biden-Harris to beat Trump  —  The Congressional Black Caucus may have found an answer to its Joe Biden dilemma: Vice President Kamala Harris.  —  Some black lawmakers are agonizing over whether to back Biden or two members of the close-knit caucus …

Buttigieg calls out Democrats for playing ‘identity politics’  —  In a risky speech to the Human Rights Campaign, a major LGBT rights group, Buttigieg warned of a “crisis of belonging in this country.”  —  LAS VEGAS — Pete Buttigieg sought to diffuse weeks of fraught questions about white privilege …

SOURCE: Wall GoFundMe just paid for a ‘nearly’ $1 million yacht  —  A source close to the Florida man who raised over $22 million on GoFundMe in the “We The People Will Build the Wall” campaign just revealed today that the money has been diverted to pay for a ‘million dollar’ yacht and high-flying lifestyle.

They Were Promised Coding Jobs in Appalachia.  Now They Say It Was a Fraud.  —  Mined Minds came into West Virginia espousing a certain dogma, fostered in the world of start-ups and TED Talks.  Students found an erratic operation.  —  BECKLEY, W.Va. — On a spring day in 2017 …

Vice President Pence to graduates: Be prepared to be ridiculed for being Christian  —  WASHINGTON -The last time Vice President Mike Pence spoke at Liberty University, he used the backdrop of one of the world's largest Christian schools to vouch for candidate Donald Trump's faith credentials during the 2016 campaign.

North Carolina Blowback Intensifies on Richard Burr's Rogue Subpoena  —  The intense home state backlash against Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, for issuing a rogue subpoena of President Donald Trump's eldest son Donald Trump, Jr. …

Father of daughter murdered at Parkland speaks out on protecting kids  —  Meadow Pollack, 18, was fatally shot when former student Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Stonemason Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.  (Facebook)  —  WASHINGTON — “The media …

A D.C. author shamed a Metro worker for eating on the train.  Now her book deal is in jeopardy.  —  The backlash was swift, with many accusing the woman, Natasha Tynes, of trying to get the employee fired.  —  Author Natasha Tynes has ignited a firestorm on social media …

Trump Tries to Bring Hungary's Orban in From the Cold  —  BUDAPEST — George W. Bush dodged it.  Barack Obama refused it.  But on Monday President Trump will grant Viktor Orban, Hungary's far-right prime minister, his first private audience with a president at the White House since he met Bill Clinton there in 1998.

Russia Is Targeting Europe's Elections.  So Are Far-Right Copycats.  —  LONDON — Less than two weeks before pivotal elections for the European Parliament, a constellation of websites and social media accounts linked to Russia or far-right groups is spreading disinformation …