Trump Expected to Instruct McGahn to Defy Subpoena and Skip House Testimony  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is preparing to instruct his former White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, to defy a congressional subpoena and skip a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, denying Democrats testimony …

There's No Boom in Youngstown, but Blue-Collar Workers Are Sticking With Trump  —  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — In May 2016, David Betras, a Democratic Party leader in the heart of industrial northeast Ohio, sent a memo warning Hillary Clinton's campaign that it was on the verge of losing Ohio …

After impeachment remarks, Rep. Justin Amash gets Republican challenger  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican state representative plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, after Amash said this weekend he believes President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses.

5th Migrant Child Dies After Detention by Border Patrol  —  HOUSTON — The U.S. government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, the fifth death of a migrant child apprehended by border agents since December.  —  U.S. Customs and Border Protection …

Prosecutors examining tens of thousands of Trump inauguration documents  —  WH downplaying Trump inaugural committee subpoena  —  (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York are scrutinizing tens of thousands of documents relating to Donald Trump's inauguration in a sign that the investigation into the committee's finances is advancing.

U.S. Supreme Court Again Defers Action on Abortion Cases  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday deferred acting on state efforts to put more restrictions on abortion, issuing a list of orders without mentioning two pending Indiana appeals.  —  The appeals were on a list of case the justices …

The Profanity President: Trump's Four-Letter Vocabulary  —  WASHINGTON — In modern times, presidents have rarely been church mice afraid of a little salty language.  But President Trump has grown increasingly willing in recent months to say in public what most of his predecessors tried to keep behind closed doors.

‘Playing Catch-Up in the Game of Life.’ Millennials Approach Middle Age in Crisis  —  New data show they're in worse financial shape than every preceding living generation and may never recover  —  American millennials are approaching middle age in worse financial shape than every living generation ahead …

The Daily 202: The Koch network is reorganizing under a new name and with new priorities  —  THE BIG IDEA: The Koch network is getting a new name to reflect its shifting strategy.  —  The Seminar Network, which includes the constellation of groups funded by the billionaire industrialist Charles Koch …

Thanks to Facebook, Your Cellphone Company Is Watching You More Closely Than Ever  —  Among the mega-corporations that surveil you, your cellphone carrier has always been one of the keenest monitors, in constant contact with the one small device you keep on you at almost every moment.

Trump warns Iran not to threaten US or it will face ‘end’  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Iran early on Monday not to threaten the United States again or it would face its “official end,” shortly after a rocket landed near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad overnight …

Sticking It To Yourself: Preemptive Pardons for Battlefield Crimes Undercut Military Justice and Military Effectiveness  —  A couple of years ago a cell phone company aired a commercial featuring an executive boasting to a subordinate that a new cell phone plan was the executive's “little way of sticking it to the man.”

Gowdy: FBI Has Papadopoulos Transcripts That Are Potential ‘Game-Changer’  —  Former Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy said he is aware of potentially game-changing evidence in the FBI's Russia probe regarding George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser.

Dark clouds hang over Trump's trade war  —  President Donald Trump is doing everything he can to soften the economic blow of his trade battle with China, doling out billions of dollars in farmer bailouts and telling Americans that the Chinese are paying the tariffs he's slapped on U.S. importers.

Starting Line/Change Research Poll: Biden, Sanders Locked In Iowa Tie  —  Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are locked in a tie in Iowa atop the large field of Democrats running for the presidential nomination.  An Iowa Starting Line/Change Research Poll of 615 likely Democratic caucus-goers …

Trump: E-Verify Would Make It Too Hard to Hire Undocumented Workers  —  Since taking office, Donald Trump has revoked the legal status of roughly 1 million longtime U.S. residents, used the mass psychological torture of children as a means of deterring asylum seekers, overseen the deportation …

Harris wants to fine companies that pay men more than women  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is unveiling a pay inequity proposal that aims to close the gender pay gap by holding corporations accountable when men are paid more than women.

How Mike Pence's ‘Indiana mafia’ took over health care policy  —  Sweeping new protections for religious health care workers and an overhaul of family planning programs to effectively cut out Planned Parenthood represent something unusual in the Trump administration: a clear spotting of the fingerprints of Vice President Mike Pence.

Spy vs. Spy Euphemism at the FBI  —  While Washington pols and pundits angrily debate who counts as a spy, and whether any such exotic creatures have ever been employed by the FBI, new evidence is emerging that the FBI not only uses spies, but has done so extensively, including in the Trump-Russia investigation.

The Surreal Life of George Papadopoulos  —  Russiagate felon.  Hollywood denizen.  Friend of Tom Arnold.  Is there anything more 2019?  —  Story by T.A. Frank Photos by Elisabeth Caren  —  This is a story about stories.  Most of them are crazy.  Some of them are true.

IRS Audit Rate Drops Again as It Examines Fewer High-Income Households  —  Tax agency, shrinking after years of budget cuts, seeks funding boost from Congress  —  WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service audited just .59% of individual tax returns last year, marking the seventh consecutive annual decline …

Here's How Much Money Fox News Hosts Have Made Off GOP Speaking Gigs  —  A new study reveals that many of the pro-Trump network's stars, including its ‘hard news’ anchors, have fattened their wallets by speaking at GOP events—an ethical no-no.  —  Boosting the Republican Party has paid off—quite literally—for many Fox News hosts.

Austria's Kurz requests dismissal of far-right interior minister  —  Chancellor's move prompts Freedom Party to quit government in latest fallout from video scandal.  —  Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called Monday for the dismissal of the country's far-right interior minister …

Trump mocks Biden, says Obama took him off the ‘trash heap’  —  President Trump ramped up his criticism Monday of “Sleepy Joe Biden” as the former vice president rises in the polls, saying former President Barack Obama took him off the “trash heap” back in 2008 — and China is rooting for him.