NRA money flowed to board members amid allegedly lavish spending by top officials and vendors  —  A former pro football player who serves on the National Rifle Association board was paid $400,000 by the group in recent years for public outreach and firearms training.

Dem, GOP senators want to check Trump's power to sell arms to Saudis  —  Sens. Murphy and Young want a resolution that would let Congress vote on last month's arms deal and block or restrict future weapons sales to Saudi Arabia.  —  WASHINGTON — Two senators plan to introduce a bill Monday designed …

Trump Lawyer's Message Was a Clue for Mueller, Who Set It Aside  —  WASHINGTON — As the special counsel's investigators pursued the question of whether President Trump tried to impede their work, they uncovered compelling evidence — a voice mail recording and statements from a trusted witness — that might have led to him.

Warren, Booker stand out on chaotic Iowa stage  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — In the early state where field organization has traditionally mattered the most, Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have quietly and patiently concentrated their resources toward building grassroots machines designed to power them on caucus night.

Google Made $4.7 Billion From the News Industry in 2018, Study Says  —  $4,700,000,000.  —  It's more than the combined ticket sales of the last two “Avengers” movies.  It's more than what virtually any professional sports team is worth.  And it's the amount that Google made from the work …

Why Trump is a Florida Man  —  We always think of Trump as a New York guy, or the president in the White House.  But at heart, he's a Florida Man with a Trumpian Florida life: big mansions and big money.  —  Why it matters: At Mar-a-Lago, we're seeing a whole new form of lobbying.

Journalists can't repeat their Watergate-hero act.  The reasons should make us grieve.  —  The question from an audience member made the three network chiefs bristle:  —  Why aren't the news media holding the White House accountable like they did during the Nixon/Watergate era?

In Alabama — where lawmakers banned abortion for rape victims — rapists' parental rights are protected  —  When a young woman came to the Family Services of North Alabama office last year for help with trauma, saying she had been raped by her step-uncle when she was 15 …

People Are Trying to Figure Out William Barr.  He's Busy Stockpiling Power.  —  Is he the operator who spun the then-secret Mueller report?  Or the straight shooter who later disclosed portions that were damaging to President Trump?  —  WASHINGTON — Not long before Attorney General William …

Business leaders urgently discuss strategies to claw back Trump's trade powers  —  President Trump has threatened and bludgeoned his way into an unwanted confrontation with the U.S. business community that could have far-reaching implications for the future of presidential power over trade.

Bill de Blasio Shrugs Off Not Registering on Important Iowa Poll: 'It's a Poll of 600 Iowans'  —  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio shrugged off not registering on the recent CNN/Des Moines Register poll, saying the poll is of “600 Iowans” and “this is just the beginning of a very long process.”

Call immigrant detention centers what they really are: concentration camps  —  If you were paying close attention last week, you might have spotted a pattern in the news.  Peeking out from behind the breathless coverage of the Trump family's tuxedoed trip to London was a spate of deaths …

A Million March in Hong Kong Over Eroding Freedoms, Organizers Say  —  HONG KONG — Hundreds of thousands of people filled the sweltering streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in an immense protest against fraying freedoms that culminated after midnight with the police firing pepper spray and striking participants with batons.

Conservative gains at Supreme Court leading to anger, frustration and ‘peeks behind the curtain’  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court decided an Indiana abortion case last month with an unsigned, three-page compromise opinion that had something for both conservative and liberal justices to like.

Buttigieg's big accomplishment that he never mentions on the campaign trail  —  The South Bend mayor and presidential hopeful crafted a unique way to lend a hand to the city's undocumented immigrants.  Why doesn't he talk about it?  —  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — It was 2016 and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg had a problem.

Iran-linked terrorists caught stockpiling explosives in north-west London  —  Terrorists linked to Iran were caught stockpiling tonnes of explosive materials on the outskirts of London in a secret British bomb factory, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.  —  Radicals linked to Hizbollah …