Rice denies Obama administration inappropriately unmasked Trump team  —  Former national security adviser Susan Rice on Tuesday categorically denied that the Obama administration inappropriately spied on President Trump or members of his transition team.  —  “The allegation is that somehow …

Federal appeals court: Civil rights law covers LGBT workplace bias  —  A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled Tuesday that a 1964 law barring sex discrimination extends to sexual orientation, marking a major workplace victory for gays and lesbians.  —  The 8-3 decision by the full U.S. Court …

Affordable Care Act Gains Majority Approval for First Time  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five percent of Americans now support the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a major turnaround from five months ago when 42% approved and 53% disapproved.  This is the first time a majority of Americans …

Assad Apparently ‘Gasses’ Civilians Days After Tillerson Hints He Can Stay in Power  —  Days ago, in Ankara, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signaled that the U.S. had no quarrel with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a man Tillerson's predecessor compared to Adolf Hitler after he slaughtered …

Trumpcare revival talks falling apart ahead of Pence meeting  —  Attempts to reach a deal this week on health care are unraveling fast, with conservatives already blaming House Speaker Paul Ryan for blocking the White House bill, and leadership sources saying that's nonsense and that the Freedom Caucus …

Advertisers Flee Fox's Bill O'Reilly Show Amid Sexual Harassment Lawsuits  —  Fox News is in a jam this week as major automakers and smaller outfits pull their ads from the network's popular “O'Reilly Factor” show, following a series of sexual harassment claims against host Bill O'Reilly.

Roger Stone: Kushner Is Leaking Intel to Scarborough  —  During a segment on InfoWars today, Roger Stone, who was previously an adviser during the early months of President Trump's campaign, claimed to host Alex Jones that Trump's own son-in-law Jared Kushner was leaking information to MSNBC's Joe Scarborough.

Eric Trump Offers Surprisingly Candid Thoughts On Nepotism  —  No modern president has put as much power in the hands of so many family members as Donald Trump.  On January 9, he named son-in-law Jared Kushner as his senior advisor despite anti-nepotism laws previously believed to prevent such an appointment.

White House explores two new tax ideas — a value-added tax and carbon tax — as leading proposal to raise revenue falters  —  President Trump's administration is exploring the creation of two controversial new taxes — a value-added tax and a carbon tax — as part of a broad overhaul of the tax code …

CNN Had a Problem.  Donald Trump Solved It.  —  Inside the strange symbiosis between Jeff Zucker and the president he helped create.  —  At 3:58 on a recent Wednesday afternoon in Washington, CNN's largest control room was mostly empty but for a handful of producers hunched over control panels and …

White House: ‘The clock has now run out’ on North Korean nuclear program  —  Washington (CNN)A senior White House official issued a dire warning to reporters Tuesday on the state of North Korea's nuclear program, declaring “the clock has now run out and all options are on the table.”

WATCH: Boos erupt after Trump tells room full of construction workers that he won most of their votes  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked with a room full of construction union members, and things got a little awkward for him when he started boasting about his big election victory.

BILL TO IMPROVE WEATHER FORECASTS HEADS TO PRESIDENT'S DESK  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Weather Service would have to boost research - including some from private companies - to improve forecasts and storm warnings under a bill headed to the president's desk.

Why You Shouldn't Walk on Escalators  —  The train pulls into Pennsylvania Station during the morning rush, the doors open and you make a beeline for the escalators.  —  You stick to the left and walk up the stairs, figuring you can save precious seconds and get a bit of exercise.

Former Border Chief: Arizona Wall Put A Dramatic Stop To Illegal Crossings  —  A former border chief cites an Arizona wall that dramatically cut illegal immigrant crossings as proof barriers can work to keep people out in testimony prepared for a Senate hearing Tuesday.

Why Men and Women Can Never Be ‘Just Friends’  —  The latest numbers on American birth rates are in, and they yield only one reasonable conclusion: All of us need to start having more babies or else the upcoming demographic tsunami will consume our nation, cripple our social programs …

The Mac Pro Lives  —  Let's not beat around the bush.  I have great news to share:  —  Apple is currently hard at work on a “completely rethought” Mac Pro, with a modular design that can accommodate high-end CPUs and big honking hot-running GPUs, and which should make it easier for Apple …

Kirsten Gillibrand Is Becoming a Progressive Champion.  Is a 2020 Run Next?  —  The Democrats' most unlikely holy warrior smells rebellion in the air.  —  As Kirsten Gillibrand ascended to the pulpit at the Bridge Street AME Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant in late February, the congregation seemed to tense with apprehension.

New ESPN guidelines recognize connection between sports, politics  —  ESPN has issued new political and election guidelines for its employees that, while allowing for political discussion on the network's platforms, recommend connecting those comments to sports whenever possible.

Islamic State says U.S. ‘being run by an idiot’  —  Islamic State said on Tuesday the United States was drowning and “being run by an idiot”.  —  In the first official remarks by the group referring to President Donald Trump since he took office, spokesman Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer said: