Trump Wants to Deliver Prime Time Address on Government Shutdown and Will Visit the Border  —  President Trump wants to address the nation about the government shutdown on Tuesday night, and later in the week plans to travel to the southern border as part of his effort to persuade Americans …

EXCLUSIVE: Yorktown Elitist and Bronx Hoaxer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Went by “Sandy” Well into College at Boston U (VIDEO)  —  Congresswoman and Democrat-Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grew up and attended school in affluent Westchester, New York but likes to pretend like she grew up in the Bronx.

Here Are All The Things We're Apparently Not Allowed To Say About Julian Assange Or WikiLeaks  —  Many of the world's news organizations have been instructed to not say nearly 200 “false and defamatory” statements about Julian Assange or WikiLeaks, according to an email marked …

Campaign journalism needs an overhaul.  Here's one radical idea.  —  As the new year dawned, the top editor at the Associated Press — one of the most influential journalists in the country, though hers is not a household name — was making a resolution.  —  “We should all resolve to spend less time …

A $20,243 bike crash: Zuckerberg hospital's aggressive tactics leave patients with big bills  —  I spent a year writing about ER bills.  Zuckerberg San Francisco General has the most surprising billing practices I've seen.  —  On April 3, Nina Dang, 24, found herself in a position …

Is there a way to break Trump's will?  One Democrat has an idea.  —  President Trump would almost certainly not be able to continue shutting down the government over his megalomaniacal border wall obsession if it weren't for Mitch McConnell.  The Senate majority leader is refusing a Senate vote …

The High Line Has Become a Tunnel Through Glass Towers  —  The High Line was an epiphany when it opened in 2009, a moment suspended between neglect and possibility.  The strips of curated wilderness, the medieval-looking iron railings, the disorienting views, the way the viaduct ducked beneath buildings …

Democrats Faked Online Push to Outlaw Alcohol in Alabama Race  —  The “Dry Alabama” Facebook page, illustrated with stark images of car wrecks and videos of families ruined by drink, had a blunt message: Alcohol is the devil's work, and the state should ban it entirely.

Ginsburg missing Supreme Court arguments for 1st time  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month.  —  Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Monday …

Russian Firm's Lawyer Accuses Judge Of ‘Bias’ After She Bashes His ‘Inappropriate’ Filings  —  A federal judge on Monday reamed the American lawyers for a Russian firm charged by special counsel Robert Mueller for the lawyers' “unprofessional, inappropriate, and ineffective” conduct.

When Mueller Issues a Report, Trump May Try to Suppress Some of It  — White House options include assertion of executive privilege  — Democrats in Congress will demand public airing of the report  —  The White House may try to block portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report …

'Come On Down to the Rio Grande Valley.  I'll Show You Around.' Would patrolling with the Border Patrol change your mind about the border?  —  On the outskirts of McAllen, Texas, a few miles north of the Rio Grande, a dun-colored warehouse squats on the corner of West Ursula Avenue and South Ware Road.

Biden Sees Himself as Democrats' Best Hope in 2020, Allies Say  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is in the final stages of deciding whether to run for president and has told allies he is skeptical the other Democrats eyeing the White House can defeat President Trump …

US, Turkey set for negotiations on fate of Kurds  —  U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is set to press Turkey for assurances that it won't attack the Kurdish fighters in Syria, which he said is now a condition for the withdrawal of American troops from northeastern Syria.

Trump campaign moves to stave off mayhem at 2020 convention  —  President Donald Trump is tightening his iron grip on the Republican Party, launching an elaborate effort to stamp out any vestiges of GOP opposition that might embarrass him at the 2020 Republican convention.

Freshman Democrat Rashida Tlaib unleashes anti-Semitic dual loyalty smear  —  Following the silly controversy over her profanity-laced call for President Trump's impeachment, freshman Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has unleashed an anti-Semitic dual loyalty smear in voicing opposition …

World Bank President Resigns to Join Investment Firm  —  Early departure could reignite battle over who gets to pick leader of institution  —  World Bank President Jim Yong Kim plans to resign on Feb. 1 to join a firm focused on infrastructure investments, leaving the bank nearly three years before his term was set to expire.

As shutdown drags on, Trump officials make new demands, seek novel ways to cope with its impacts  —  Trump administration officials began taking extraordinary steps to contain the fallout from the partial federal government shutdown Sunday, as the budget impasse between the president …

House Democrats prepare fusillade of Trump investigations  —  Democrats want to investigate the Trump Hotel deal and President Donald Trump's taxes.  They want to haul up conflicted Cabinet officials and dig into controversial changes to the census and food stamps.

R. Kelly To ‘Expose’ Accusers One at a Time on New Facebook Page, Website  —  R. Kelly is vowing to expose his accusers for what he calls blatant lies being spewed on Lifetime's docuseries — and he's going down the list one by one ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources close to Kelly tell us …

Top Trump Backer Financed Supreme Court Confirmation Fights Through Shadowy Network  —  Leonard Leo is the top judicial lobbyist in the country and a well-known booster of the president.  But the reach of his influence is just starting to come into focus.  —  A top conservative judicial activist used …

What Romney Exposed About Late-Stage Trumpism  —  For some reason, Trump supporters get angry when critics discuss the president's character.  —  Last week's op-ed from Mitt Romney was interesting not just for what it was, but for what the response to it revealed.

Gov. Bill Haslam grants full clemency to Cyntoia Brown, sets Aug. 7 release from prison  —  Gov. Bill Haslam ordered an early release for Cyntoia Brown, a Tennessee woman and alleged sex trafficking victim serving a life sentence in prison for killing a man when she was 16.

‘I been eatin like a boss’: Federal prisoners served steak by unpaid guards during shutdown  —  With the federal government shutdown solidly into its third week, there is no shortage of hypocritical or ironic or just plain sad moments to further enrage apoplectic taxpayers: