Former campaign staffer alleges in lawsuit that Trump kissed her without her consent.  The White House denies the charge.  —  A staffer on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign says he kissed her without her consent at a small gathering of supporters before a Florida rally …

The Trauma Floor  —  The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America  —  She spent the past three and a half weeks in training, trying to harden herself against the daily onslaught of disturbing posts: the hate speech, the violent attacks, the graphic pornography.

GOP donors: Trump campaign lacks a strategy to win in 2020  —  Late last month, more than 100 major Republican donors gathered at the Trump International Hotel for a presentation from the president's campaign manager Brad Parscale and other top political hands on their plans to keep the White House …

Ex-Clinton staffers slam Sanders over private jet flights  —  In his campaign launch video last week, Bernie Sanders singled out the fossil fuel industry for criticism, listing it among the special interests he planned to take on.  But in the final months of the 2016 campaign …

Study: Green New Deal Would Cost Up to $94 Trillion  —  Sen. Barrasso: ‘Green New Deal would bankrupt the nation’  —  The “Green New Deal” would cost up to $94.4 trillion, or over $600,000 per household in the United States, according to a new study.  —  The American Action Forum study offers …

How Lindsey Graham Went From Trump Skeptic to Trump Sidekick  —  “What happened to me?” the senator asks.  “Not a damn thing.”  —  As the luncheon dishes were placed down, the master of ceremonies kicked off a boisterous round of Lindsey Graham trivia.  “What is the senator's middle name? …

Labour Party Leader, Under Pressure, Backs a New Brexit Referendum  —  LONDON — Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Monday that it was prepared to support a second referendum on withdrawal from the European Union, a shift that could have significant ramifications for the fate of Brexit and for the country's future.

Trump Tells His Lawyers: Stay for the Coming Legal Hellscape  —  The president has made private admissions that federal investigations bedeviling his first term in office will be haunting him for possibly years to come.  —  Late last year, over the course of three separate conversations …

Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen: Far from retired, nowhere near done  —  Janet Yellen made history as the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve Board — a position that has been called “the second most powerful person in government” and the peak of a nearly 17-year career at the institution.

‘We fell in love’: Trump and Kim shower praise, stroke egos on path to nuclear negotiations  —  HANOI — His intelligence chiefs warn that North Korea is unlikely to surrender its nuclear weapons.  His advisers fret that a breakthrough could prove elusive and that he might make an impulsive concession to score headlines.

Harry Reid wishes for George W. Bush again ‘every day’  —  Programming note: For more on George W. Bush and the political family that produced two Presidents, watch CNN's Original Series “The Bush Years” debuting Sunday, March 3 at 9pm ET on CNN.  —  (CNN)Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid …

Daughter Of Putin's Spokesman Working In European Parliament  —  BRUSSELS — The daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman works as an intern in the European Parliament in Brussels, and has unhindered access to various EU documents, RFE/RL has learned.

New Report: Trump Appears to Have Committed Multiple Crimes  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  New Report: Trump Appears to have Committed Multiple Campaign Finance-Related Crimes  —  Washington — There is compelling evidence that President Trump may have personally committed …

It's Mueller's Investigation.  But Right Behind Him Is Andrew Goldstein.  —  WASHINGTON — The routine was always the same.  President Trump's lawyers would drive to heavily secured offices near the National Mall, surrender their cellphones, head into a windowless conference room …

Americans' Perceptions of U.S. World Image Best Since 2003  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe the U.S. rates “very” or “somewhat favorably” in the world's eyes.  Though the current figure is up just slightly from the 55% recorded last year, it represents the highest figure Gallup has found since 2003.

Jackson gay rights leader accused of burning down own home … Nikki Joly, transgender activist, arrives in court with defense attorney Daniel Barnett in Circuit Court in Jackson, to face Judge John McBain on Friday, Feb 1, 2019, and is granted a continuance.

Trump Organization asks House committee to cease investigations, citing an alleged conflict of interest  —  A lawyer for the Trump Organization has asked the House Judiciary Committee to cease any investigations related to it, claiming that the panel's work has been tainted by its hiring …

Fact Check: Did Ivanka Trump create ‘millions of jobs’?  —  Washington (CNN)During an address to US governors Monday morning, President Donald Trump discussed the need for training programs and claimed that his daughter Ivanka had “created millions of jobs.”

Transgender sprinters finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut girls indoor track championships  —  NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Andraya Yearwood hears the comments, usually from adults and usually not to her face.  —  She shouldn't be running, they say, not against girls.  —  Yearwood, a 17-year-old junior …

Exclusive: Full Text of Bipartisan Declaration of Former Senior U.S. Officials Refuting President's Claim of a National Emergency at Southern Border  —  A bipartisan group of 58 former U.S. government national security officials have submitted a Joint Declaration that directly challenges …

House Democrats target Trump's personal finances  —  House Democrats are planning to cross one of President Donald Trump's red lines: investigating his personal finances.  —  With special counsel Robert Mueller expected to wind up his work soon, Democrats are launching an investigation …

Joint Statement from ICE and CBP on stillbirth in custody  —  On Feb. 22, while being processed for release from DHS custody, a 24-year-old Honduran woman went into premature labor and delivered a stillborn baby at the Port Isabel Detention Center (PIDC).  —  The woman, whose name …

The National Enquirer's Publisher Says The White House Had No Influence On Its “Space Force” Magazine  —  The magazine promises the USA will militarize the “dark side” of the moon.  (There is no dark side of the moon.)  —  American Media Inc., the National Enquirer's publisher …

Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ is the worst best picture winner since ‘Crash’ … “Green Book” is the worst best picture Oscar winner since “Crash,” and I don't make the comparison lightly.  —  Like that 2005 movie, Peter Farrelly's interracial buddy dramedy is insultingly glib and hucksterish …

A World Without Clouds  —  A state-of-the-art supercomputer simulation indicates that a feedback loop between global warming and cloud loss can push Earth's climate past a disastrous tipping point in as little as a century.  —  Michelle Yun/Quanta Magazine; source: cbglp2