Leaked Letters Reveal Details of NRA Chief's Alleged Spending  —  Wayne LaPierre expensed $39,000 in clothes in one day, $18,300 for car and driver, ad agency says; NRA says board has ‘full confidence’ in him  —  National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre billed the group's ad agency $39,000 …

Trump and his allies are blocking more than 20 separate Democratic probes in an all-out war with Congress  —  President Trump and his allies are working to block more than 20 separate investigations by Democrats into his actions as president, his personal finances and his administration's policies …

Killing the Pax Americana  —  Trump's trade war is about more than economics.  —  O.K., they weren't supposed to start the trade war until I got back from vacation.  And I really have too many kilometers to cover and hills to climb to weigh in on a regular basis or at great length.

Beto O'Rourke plans ‘reintroduction’ as 2020 buzz fizzles  —  NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Beto O'Rourke barreled into the 2020 presidential race with breakneck energy and a fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants campaign style that saw him leap atop tables to address overflow crowds with the organic …

Michael Oren Doesn't Want To Talk About Israel  —  Michael Oren, born Michael Bornstein in New York in 1955, emigrated to Israel forty years ago and served in the Israeli Defense Forces.  After returning to the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Near Eastern studies from Princeton …

Harvard Drops Harvey Weinstein Lawyer as a Faculty Dean  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard said on Saturday that a law professor who is representing Harvey Weinstein would not continue as faculty dean of an undergraduate house after his term ends on June 30, bowing to months of pressure from students.

A group raised over $20 million to ‘build the wall.’ Now its supporters want answers.  —  A December fundraising campaign brought in more than $20 million over the course of a few weeks, its thousands of donors united by a common goal: the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, oft-promised by President Trump.

McConnell tells Trump ‘not to worry’ about Trump Jr. subpoena  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday urged President Donald Trump “not to worry” after the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.

Trump's interest in stirring Ukraine investigations sows confusion in Kiev  —  MOSCOW — As President Trump and his inner circle appear increasingly focused on Ukraine as a potential tripwire for Joe Biden and Democrats, officials about to take power in Kiev are pushing their own message: Leave us out of it.

Washington is flirting with a debt crisis.  No one has a plan to stop it  —  President Trump: 'It's time to stop this nonsense'  —  Washington (CNN)The US government is hurtling toward a potential financial crisis, and no one in Washington seems to know how to stop it.

Inside Syria's Secret Torture Prisons: How Bashar al-Assad Crushed Dissent  —  GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Syrian security officers hung Muhannad Ghabbash from his wrists for hours, beat him bloody, shocked him with electricity and stuck a gun in his mouth.  —  Mr. Ghabbash, a law student from Aleppo …

Trump Has a Strong Economy to Proclaim.  In Wisconsin, It Just Might Work.  —  COLFAX, Wis. — President Trump came to Wisconsin late last month to boast about the state's unemployment rate, which has been at or near 3 percent for more than a year.  “It's never been this low before.

Trump backers applaud Warren in heart of MAGA country  —  KERMIT, W. Va. — It was a startling spectacle in the heart of Trump country: At least a dozen supporters of the president — some wearing MAGA stickers — nodding their heads, at times even clapping, for liberal firebrand Elizabeth Warren.

Venezuela's Guaido seeks U.S. Pentagon cooperation to solve political crisis  —  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Saturday he has asked his envoy to the United States to meet with Pentagon officials to “cooperate” on a solution to the South American country's political crisis.

Democrats Are Training to Appear on Fox News: “Everyone Has a Fox News Horror Story”  —  WASHINGTON — Former Hillary Clinton aide Jess McIntosh doesn't go on Fox News Channel anymore.  —  “They have an agenda,” she said.  “I stopped doing it a few months ago ... I didn't want to be a part of it.”