1. The game requires three players: the Dealer, the Kavanaugh, and the Public.

The trilateral deal will no longer be called Nafta, they said, but will be named the “United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.”

Under the law, internet service providers will not be allowed to block or slow specific types of content or applications, or charge apps or companies fees for faster access to customers.

She did not go into further detail about her own experience and could not immediately be reached for comment on Sunday.

In a statement, the ministry said the two sides agreed to remove all landmines in the so-called Joint Security Area (JSA) in Panmunjom within the next 20 days

The graphic image [...] shows Justice blindfolded and pinned down, her scales cast aside as a man’s hand covers her mouth

...saying that he often saw Judge Kavanaugh “staggering from alcohol consumption.”

A public announcement of any new deal would occur late Sunday night, or possibly Monday

Trump said that the FBI will have “free rein” in their Kavanaugh investigation, but this isn’t true

“DO NOT ADD the hoax about a ‘drinking game’, especially as related by Brett Kavanaugh. We do not dignify such hoaxes with mention.”

The national shame that is America’s treatment of undocumented children continues to devolve into a literal nightmare.

But if we expect steely resolve from a police officer confronting a knife-wielding assailant, or disciplined courage from a firefighter rushing into a burning house, we should expect stoic self-control and calm from a conservative judge, even if his heart is being eaten out.

While none of this necessarily means that Kavanaugh got into Yale unfairly, or that he did not have the required qualifications to attend or succeed, his statement about lacking “connections” is untrue.

“The Senate is dictating the terms,” she said

After a week of domestic political trauma in the Senate, President Trump got back to being terrible at his job.

Four witnesses will be questioned in coming days

“Had [Kavanaugh] simply told the Judiciary Committee that he partied in high school/college, sometimes to excess – but still denied the assault – these commentaries would be net neutral. Now they contradict his sworn testimony, thereby undermining his other denials and bolstering Dr. Ford.”

"They can do whatever they have to do, whatever it is that they do. They'll be doing things we have never even thought of," Trump said. "And hopefully, at the conclusion, everything will be fine."

The conditions under which the FBI's reopened background check are occurring appears to differ from the one envisioned by Flake

As a matter of organizational policy, the ACLU does not support or oppose candidates for political or judicial office. In this instance, the national board held an extraordinary meeting, and has chosen to make an exception to that policy.

Saturday's footage is likely meant as a show of strength amid new U.S. sanctions on Iran

...there’s optimism it will be reached by the Sunday deadline

Thursday’s hearings do not reflect a Senate in decline. They reflect a Senate in crisis. That’s entirely different.

A nearly 100-year old statute allows the chairmen of Congress’ tax committees to look at anyone’s returns.

Kavanaugh’s choice to lie about things that are easily disproved speaks to a kind of hubris, or entitlement, that befits someone of his pedigree.

The lead Russia prosecutor made the historical references [...] in a legal brief to a federal appeals court considering the case of a reluctant witness [...] who is seeking to have Mueller’s appointment thrown out on constitutional grounds.

Former prosecutors said that because it is not a criminal investigation, F.B.I. agents will not be able to get search warrants or grand jury subpoenas compelling witnesses to testify or hand over documents.

Team Trump’s take is more or less, there’s nothing more we can do here, might as well let the president’s buddies cash in.

The lawsuit is based on the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which bars presidents from taking payments from foreign states without Congress’s consent.

The feds are looking into complaints about the police squad that arrested Stormy Daniels, possibly in a pre-planned sting, at an Ohio strip club.

“Don’t look away from me,” she said, her voice ripped with emotion. “Look at me and tell me that it doesn’t matter what happened to me, that you will let people like that go into the highest court of the land and tell everyone what they can do to their bodies.”

Like a president or any other federal official, a Supreme Court justice can be impeached under the Constitution. As it says in Article II, Section 4

The Senate has no plans to take it up.

The measure requires lawmakers to revisit other contentious measures in just two months

The president agreed in short order.

But only Ford made an effort to answer every single question.

“The amazing thing they’re saying is human activities are going to lead to this rise of carbon dioxide that is disastrous for the environment and society. And then they’re saying they’re not going to do anything about it”

“I was sexually assaulted and nobody believed me,” she said. “I didn’t tell anyone, and you’re telling all women that they don’t matter.”

The vote to recommend whether Kavanaugh should be the nominee, which would send the nomination to the full Senate, was set for 1:30. The vote to do so was approved, with all Republicans voting aye and eight votes, all Democrats, voting no.

“The basic principles that underscore the Senate’s constitutional duty of advice and consent on federal judicial nominees require nothing less than a careful examination of the accusations and facts by the FBI”

While a Devil’s Triangle is defined as a sex act involving two men and a woman in a decade-old posting on urbandictionary.com, Kavanaugh insisted under oath that it was a drinking game involving three glasses.

Kavanaugh has said too many things that strain credulity for all them to be plausibly true.

The threat it delivered: Imagine how you’d feel if — or when — you were in my position.

It was perhaps exactly what Trump and Republicans wanted from Kavanaugh, who had previously been rather muted in his reactions to the allegations. Trump reportedly approved.

“Everything from research on chemicals and health, to peer-review testing to data analysis would inevitably suffer”

“We are not being paid. We have no expectation of being paid.”

“What you want to do is destroy this guy’s life, hold this seat open, and hope you win in 2020”

Presumably they thought a professional prosecutor might help cast doubt on Ford’s testimony.

Russia's foreign ministry called the findings "a new portion of fake news."

The proposal would force Republicans to decide whether to consider the Mueller-protection proposal or sideline it.

As TV cameras zoom in on Ford and those questioning her, remember that they are cropping out much of the room — and the true scope of what Ford is facing.

Four Republican governors have called for the Senate to take its time with or even forgo a vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh

Among the 53 witnesses are Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump, Jr., and Hope Hicks

"They do not want to do anything to interfere with the hearing."

It was those attempted discussions that Trump was referring when he said he refused to meet Trudeau

But Obama’s preparations to hand over the government had been superb: the Obama administration had created what amounted to the best course ever on the inner workings of the most powerful institution on earth. What could go wrong?

"If I wasn't elected, you'd be in a war," Trump declared

Last year, his administration gave credentials to both Infowars and far-right blog Gateway Pundit, whose DC correspondent Lucian Wintrich characterized its mission to the New York Times as “doing a little trolling of the media in general here.” So it’s far from a surprise that TruNews was able to get in the room in the first place or that Trump took Szall’s question.

“People want fame. They want money. They want whatever. So when I see it, I view it differently then somebody sitting home watching television, where they say, ‘Oh, Judge Kavanaugh this or that.’ It’s happened to me many times.”

The press really did change in the 1960s—for the better.

According to the unnamed author of the letter, Kavanaugh drunkenly slammed a woman against a wall outside a bar in Washington D.C. in 1998.

“It is not laughing at a good joke, but a nervous laugh, or a bad joke turned laughable precisely because the guy who tells the joke doesn't realize how bad it is.”

"The fake news said people laughed at President Trump. They didn't laugh at me," Trump said during a press conference in New York. "People had a good time with me. We were doing it together. We had a good time, they respect what I have done."

...essentially a protest against a handful of cities that sought to permit undocumented immigrants to vote in certain local elections

“My motivation in coming forward was to provide the facts about how Mr. Kavanaugh’s actions have damaged my life.”

Judge’s college girlfriend, Elizabeth Rasor, [...] “would welcome the opportunity” to speak to “agents of the FBI as part of a reopened background investigation” into Kavanaugh’s conduct.

“Whoa, hang on—when I nominated him, I thought it was pretty clear where he stood with the opposite sex, but now he’s on TV going on and on about how all women are entitled to dignity and respect,”

...arguing that House Republicans should stay out their dispute between the two men for now

...a move that is likely to cause anger in Beijing amid heightened tensions between the two countries.

Swetnick alleges that Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge were present when she was "gang-raped" in the early 1980s.

China cancels US warship visit to Hong Kong amid military sanction backlash

The documents, first reported by USA Today, are likely to figure prominently in Thursday's high-stakes hearing

The lack of cash for the project has frustrated Trump, who last week called the bill "ridiculous"

The situation, of course, could change quickly after Thursday's blockbuster hearing

Critics of the Supreme Court nominee say that he has offered different accounts of his youth that put his honesty in question.

Trump paused before his bilateral meeting with the Colombian President Tuesday to deliver a broadside against Deborah Ramirez

...negotiators are “sort of running out of time” to include Canada in the trade deal with Mexico, which was finalized last month.

The president has often warned that the United States has become the butt of global jokes, and with a silly boast on Tuesday, he demonstrated it.

...following in the footsteps of Donald Trump, who last year became the first sitting president to do so.

He’s the one named witness to Kavanaugh’s alleged misconduct in high school, making his version of events particularly important. But instead of preparing for Thursday, he’s holed up at a beach house

–Donald J. Trump, 9 Aug 2014

"In less than two years, my administration has accomplished almost more than any other administration in the history of our country," Trump said at the top of his address, which prompted audible laughter in the hall.

The Republicans’ position on Supreme Court nominations is now: We will do whatever we can get away with.

Here's the problem with McConnell's righteous rage: It conveniently overlooks how he -- and Senate Republicans -- managed the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.

By offering an interview, Kavanaugh shed the public reticence normally expected of a senior member of the judiciary in order to slug it out in the political trenches.

They recommended “Option 3” — prosecuting every adult who crossed the border illegally, including those who came with their children — because it would “have the greatest impact on current flows.”

"...with an array of False Acquisitions the likes of which have never been seen before!"

...accusing President Donald Trump's administration of "trade bullyism practices" that have become "the greatest source of uncertainty and risk for the recovery of the global economy."

Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores drafted a statement that would announce Rosenstein's departure, written in the voice of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Reddit users have uncovered an elaborate campaign to seed Reddit’s most popular pro-Trump community with content linked to Russian influence operations

...about what they say is an incident involving Kavanaugh when he was a teenager.

One Justice Department official said Rosenstein was on his way to the White House on Monday and was preparing to be fired. But the official said Rosenstein is not resigning.

...at least one senator should ask him why he thought it was so necessary to ask Clinton such graphic questions about Lewinsky.

Smearing Anita Hill as “nutty and slutty” worked wonders in the ’90s, so conservatives are doing it all over again

A meticulous analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign makes a powerful case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.

Rosenstein [...] has verbally submitted his resignation and the White House has accepted it

"At the request of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, he and President Trump had an extended converstaion to discuss the recent news stories. Because the President is at the United Nations General Assembly and has a full schedule with leaders from around the world, they will meet on Thursday when the President returns to Washington, D.C."

Confirming Kavanaugh could lead to a collapse in faith for the Court — with dire consequences for American democracy.

Russia laid the blame squarely on Israel, saying Israeli fighter jets had pushed the Russian plane into the line of Syria's fire.

“The economic fallout from Trump’s skirmishes with China, Canada, Mexico and the European Union risk making an already tough cycle for Republicans even more brutal”

On Friday, in the latest incident, Norwegian authorities arrested a 51-year-old Russian man on suspicion that he unlawfully gathered information during an inter-parliamentary seminar on digitization this month in Norway.

Neither of the world’s two largest economies showed signs of backing down, and there are no further trade talks scheduled to resolve the dispute.

Now a new hashtag has surfaced as if in answer to the question: Why didn’t you say something sooner?

Kavanaugh flatly denied the allegation, calling it a last-minute smear. But his confirmation now appears to be in serious doubt.

Whelan will be taking a leave of absence from the Ethics and Public Policy Center

The Times has filed multiple Freedom of Information Act requests for data on the comments since July 2017, and now [...] it is taking the FCC to court in a bid to get the information.

“Voters should choose their politicians,” it reads, “not the other way around.”

...a Supreme Court nomination that was once seen as a political winner in many conservative-leaning states could, instead, rouse female voters and independents who otherwise may have cared little about the confirmation fight.

Decades later—even after #MeToo—we are seeing again why it’s so hard for women to come forward.

“What am I supposed to do? Go ahead and ruin this guy’s life based on an accusation?”

The calendars do not disprove Dr. Blasey’s allegations, Judge Kavanaugh’s team acknowledged.

“I don’t know when we’re going to overthrow them,” Giuliani was quoted as saying by Reuters.

Ford’s representatives and Senate negotiators zeroed in on an arrangement for her to tell her story in a Thursday hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee

A New York City councilman plans to introduce a bill to close the “Kushner loophole” that fails to check up on landlords if they file false documents with the city.

The proposed text focuses on "bias" at the companies

...the draft says that platforms are central to the flow of information and commerce and need to be held accountable through competition

The coordinated effort was a testament to the far-reaching but frenzied attempt among conservatives to save Kavanaugh

Rosenstein called the story "inaccurate and factually incorrect."

Rosenstein made these suggestions in the spring of 2017 when Mr. Trump’s firing of James B. Comey as F.B.I. director plunged the White House into turmoil.

The president's previous restraint this week, even as he repeatedly defended Kavanaugh and criticized Democrats, surprised many Republicans determined to salvage the nomination.

...initially trying to divert money from the White House legal defense fund and later soliciting donors and pledging $25,000 of his own.

On Thursday night, conservative legal operative Ed Whelan sent a series of tweets suggesting that the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh were likely a case of mistaken identity.

May said Friday that negotiations with the European Union were "at an impasse" after a disastrous summit at which her Brexit plan was largely rejected.

...citing a "perceived negative impact" on the probe and concerns raised by "key allies" about dumping the materials.

Whelan ended up apologizing for it, seeming to acknowledge how problematic his tweets were.

China's purchase of the weapons from Rosoboronexport, Russia's main arms exporter, violated a 2017 law [...] intended to punish the government of President Vladimir Putin for interfering in U.S. elections and other activities.

Trump directly questioned for the first time on Friday the veracity of the accusations

A planned cut in the number of refugees the U.S. admits is the latest win for hard-liner Stephen Miller, who keeps beating the Trump admin’s pragmatists.

A closer look at the agreement shows "there's really not a lot there"

Binge drinking was a routine part of the social scene, with minimal adult supervision.

Ford "would be prepared to testify next week" if the senators offer her "terms that are fair and which ensure her safety."

The main sticking point continues to be how to handle the border between Northern Ireland, which will remain part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, which will continue to be part of the EU.

The special counsel’s questioning of Cohen [...] has focused primarily on all aspects of Trump's dealings with Russia

Feinstein is the second woman senator whose office is reporting such threats. The White House said Thursday Kavanaugh and his wife have also received threats.

...but it’s what every Republican candidate worries about these days. What if some supporter of mine says something shockingly racist? What if that guy who introduced me at that rally turns out to be a klansman? What if I get endorsed by some neo-Nazi group?

Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser has been bombarded with death threats and harassment, and has reportedly gone into hiding.

Amy Chua said she would advise students on their physical looks to help win post in Kavanaugh’s chambers

Indeed, why wouldn’t Ford or her attorneys trust this gentleman to fairly investigate her allegation, aside from him having announced its outcome in advance, in public?

...saying he "wasn’t a big texter" when he was at the law enforcement agency.

The political fury surrounding Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process could prompt the Supreme Court to hold off on tackling high-profile cases on issues like abortion and affirmative action in its upcoming term

Trump called the developments encouraging but made no new commitments.

Republicans are daring a woman alleging sexual assault against a nominee for the country's highest court to either put up or shut up.

"We'll see how it goes with Jeff. I'm very disappointed in Jeff. Very disappointed."

If support for his nomination remains this weak, Trump’s pick would rank among the lowest-supported Supreme Court nominees to later be confirmed,

“It’s a sign that, perhaps, Flynn may not be critical to other pieces of Mueller’s investigation”

Butina [...] encouraged pro-gun demonstrations in the U.S. as early as 2014

...an unusual appearance for the top U.S. diplomat, whose role generally requires avoiding partisan affairs.

...which also includes a short-term stopgap bill to fund the rest of the government through Dec. 7 and prevent a shutdown that would start Oct. 1.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has a chance to do better by the country than it did nearly three decades ago.

It makes the argument for less transparency, less disclosure, less light. We can't know who is telling the truth here, so we can't possibly try,

Chinese state television on Tuesday reported that the government has decided to impose tariffs of 5 percent to 10 percent on $60 billion worth of U.S. products, starting on Monday.

If Ford ultimately opts out of the opportunity to testify, however, Republicans suggested that they plan to move forward with a Kavanaugh-only hearing.

...after a Russian plane was shot down by Syrian forces amid an Israeli air raid.

–Nintendo Life

“‘I had sex with that’, I’d say to myself. Eech.”

So, now you know.

The book, titled "Full Disclosure," was obtained ahead of its Oct. 2 release by The Guardian newspaper.

The wireless emergency alert test was set to go out Thursday before FEMA announced it will be pushed back to Oct. 3.

Trump is considering whether to put tariffs on more than $250 billion more in Chinese products.

The President also ordered the Justice Department to release all text messages related to the Russia investigation from former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI agent Peter Strzok, former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and Bruce Ohr

South Korean leader will hold third meeting this year with Kim

It's entirely up to the president what to say and when, so there is some fear — stoked by the publicity around Thursday's test — that the president could use it to send partisan messages.

The United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29 and yet little is clear

The offer prompted a growing number of calls from senators [...] to hold another hearing at which both Ford and Kavanaugh could testify publicly.

Chinese officials, eager to prove they won’t negotiate under duress, are threatening to back out of talks if President Trump proceeds with the tariffs announced Friday on $200 billion in Chinese imports.

“I don’t use the word crisis lightly,” she says. “There are no tanks in the streets. The administration’s malevolence may be constrained on some fronts — for now — by its incompetence. But our democratic institutions and traditions are under siege.”

The president “makes no pretense of prioritizing the public good above his own personal or political interests,” Mrs. Clinton wrote. “He doesn’t seem to understand that public servants are supposed to serve the public, not the other way around.”

Russia has begun laying the groundwork for an online influence operation aimed at turning U.S. public opinion against such a strike.

Ford has decided that if her story is going to be told, she wants to be the one to tell it.

Flake said he is uncomfortable voting to advance Kavanaugh's nomination later this week after the nominee's sexual assault accuser went public.

Roberts stepped in Saturday to halt a federal judge’s order that a conservative political group said threatened to discourage so-called independent expenditures by broadening the circumstances in which anonymous donors could be exposed.

“History will show you there’s no country in history that’s been strong and free and bankrupt”

An announcement is expected to come within days

But amid the threat to America’s eastern coast, the president's Twitter feed remained preoccupied by the hurricane that claimed thousands of lives in Puerto Rico last fall.

The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia want the legal authority to get any communications between President Trump and officials of foreign or U.S. state governments pertaining to his Trump International Hotel near the White House.

It was based on a careful examination of all of the deaths officially reported to the government of Puerto Rico between September 2017 and February 2018.

A secretive letter [...] charges that a teenage Brett M. Kavanaugh and a male friend trapped a teenage girl in a bedroom during a party and tried to assault her

Manafort admitted guilt on virtually all of the charges he faced [...] Each of those admissions could give state or local prosecutors a potential charge against Manafort that would survive even in the event of a Trump pardon, since he can pardon only federal offenses.

The woman, who has asked not to be identified, first approached Democratic lawmakers in July, shortly after Trump nominated Kavanaugh.

A spokesman for Kerry ridiculed Pompeo's assertion that Kerry was acting in unprecedented ways, adding that Kerry had briefed Pompeo on his conversations with Iranian officials

Manafort's decision to cooperate with Mueller comes just weeks after President Donald Trump called Manafort a "brave man" who would not "make up stories in order to get a 'deal'" after he was convicted in a separate trial in Virginia.

There could be other explanations for this performance as well. The sheer effrontery of the interview, like the effrontery of this attack, sends a message: We don’t care what any of you think.

“plans to buy the curtains were made in 2016, during the Obama administration. Ms. Haley had no say in the purchase”

“Traces of drilling have been found not only inside the spacecraft’s living compartment, but also on the screen of the anti-meteorite shield that covers the spacecraft”

...lawmakers in both parties claimed to be blindsided by an anonymous allegation that Kavanaugh forced himself on a woman in a locked room at a high school party decades ago.

...the recent expansion of those short-term plans, which do not have to comply with Obamacare’s provisions protecting preexisting conditions, was “contrary to law, and is arbitrary and capricious.”

"Needless to say, there’s a huge difference between an isolated slip of the tongue and ceaseless, shameless, and witless prevarication on virtually all topics, large and small."

Trump’s vaunted economic growth isn’t benefiting people who work for a living — but the rich want even more

“If your science gives you a result you don’t like, pass a law saying the result is illegal. Problem solved”

"Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation"

The president sees the accepted death toll of nearly 3,000 as evidence of a political conspiracy against him.

...it remains unclear whether Manafort has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors or is simply conceding to a guilty plea

Prosecutors also said they expect to take 10 to 12 days to make their case in the second trial.

Trump's penchant for saying false things is exponentially increasing as his presidency wears on.

...if Trump refuses to sign it, much of the government, including parts of the Pentagon, would shutter.

...documents that would explain what President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in their July one-on-one meeting in Helsinki.

The GOP’s “tax reform 2.0” would make permanent many of the individual and estate tax provisions in the tax law Republicans passed last fall

In a huge reversal, the Trump administration is giving families another chance to claim asylum — and even some parents who’ve already been deported might be eligible.

...but also show that Republicans are still favored to maintain their control.

Apparently, no fan of the president's son-in-law, Coulter's new book [...] includes a hypothetical scenario where Trump has Kushner shot.

They did not offer any explanation for how the London hotel room they had stayed in came to have traces of Novichok

The two information technology companies are actually North Korean-controlled entities, the Treasury Department said in a statement

...but the senator declined to make public what the matter involved.

Ignoring facts provided by his own government, Mr. Trump remarkably blamed Democrats for padding the death toll

"A couple of times people would say 'I wanna go off the record,'" Woodward said. "And I said 'no.'"

“I think I could beat Trump” in an election [...] “I’m as tough as he is, I’m smarter than he is.”

Kavanaugh ran up tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt in order to buy baseball tickets for his friends and himself.

A conservative judicial group Wednesday referred his earlier disclosures to the Senate Ethics Committee.

“Iran did not act to stop these attacks by its proxies in Iraq, which it has supported with funding, training and weapons.”

Population levels at federally contracted shelters for migrant children have quietly shot up more than fivefold since last summer [...] reaching a total of 12,800 this month. There were 2,400 such children in custody in May 2017.

...for “repeated violations of the terms of our content policy”

...they suspect that perhaps only a sitting senator could win confirmation as Sessions’ successor — that is, someone they could trust not to interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. But no one from their ranks seems to want the job.

The Trump administration this summer quietly redirected $200 million from all over the Department of Homeland Security to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, despite repeated congressional warnings of ICE's "lack of fiscal discipline" and "unsustainable" spending.

Under the program, Mexico would be responsible for detaining and providing judicial review of immigrants before deporting them.

Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well.

Russia and Japan are involved in a dispute over Kuril islands, captured by the Soviet Union at World War II's end.

A Washington federal court judge on Wednesday ruled the department’s postponement of the so-called Borrower Defense rule was procedurally improper.

The discussions [...] come ahead of Manafort’s second trial, which is slated to begin later this month

The Trump administration says it will ramp up investigations of hotels trying to hire foreign workers for seasonal jobs.

In short, the people who possess tradable assets, especially stocks, have enjoyed a recovery that Americans dependent on savings or income from their weekly paycheck have yet to see.

Investigators are focused on two bursts of banking activity — one shortly after the June 2016 meeting, the other immediately after the presidential election.

Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday meant to punish foreign entities for interfering in US elections,

"I call on them to appear before the media and tell their story," Putin said

“The term ‘media leak strategy’ in Mr. Strzok’s text refers to a Departmentwide initiative to detect and stop leaks to the media”

Losing the Senate was once an unthinkable prospect as the GOP looked to gain seats in the midterms, and with the party’s grip on the House in serious jeopardy, the chamber had been seen as the last line of defense.

Trump plans to sign an executive order as soon as Wednesday that will slap sanctions on any foreign companies or people who interfere in U.S. elections, based on intelligence agency findings

The majority leader wants to deprive Democrats up for reelection the chance to campaign.

To qualify, Puerto Ricans had to provide a death certificate or letter from a government official "that clearly indicates the death was attributed to the emergency or disaster”

The slash in funding comes as the East Cost braces for Hurricane Florence, which threatens to wreak havoc within days, with two other tropical systems on the horizon.

This increase was due mostly to the new Republican tax law and Congress' routine decision to increase spending

Much like when the US President announced he was coming, the Government here has been caught totally unaware.

A nonprofit group founded by conservative political megadonors Charles and David Koch must disclose its largest givers to law enforcement authorities in California

While far from the final word, Pai used the opportunity to hammer home the FCC's stance.

Russia sailed a small armada of its navy ships into the Mediterranean and has signaled that it would retaliate against the US if there was a strike.

Trump is amoral, dishonest and disturbed, a man totally unfit to be president, but, as the anonymous author self-servingly wrote, “There are bright spots”

"Just run the presses — print money" ... Cohn was "astounded at Trump's lack of basic understanding,"

Image sparks backlash on day people say president should be acting as consoler-in-chief

Republicans rolled out a new tax reform package just ahead of the midterms.

The case cites Washington's non-compliance with a ruling in a dispute over U.S. dumping duties.

The strong suspicion that Russia was behind the alleged attacks is backed by signals intelligence, meaning intercepted communications

Sen. Susan Collins may not have an opponent or a race until 2020, but that’s not stopping one group from creating a war chest just in case she votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.

Democrats are holding back in going after Sessions over the discrepancy, because they worry that if they go too hard at Sessions, it could provide Trump with a pretext for firing him.

...the latest step in what U.S. officials call a pressure campaign to bring the Palestinians to the negotiating table for Middle East peace talks led by [...] Jared Kushner.

Trump got bored "very often," the former White House aide said, and frequently crashed meetings "rambling from topic to topic."

Bolton [...] will lay out a new campaign Monday to punish countries and individuals that try to prosecute American personnel, the US or its allies -- in particular Israel -- at the ICC

“He just says, ‘Well, I’m going to negotiate a better deal.’ Well, what, how exactly are you going to negotiate that?” Obama continued. “What magic wand do you have? And usually the answer is, he doesn’t have an answer.”

But Trump got it wrong — way wrong — when he said it hasn't happened in a century.

...fearing that publicly attacking the attorney general could give President Donald Trump a new reason to fire him

The weakness in Chinese trade is so far coming mainly from slowing growth in exports to big trading partners like the European Union and Japan.

...hoping to draw a sharp contrast between themselves and Democrats ahead of the Nov. 6 congressional elections.

Merrick Garland may play a role in the vacant Supreme Court seat after all.

Leading Republicans took issue with the former president's scathing speech, but none disputed that Trump has threatened core American institutions.

That explosive allegation, prosecutors now say, was based on a misreading of a series of text messages between Butina and an unnamed man.

Though his office emphatically denied it was him, the likeliest author is Vice President Mike Pence, according to the website, where he’s listed at -125.

Vice-president says anonymous newspaper article was ‘obvious attempt to distract attention from booming economy’

Pence said that he's "fully cooperated" with Mueller's team over the past year and would be "more than willing to continue to provide any and all support" to aid the investigation.

The White House and GOP House leaders are pushing a second tax reform before the midterms.

“It would not be profitable to build the Focus Active in the U.S. given an expected annual sales volume of fewer than 50,000 units and its competitive segment,” the company said.

Woodward reveals that Mr Trump wanted to send a tweet ordering US military dependents – thousands of family members of 28,500 troops - to leave South Korea.

But even if they lost only a few acres of land to the 30-foot wall, the barrier would sever the property in half and make it difficult for anyone to access the riverfront.

The Trump administration held secret meetings with rebellious military officers from Venezuela over the last year to discuss their plans to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro

Zervos sued Trump over how he responded to her allegations he sexually assaulted her.

Publicly, Trump has professed love for his base, and it's obvious that he basks in their adoration. He even claimed once, while campaingin in Nevada, to “love the poorly educated.”

The nomination process has been polluted by lies for decades, it’s time to scrub the process

Not so long ago, Canada and the U.S. were the closest of comrades – then came Trump and ‘America First’

The President told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday that he may expand his proposed tariffs as part of his ongoing trade war with China

The polygraph is not a lie-detector test. It does not determine if you are telling the truth.

One theory on the decision was that Cohen, who pleaded guilty to eight financial fraud charges in August, had nothing to gain from Daniels' silence.

“We have to get it over with. It’s really bad for the country. It’s really unfair for our midterms. Really, really unfair for the midterms”

A New York Times essay by an unnamed administration official reads like the opening gambit in a push for a Pence presidency.

“It looks like the administration is simply shielding these companies from liability”

The problem for Mr. Trump is that, in some cases at least, the record shows that he has.

With Trump “punch-drunk,” Ivanka and Jared Kushner are taking the lead in the mole hunt—and they’ve set their sights on an old enemy.

Obama spent a sizable amount of time in a speech he gave in Illinois on Friday criticizing Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump, while stressing the importance of voting in the fast-approaching midterm elections.

In 2017, all of Kavanaugh’s debt besides his home mortgage was gone [...] The administration wouldn’t provide any more details.

He should be impeached, not elevated.

Kavanaugh was not a dispassionate finder of fact but rather an engineer of a political smear campaign. And after decades of that, he expects people to believe he's changed his stripes.

...for lying to the F.B.I. about his contacts with Russian intermediaries during the 2016 presidential race

Papadopoulos, 31, who was also sentenced to one year of supervised release

During a speech at the University of Illinois, the former president delivered a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump and urged Americans to vote this November.

Jared Kushner got stuck behind a locked door for one minute and 47 seconds on Thursday night

Trump on Thursday raised the prospect that he could face impeachment if Republicans lose control of Congress, imploring supporters at a campaign rally here to back GOP candidates in the midterm elections.

"Two Alaskan-based NORAD F-22 fighters intercepted and visually identified two Tu-95 'Bear' long-range bomber aircraft flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, south of the Aleutian Islands"

Even if Kavanaugh’s 2018 hedge protects him against perjury, his flat denial in 2006—only three years after the Pryor nomination itself—is clearly a false statement given under oath.

The unidentified man made several facial expressions as the president delivered his remarks.

...a move that could lead to the rapid expansion of detention facilities and more time in custody for children.

The detail and tension captured in the photo are reminiscent of a canvas by one of the great masters; a Velasquez, or perhaps Hieronimus Bosch. The more you look at the picture, the more you find.

Republicans say the New York Times op-ed will amp up the president's paranoia, not rein him in.

...a move that comes after the lawmakers were indicted in separate cases within the past month.

The Justice Department's internal watchdog referred McCabe to the U.S. attorney's office to determine whether he should face criminal charges in addition to having lost his job.

New followers are also crucial to Mr. Jones’s business hawking nutritional supplements and survival gear, which help fund his Infowars operation.

The rare division among the conservative hardliners [...] could help prevent what most of the Republican Party views as a true nightmare scenario weeks before the November election.

During today’s confirmation hearings, Brett Kavanaugh was shown to have perjured himself before Congress in 2006.

We believe, however, that any issues with the writers’ identities or their motivations for writing this piece are overridden by the necessity of informing the public about what it’s like to work for the president.

Much of what we know of as “the law” is held up by norms, not constitutional rules. Republicans appear hellbent on shattering those norms.

Society’s shared middle ground is quickly turning into a battlefield. What will that do to democracy?

...a judge in Florida ruled Grassley would have to follow normal court procedures to get Steele’s testimony.

New documents and lines of questioning from Democratic senators have the nominee stumbling. It won't matter.

...as a consultation period over the imposition of fresh tariffs on China by the Trump administration comes to an end.

The extraordinary attack from within his own camp provoked a furious reaction from Trump, who blasted the article as “anonymous, meaning gutless” in a statement before cameras at the White House.

Booker said he was ready to risk expulsion from the Senate for making public documents pertinent Kavanaugh's time as a top White House aide to President George W. Bush

“I am not sure that all legal scholars refer to Roe as the settled law of the land at the Supreme Court level since Court can always overrule its precedent, and three current Justices on the Court would do so.”

Then, he broke into an auctioneer’s rhythmic patter, drowning Loomer out as he recited a string of imaginary bids.

"I was attacked in front of the whole world, and then people made fun of me for it"

For a rusty chunk of Middle English first uttered in the 1300s, “lodestar” is making a surprise comeback.

Pence and other top Trump officials rushed on Thursday to deny that they authored an anonymous New York Times op-ed detailing a "resistance" movement inside the Trump administration

Only one North Korean, Park Jin-hyok, was named — charged with computer fraud and wire fraud

At a different time and in a different era, Wednesday’s bombshell New York Times op-ed by an anonymous senior Trump official would have been front page news across the globe.

“I think you’re thinking of someone and you don’t want to tell us.”

“How can you not remember whether you’ve had a conversation about Robert Mueller or his investigation with anyone at that law firm?”

Pence was listed at 2-to-3 odds on the site MyBookie

Alex Jones and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) had a less than amicable exchange outside of Wednesday's Senate hearing on social media accountability.

“Oh, he’ll beat me up. He doesn’t know who I am, but he is so mad,” Mr. Jones said with excitement. “You are not going to silence me. You are not going to silence America. You are literally like a little gangster thug. Rubio just threatened to silence me.”

There is a quiet resistance within the administration of people choosing to put the Koch Network’s agenda first.

I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

Sessions has engaged state attorneys general in talks on what the DOJ said are increasing concerns that Twitter, Facebook and Google are restricting the free flow of information, as Republicans allege anti-conservative bias from the platforms.

“Nike is a tenant of mine. They pay a lot of rent.”

The U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general will meet this month to discuss concerns that social media platforms are “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas”

Investigators released a cache of evidence in the case, including security camera images that captured the progress of two husky men from an Aeroflot flight to the scene of the crime, near the victim’s home, and from there back to Moscow.

British authorities posted on Wednesday detailed surveillance camera images and other information tracking the two men moving through busy Gatwick Airport, crowded London train and subway stations and the streets of Salisbury — all while allegedly carrying the military-grade poison.

“In the old days, we used to throw them out. Today, I guess they just keep screaming.”

It’s expected to be the most contentious Supreme Court nominee hearing in decades

In a tweet, of course.

Only the Obama WH can get away with attacking Bob Woodward. – Donald J. Trump, Mar 1 2013

How did Steve Bannon taunt Ivanka Trump when he really wanted to get under her skin? He called her a “staffer”

In his opening statement, Kavanaugh outlined his approach to hearing cases, saying that judges should be an "umpire, a neutral and impartial arbiter" and deal in real cases, not abstract theories.

...with loud objections from Democratic senators, the arrests of dozens of protesters and questions even from some Republicans about how Kavanaugh would separate himself from President Trump, the man who chose him.

Democrats have made Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing about process.

Changes in the labor market have upended myriad jobs that used to pay well, dragging down wages and leaving millions of American workers feeling misled and frustrated.

While many dislike the idea of tech companies censoring political speech, and Infowars leans far right, Mr. Jones regularly spreads lies, conspiracy theories and inflammatory attacks against political enemies.

Mueller will accept written answers from Mr. Trump on questions about whether his campaign conspired with Russia’s election interference

EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins said the agency had no formal threat-assessment process to determine what was actually warranted.

A central theme of the book is the stealthy machinations used by those in Trump’s inner sanctum to try to control his impulses and prevent disasters, both for the president personally and for the nation he was elected to lead.

The least-sexy news in health care these days — bundled payments — might also be the most important.

Trump reached a new low when he denounced the indictments of two GOP congressmen accused of financial crimes.

“What are we trying to hide? Why are we rushing?”

The president has finally stated it plainly: He believes the government should subjugate rule of law to his political needs.

I’m turning on my tape recorder, with your permission.

Even President Donald Trump is worried about the likely humanitarian catastrophe.

Tuesday marks at least the second time in the past year Trump has suggested that NBC's license should be scrutinized.

A historically divisive Supreme Court nomination, explained in 8 polls.

The special prosecutor quietly and subtly played the president, who even now has no real clue what Mueller and his zipped-lipped crew are up to.

“Not a single senator will be able to review these records before tomorrow”

...for various New York City sanitation and building violations, much of that bill incurred while [...] Jared Kushner was running the company.

...if Republicans hold Congress in November, they will indeed repeal Obamacare. That’s not a guess: It’s an explicit promise, made by Vice President Mike Pence last week.

...after a swift backlash from big-name participants who said they would not attend if Bannon remained on the schedule.

The Supreme Court nominee opposes even the most basic campaign finance limits.

No itinerary has been issued but it is expected that the president will visit a golf resort he owns in Doonbeg, County Clare

Trump’s incoherence grows to keep pace with his desperation. These days, he makes less sense than ever — a sign that this malignant presidency has entered a new, more dangerous phase.

The former mayor’s theatrical, combative style of politics anticipated—and perfectly aligns with—the President’s.

"But there are no constitutional defenses to what the Southern District is investigating," Dershowitz added. "So, I think the Southern District is the greatest threat."

Trump attacked [...] Sessions [...] in connection with the indictments of two GOP congressmen on corruption charges, saying they could hurt the Republican Party in the midterm elections.

Again, even two polls do not make a trend, but Republicans surely have reason for alarm.

Ten years after the worst financial panic since the 1930s, growing debt burdens in key developing economies are fueling fears of a new crisis that could spread far beyond the disruption sweeping Turkey.

The president's attack came after Trumka appeared on "Fox News Sunday" over the weekend where he said efforts to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement should include Canada.

Trump is supporting Cruz in a tighter-than-expected race to keep a Republican majority in the Senate.

If confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh would swing the court sharply to the right.

Until several weeks ago, the Israeli policy was that any cut in American funding of UNRWA should be gradual and without any aid cuts to Gaza, thanks to the fear of a humanitarian collapse and an escalation on the ground.

The app developer at the heart of the Facebook privacy scandal says the social media giant didn't enforce its own rules

Trump once said that, as president, he was "not going to have time to go play golf." He also spent years attacking former President Barack Obama for golfing and taking vacations while in office.

Kobach, the Republican candidate for Kansas governor in the upcoming 2018 midterms, is a key ally of President Donald Trump on voter fraud and headed the president’s since-disbanded election fraud commission.

Omarosa did this with a personal phone, almost always on record mode.

The McAllen center is notorious for putting detainees in cage-like rooms and, during the recent “zero tolerance” period, for separating parents from their children. Immigrants know it as “the icebox” and “the dog pound.”

The systematic effort to win the cooperation of the oligarchs, which has not previously been revealed, does not appear to have scored any successes.

Among the things Ohr said he learned from Steele during the breakfast was that an unnamed former Russian intelligence official had communicated that Russian intelligence believed “they had Trump over a barrel”

The sharp dichotomy of Trump’s pugilistic posts and the dignified memorial service, broadcast live by cable news stations and online, underscored the president’s unwillingness to embrace the traditional duties of office and his scorn of Washington’s protocols and conventions

Doctors and scientists say microwave strikes may have caused sonic delusions and very real brain damage among embassy staff and family members.

The Trump administration will hold back more than 100,000 pages of documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's service because the White House and the Department of Justice have determined they are protected by constitutional privilege