Tuesday's Headlines: Turkish investigators search Saudi Consulate where journalist last seen
Finance CEOs latest to pull out of Saudi 'Davos in the Desert'; Trump sidesteps truth with his go-to moves on '60 Minutes'; Judge throws out Stormy Daniels's defamation lawsuit...
Democracy Dies in Darkness
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The search was conducted 13 days after Jamal Khashoggi vanished while visiting the facility in Istanbul, and came as expectations mounted among U.S. officials that Saudi Arabia will admit some level of complicity in the death of the journalist, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
By Kareem Fahim, John Wagner and Souad Mekhennet • Read more »
Global banks and investment firms have been earning large fees from Saudi Arabia — and stood to earn even more if the kingdom made good on plans to privatize its oil industry.
In his televised interview, the president again proved that his rhetoric is fundamentally based on making statements that are not true and on being as deceptive as his audience will allow.
U.S. District Judge S. James Otero also ordered the adult film actress to pay the president's legal fees. Daniels's lawsuit claimed that President Trump defamed her when he suggested her allegation that she was threatened to stay quiet about their relationship was a lie.
Mr. Allen was 22 and Bill Gates was 19 when the friends formed a company that became known as Microsoft, unleashing a personal-computer revolution that made both men fabulously wealthy. He left Microsoft in 1983 and invested his billions in sports teams, aerospace ventures and philanthropic efforts.
No other president dating back to at least Ronald Reagan had raised as much money as Trump at this point in his first term, according to the Campaign Finance Institute.
By Michelle Lee and Anu Narayanswamy • Read more »
The Massachusetts senator responded to months of "Pocahontas" gibes from President Trump, but the reaction distracted from more-pressing Democratic needs: keeping the focus on the upcoming midterm elections.
Four days after Cardinal Donald Wuerl's exit over abuse criticism, Catholic leaders said the move was necessary for "full transparency." The cases go back to 1948.
By Michelle Boorstein and Julie Zauzmer • Read more »
The defense secretary said he has never spoken to President Trump about leaving his position, nor did he see the interview in which Trump called called the retired general "sort of a Democrat."
The Trump administration proposal would require list prices of prescription drugs to be included in television advertisements, as part of its attempt to bring down drug prices.
By Amy Goldstein and Carolyn Y. Johnson • Read more »
A new report suggests the decline in invertebrate populations is more widespread than scientists realized. Huge numbers of bugs have been lost in a pristine national forest in Puerto Rico, the study found, and the forest's insect-eating animals have gone missing, too.
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