Evening Edition: Trump says he is considering declaring national emergency to build border wall
Pence, top Trump appointees are in line for raises as federal workers go without pay during shutdown; Supreme Court to hear cases on partisan gerrymandering
President Trump amplified his rhetoric about border wall funding after a White House meeting that Democratic leaders characterized as lengthy and contentious. Earlier, the White House scrambled to unify Republicans who showed impatience with the partial government shutdown.
By Seung Min Kim, Erica Werner and Josh Dawsey · Read more
Raises of about $10,000 are set to go into effect for hundreds of senior political appointees beginning Saturday, according to documents and people with knowledge of the matter. Vice President Pence told reporters Friday he would turn down the raise.
The justices will review rulings from two lower courts that found congressional maps in North Carolina and Maryland so infected with politics that they violated the rights of voters.
On Friday, Ireland became the fourth country to claim Paul Whelan as a citizen — adding to the increasingly complex picture of the former U.S. Marine whom Russians have accused of spying.
By Paul Sonne, Amie Ferris-Rotman and Shane Harris · Read more
Consider this: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has raised five children. She is impervious to hormonal people screaming "I hate you," while demanding they be liberated from her rule.
For the probes being conducted by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, the grand jury's tenure, originally set to end Saturday after 18 months, will continue, though it's not clear for how long.
The vulgar remark from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) immediately laid bare the rift between a strong majority of the Democratic base, which wants to impeach Trump, and a Democratic leadership that clearly views that as premature and politically unwise.
A year and a half after President Trump's sons announced a new line of hotels, progress has been slow. Meanwhile, the company has lost deals and been the target of investigations.
By Jonathan O'Connell and Justin Vicory · Read more
At a certain point, the best in any field can't be evaluated against other practitioners of that same pursuit. LeBron James isn't measured against his contemporaries. Tiger Woods in his prime was chasing the limits of golf. And now, there is Mikaela Shiffrin.
Five Louisiana children traveling with their church group to Disney World were among the seven people killed Thursday in a horrific highway crash near Gainesville, Fla., authorities said.
Shane Harris tells the story about a former Marine being detained in Russia on suspicion of spying. Annie Linskey on how the "likability" question will affect female 2020 candidates. Plus, voices from the government shutdown.
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