Trump expands legal team as Democrats release new documents
Records show text exchanges between Lev Parnas and Robert Hyde that indicate a third, unidentified individual was tracking then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch.
The new legal firepower includes Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz and former independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr.
Supreme Court will hear cases on electoral college, birth control mandate
Justices will consider states’ concerns that a handful of “faithless” electors could decide the next presidential election. The court will also consider the Trump administration’s attempt to allow some employers and universities to claim religious or moral exemptions from offering contraceptive care.
Ex-congressman Collins sentenced to more than 2 years on insider-trading, false-statements charges
A judge sentenced the New York Republican on counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and lying to the FBI, following Chris Collins’s guilty plea last year.
The original, unaltered photo of the 2017 Women’s March in the District. An altered version appears in an exhibit at the National Archives. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
National Archives exhibit blurs signs in Women’s March image critical of Trump
Officials acknowledged making multiple alterations to a photo of the 2017 Women’s March showcased at the museum. Some signs held by marchers criticizing the president or referencing women’s anatomy were blurred.
More pizza, fewer vegetables: Trump administration further undercuts Obama school-lunch rules
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has taken another whack at former first lady Michelle Obama’s signature achievement: Establishing stricter nutritional standards for school breakfasts and lunches. And on her birthday.
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The new book “A Very Stable Genius” documents how President Trump lashed out at attempts by military leaders and diplomats to teach him about U.S. alliances and obligations around the globe.
The new virus has sickened dozens in China, and two people have died. Cases have spread to Thailand and Japan. There are no known cases in the United States, but health experts are concerned.
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers a sermon. (Reuters)
The supreme leader spoke in Tehran, where he led Friday prayers for the first time in eight years.
The news went down like a burnt soufflé in the world of high gastronomy, with food writers on both sides of the Atlantic expressing their outrage.
The president complained Democrats would “kill us” on health care if the administration did not do more to lower drug prices and enact other reforms.
Both the Trump and Obama administrations fought the lawsuit, arguing that the young people did not meet the legal requirements to bring such a sweeping case.
The former chair of the Drexel University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is charged with theft by unlawful taking and theft by deception, authorities say.
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