WASHINGTON—President Trump declared a national emergency Friday over border security, bypassing Congress to divert money from elsewhere in the government to pay for additional barriers along the southern border, a move likely to ignite immediate…
How the Democrats Went Nuts in Three Months
Senator Bernie Sanders (I, Vt.) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 13, 2018. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) As centrists, they would clean up in 2020, but instead, it’s leftward ho! The Democrats swept to power…
San Jose police shooting: Abducted UPS driver hailed…
Click here if you are having trouble viewing the photo gallery or video on your mobile device. SAN JOSE — A UPS driver abducted during a carjacking on Thursday is being lauded for having nerves…
U.S. Supreme Court to decide legality of census…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide the fate of a fiercely contested plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, agreeing on Friday to an…
The Tech Whiz Behind Vine and HQ Trivia…
Colin Kroll, a college dropout turned startup millionaire, drifted through his company’s holiday party at Gran Morsi, a cozy Italian restaurant in downtown Manhattan. Dressed in a gray sweater and jeans, he chatted up employees…
Best noise-cancelling headphones 2019: For travel and more
BEST DEALS ON NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES THIS WEEK Listening to music can have a profound effect on your state of mind — which could be part of the reason we buy headphones like they're candy. Listening…
Trump Signs Border-Security-Funding Compromise
President Donald Trump declares a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border in Washington, D.C., February 15, 2019. (Carlos Barria/REUTERS) The White House confirmed Friday that President Trump has signed a border-security-funding compromise bill passed by…
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Interviewed by Special Counsel’s Team
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes questions during a daily briefing, March 5, 2018. (Leah Millis/Reuters) White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sat for an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators,…
Collusion: The Criminalization of Policy Disputes
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Green Bay, Wisc., in August 2016. (Eric Thayer/Reuters) The word covers every contact between anyone connected to Trump and anyone connected to Russia, with…
The Lost Art of Books
At a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Manhattan in 2010 (Lily Bowers/Reuters) Book covers aren't what they used to be Every weekday morning, I commute from Brooklyn to midtown Manhattan in subway cars so packed…
Daily Crunch: Amazon scraps HQ2 plans in NYC
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Did…
Apple acquires talking Barbie voicetech startup PullString
Apple has just bought up the talent it needs to make talking toys a part of Siri, HomePod, and its voice strategy. Apple has acquired PullString, also known as ToyTalk, according to Axios’ Dan Primack…
Payless ShoeSource closing all 2,100 U.S. stores, starting…
The discount shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource is set to close all of its stores when its files for bankruptcy later this month. Veuer's Mercer Morrison has the story. Buzz60 Payless ShoeSource confirmed Friday that it…
NBA All-Star Game, Daytona 500, McCabe talks to…
Editors, USA TODAY Published 4:08 a.m. ET Feb. 16, 2019 | Updated 4:09 a.m. ET Feb. 16, 2019 Aurora, Illinois, shooting: Investigation into alleged gunman's past, motives Authorities will resume their investigation into the deadly…
Pro football league AAF is using technology that…
The AAF surpassed expectations and opened to rave reviews and good viewership totals. USA TODAY Less than a week removed from the Super Bowl, a new pro football league debuted last weekend with an average…
Kaepernick, Reid settle grievances against NFL
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and current Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid have reached a settlement with the NFL concerning their collusion grievances against the league, it was announced Friday. "For the past…
Lakers no longer favored to make playoffs at…
Betting on LeBron James to make the postseason has been a wise (and profitable) move historically. Since missing the playoffs in his first two seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, James' teams have made the postseason…
Aurora workplace shooter was set to be fired…
Authorities have identified Gary Martin as the gunman who killed several employees at an Aurora, Ill. warehouse and injured five police officers. (LinkedIn) The gunman in a deadly shooting spree at a manufacturing warehouse in…
Candid Marilyn Monroe photos revealed in new London…
Candid photographs of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe are on display in London for a new exhibition, Fox News has learned Friday. The collection of rare images, titled “A Week With Marilyn,” highlights images taken by…
How Antonella Barba went from ‘American Idol’ standout…
Antonella Barba’s bizarre life story is certainly one for the books – or should we say, one for the movies. Only this one doesn’t look like it will have a happy ending. The 32-year-old singer…
Lorena Bobbitt explains why she never remarried after…
A new Amazon documentary series on Lorena Bobbitt reveals misconceptions on its subject and domestic violence.. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Lorena Gallo, known to the world as Lorena Bobbitt, has been with her partner for more…
Senate votes to confirm Trump pick William Barr…
The Senate voted Thursday to approve William Barr as attorney general, giving the Justice Department its first confirmed chief since President TrumpDonald John TrumpBill Kristol resurfaces video of Pence calling Obama executive action on immigration…
House passes border deal, setting up Trump to…
The House voted Thursday night to approve a border security deal that prevents a new government shutdown in a 300-128 vote. The vote sets up President TrumpDonald John TrumpBill Kristol resurfaces video of Pence calling Obama…
The Memo: Trump and McCabe go to war
A new front opened in an old war Thursday as President TrumpDonald John TrumpBill Kristol resurfaces video of Pence calling Obama executive action on immigration a 'profound mistake' ACLU says planned national emergency declaration is…