News Analysis: Trump Confronts the Prospect of a ‘Nonstop Political War’ for Survival
Questions about whether the president is a Russian agent made clear that the government shutdown may be just the initial skirmish in an all-out battle between him and Congress.
An Ocean Engineer and a Nuclear Physicist Walk Into Congress …
Eight Democratic scientists won House seats in November, campaigning on issues like offshore drilling and climate change. Now they want to make Congress more scientific.
‘Made in Staten Island,’ an MTV Reality Show, Makes the Borough Look Bad, Critics Say
An online petition says the show, which debuts on Monday, makes the borough look it is a “cesspool of gangsters, meatheads and low lives.”
Democrats Push to Block Sanctions Relief for Russian Oligarch’s Companies
Amid concerns that the Trump administration is going easy on Russia, Senator Chuck Schumer plans a Senate vote to protect sanctions against the companies of Oleg V. Deripaska.
Infowars Must Turn Over Internal Documents to Sandy Hook Families, Judge Rules
Relatives of Sandy Hook victims sued the show’s host, Alex Jones, for suggesting the shooting was a hoax. Now they will gain access to his business plans.
At Least 9 Dead as Winter Storm Slams Parts of the Midwest
A state trooper in Illinois was among those killed in storm-related crashes, officials said.
Fact-Check of the Day: Explaining Trump’s Tweet on Crimes by Immigrants
President Trump cited an array of statistics to paint a portrait of widespread criminal conduct by undocumented immigrants. Here’s the context behind them.
For Sheriff Who Led Search for Jayme Closs, No Sweeter Words Than ‘We Got Her’
A Q. and A. with Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald of Barron County, Wis., which was upended after a brutal murder and the disappearance of a young girl.
Trump Laces Into F.B.I. Over Inquiry Into Whether He Aided Russia
President Trump cast James B. Comey and other former top F.B.I. officials as corrupt and politically motivated, saying they had opened the counterintelligence investigation for “no reason.”
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s Rocket Company, Cuts 10 Percent of Its Work Force
The private company, which aims to send humans to Mars, will have about 6,000 employees remaining after the companywide layoffs.
Patricia Wald, First Woman to Preside Over D.C. Appeals Court, Dies at 90
A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, she was the first woman to serve on the Court of Appeals in Washington. She was soon joined by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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