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School administrators in a town outside Minneapolis are condemning as “anti-Semitic” and “outrageous” a social media post showing two students giving a Nazi salute in front of a poster that appears to make light of Hitler and Nazis. The two students from Minnetonka High School are pictured giving the Nazi salute while in front of an invitation to a dance that reads: “Sweethearts would be a Hit(ler) w/ you, and…

BuzzFeed’s extraordinary report last night suggests that President Trump conspired to induce perjury and obstruct justice. It has excited many Democrats. But even if BuzzFeed is correct in its central assertion — that two federal law enforcement sources say Trump told his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress — I’m not convinced it’s a major problem for the president. Unless, that is, law enforcement has audio recordings of…

The president and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have made it abundantly clear that this is all a performance to them. Trump had two years of Republican control of the House and Senate and failed to prioritize his premier campaign promise: increased border security. A GOP-controlled Congress didn’t pass so much as an e-verify expansion bill, let alone secure funding for his wall. He waited until the eleventh hour before…

On Friday, markets jumped in response to news of a potential deal to end the ongoing trade war between the United States and China. Naturally, investors are happy just to hear that. But China’s proposal, to boost imports of U.S. goods and cut back on America’s trade deficit with China, won’t solve any of the core issues that sparked the trade war in the first place. Does China cheat on…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump shake hands prior to their meeting in Singapore in June 2018. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump shake hands prior to their meeting in Singapore in June 2018. Evan Vucci/AP Updated at 3:53 p.m. ET President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have agreed to a second meeting…

BEAR, Del.— Four boys ranging in age from 12 to 14 have been charged with kidnapping and raping a girl in Delaware last month, police announced Friday. New Castle County Police said in a statement that officers called to a community in Bear on Dec. 11 learned the boys forced the girl into a home and raped her. They say two boys also threatened her with a weapon, warning her…

CLOSE President Trump fired a new shot in the war over ownership of the government shutdown. Trump canceled a military flight Pelosi had booked. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s campaign is raising money to send bricks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over the ongoing dispute to fund a wall along the southern border that led to the partial government shutdown.  “Since Chuck and Nancy…

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The first step the North Koreans were expected to take after the June meeting was a detailed inventory of their nuclear assets. That was to include the number of weapons they have produced — variously estimated at 20 to 60 — the locations of those weapons, any nuclear materials used to produce new weapons and a detailed list of their missiles and missile launchers. The United States wanted to use…

On the first day of the teacher strike, demonstrators marched in downtown Los Angeles for, among other things, more nurses, librarians and counselors, and smaller class sizes. Roxanne Turpen for NPR hide caption toggle caption Roxanne Turpen for NPR On the first day of the teacher strike, demonstrators marched in downtown Los Angeles for, among other things, more nurses, librarians and counselors, and smaller class sizes. Roxanne Turpen for NPR…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took square aim at the sweeping anti-corruption and voting rights bill House Democrats are pushing as their first of the year. McConnell wrote a scathing op-ed in the Washington Post on Thursday, characterizing the bill as a Democratic attempt to “grow the federal government’s power over Americans’ political speech and elections.” “It should be called the Democrat Politician Protection Act,” he wrote. Join the Vox…

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President Trump now stands accused of directing his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about Trump’s attempt to court Vladimir Putin during the campaign and build a hotel in Moscow. After two years of “bombshell” reports that proved duds, and “this is the beginning of the end!!!” declarations from the press, it’s natural to be skeptical of the import of this one. Also, after the biggest earlier bombshells…

President Donald Trump directed his former fixer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about a real estate deal that the president’s company was pursuing in Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to a bombshell report published late Thursday by BuzzFeed News. The revelation comes two days after William Barr, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee about his views on whether the president can…

Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer convicted of murdering 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, will find out his sentence Friday. Van Dyke is expected to testify on his own behalf. Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan will also hear from Van Dyke’s wife and teen daughter, as well as McDonald’s family. TIMELINE: Jason Van Dyke trial, Laquan McDonald shooting In 2014, Van Dyke shot the black teen 16 times. Video of…

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis newscaster has apologized for what he called an unintentional racial slur while referencing Martin Luther King Jr., nearly two weeks after the same phrase cost another broadcaster his job. KTVI-TV’s Kevin Steincross said during a Thursday morning broadcast that an upcoming tribute would honor “Martin Luther Coon Jr.” Steincross apologized during a later broadcast, saying he has “total respect for Dr. King, what he…

Outside of Congress, the BuzzFeed report created a buzz throughout Twitter into the pre-dawn hours on Friday: 

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has canceled his delegation’s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week due to the partial U.S. government shutdown, according to a statement released by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday. Trump, who attended last year’s Davos event, had planned to go again this year but pulled out last week as he grapples with Democrats in Congress over funding for a wall…

Speaking at the State Department on Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence was clear on where negotiations on North Korean denuclearization stood: “While the president has started a promising dialogue with Chairman Kim, we still await concrete steps by North Korea to dismantle the nuclear weapons that threaten our people and our allies in the region.” As President Trump sets the stage for a second meeting with North Korean dictator Kim…

On Thursday, President Trump released his much-anticipated Missile Defense Review. Speaking at the Pentagon, he talked up the plan to boost missile defense in grandiose terms, but the real message of the review, both unclassified and short on specific calls to action, wasn’t the president’s words but the challenges it lays out, most significantly complacency and new threats from China and Russia. Unfortunately, the report and the president’s address points…