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Trump Takes Off To Mar-A-Lago After National Emergency Declaration
What To Know About The Mueller Investigation Into Russian Election Interference
Special Counsel Announces Evidence Of Roger Stone’s WikiLeaks Contact
Ann Coulter Slams Back At Trump: The Only Emergency Is Our ‘Idiot’ President
Victims Identified In Illinois Factory Mass Shooting
How The Financial Advice Industry Is Failing Those Who Need It Most
CENSUS SHOWDOWN REACHES SUPREME COURT
Supreme Court Will Hear Case Challenging Citizenship Question In 2020 Census
By Sam Levine
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TAX REFUND FIASCO IS POLITICAL PAYBACK FOR GOP
Republicans Stepped On This Rake Last Year And Now It’s Hitting Them In The Face
By Arthur Delaney

WHAT'S HOT

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‘WORLD LEADER PRETEND!’
R.E.M. Trashes ‘President Asshole’ Trump Over ‘Everybody Hurts’ Meme
By Lee Moran
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‘STATE OF EMERGENCY’
Jim Carrey Gives Birth To His Most Disturbing Trump Cartoon Yet
By Lee Moran
Disney
The Voice of Ariel Gets Deep About ‘Little Mermaid’ Criticism
By Bill Bradley
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Bad News About Your Dog’s Poop
By Kate Bratskeir
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Donald Trump Jr. Delivers Yet Another Spectacular Self-Own On Twitter
By Lee Moran

IN THE NEWS

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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Destroys Bogus Claim She Hired Her Boyfriend
By Amy Russo
“Next time check your facts before you tweet nonsense.”
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POLITICS
Trump Lawyers May Have Lied About Cohen’s Hush Money To Women: Rep. Cummings
By Mary Papenfuss
Findings raise questions about to what extent Trump directed "falsehoods" by his personal and White House attorneys.
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MEDIA
Jeffrey Toobin: Roger Stone’s Gag Order Like ‘Taking Off A Limb’
By Amy Russo
“He lives for public attention.”
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BUSINESS
Payless ShoeSource To Close All Remaining 2,100 Stores
Expect liquidation sales as the stores wind down operations by spring.
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RELIGION
Vatican Expels Theordore McCarrick From Priesthood On Sex Abuse Accusations
The former U.S. cardinal is the highest profile church figure to be dismissed from the priesthood in modern times.
POLITICS
Jimmy Carter Gets Caught On NBA Game Kiss Cam
By Lee Moran
The former president was filmed locking lips during the Atlanta Hawks' game against the New York Knicks.
MEDIA
Chris Wallace: Previous Presidents’ National Emergencies Have Been ‘Real’
By Lee Moran
Wallace doesn't think "there's ever been a declaration of emergency" like Donald Trump's over the border wall.
HUFFPOST PERSONAL
What I Learned About Myself By Watching American TV As A Teen In India
By Chandni Doulatramani, Guest Writer
I connected with these American teens from a distant land in a way I hadn’t connected with anyone else in my real life.
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POLITICS
Rep. Nadler Tells Chris Cuomo That GOP Will Vote Against The ‘Tyranny’ Of Trump
By Mary Papenfuss
Congressman calls declaration “one of the largest challenges to the constitutional order in American history."
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MEDIA
CBS Ditches Trump Speech For ‘The Price Is Right’
By Amy Russo
The network cut off the president only 20 minutes into his national emergency declaration announcement.
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POLITICS
AOC Slams The ‘Racial Injustice’ Of The Cannabis Business As White Men Profit
By Mary Papenfuss
She suggests "affirmative-action licensing" to mitigate the "racial wealth gap" in areas that faced the war on drugs.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Bruno Ganz, Who Played Adolf Hitler In ‘Downfall,’ Dead At 77
The Swiss actor's portrayal of the Nazi German dictator spawned countless internet parodies.