Pelosi’s Doomsday Scenario: Dem leader could face rebellion if House takeover fails

House Democrats see a big opportunity this year to seize control of the chamber after years in the wilderness, but the favorable landscape has emerged as a double-edged sword for Nancy Pelosi - putting high expectations on the House minority leader to deliver or face a resurgent effort to unseat her. The California Democrat has held onto her leadership post for roughly a dozen years, brushing aside past challenges and touting her political acumen all along, despite her party being relegated to the minority since the 2010 midterms.

House looks for way to compel Bannon to talk

Former top White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives Thursday on Capitol Hill for questioning by the House Intelligence Committee in its investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Bannon presented a list of 25 questions he would be willing to answer, all reportedly scripted by the White House and all with the answer "no."

Donald Trump on Twitter: – they are laughing their asses off in Moscow’

U.S. President Donald Trump continued to rail against ongoing probes into ties between his campaign team and Russia on Twitter Sunday morning as he said that they are "laughing their asses off in Moscow." He began his tweet with: "If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the U.S. then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations and Party hatred."

David Geffen Fast Facts

The David Geffen Medical College Scholarship fund offers full tuition to the school's best applicants who attend the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Under Geffen's tenure, Geffen Records was home to popular artists such as Cher, Donna Summer, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Elton John, and Guns 'N' Roses.

17 massacred in Florida school, ex-student charged with murder

Washington, Feb 15 - A 19-year-old returned to the high school which had ousted him for indiscipline in the US state of Florida and went on a shooting spree, slaughtering 17 students and teachers in one of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history. Nikolas Cruz escaped after the bloodbath but was caught an hour later in the neighbouring Coral Spring city and charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, the New York Times said.

The Latest: School superintendent chokes up during interview

CORRECTS SPELLING TO MARJORY NOT MARJORIE Students are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, after a shooter opened fire on the campus. CORRECTS SPELLING TO MARJORY NOT MARJORIE Students are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, after a shooter opened fire on the campus.

Florida teen charged with 17 murders legally bought AR-15

An orphaned 19-year-old with a troubled past and his own AR-15 rifle was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder Thursday morning after being questioned for hours by state and federal authorities following the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. in five years. Nikolas Cruz, still wearing a hospital gown after being treated for labored breathing, and weighing in at 5-foot-7 and 131 pounds, was ordered held without bond and booked into jail.

IG Reviewing FCC Changes That Benefited Sinclair-Tribune Merger

The internal watchdog at the Federal Communications Commission opened an investigation into whether changes made by the agency last year improperly helped to grease the skids for Sinclair's purchase of Tribune, The New York Times reported. At issue is the timing.

FCC chair actions on eve of Sinclair-Tribune deal under scrutiny

The Federal Communications Commission's top internal watchdog has opened an investigation into whether agency chair Ajit Pai and others improperly changed rules governing ownership of TV stations in order to benefit Sinclair Broadcasting. The New York Times reported today that just weeks after Pai spearheaded rule changes last April that resulted in companies like Sinclair being able to own significantly more stations, the broadcasting giant said it had agreed to purchase Tribune Media for $3.9 billion.

Heartbreak: First victim of Florida school shooting named

Jaime's photo was among the dozens of pictures parents shared on Facebook, hoping someone from the school community would have information about their children. In this frame grab from video provided by WPLG-TV, law enforcement personnel arrest an unidentified man , following the shooting.

Officials say Florida high school shooter was expelled student

A heavily armed young man barged into his former high school about an hour northwest of Miami on Wednesday, opening fire on terrified students and teachers and leaving a death toll of 17 that could rise even higher, authorities said. Students huddled in horror in their classrooms, with some of them training their cellphones on the carnage, capturing sprawled bodies, screams and gunfire that began with a few shots and then continued with more and more.

Gov. Rick Scott on Shooting: ‘Absolutely Pure Evil’

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday described the shooting at a South Florida high school that killed 17 students and adults as "absolutely pure evil" - and the state will pay funeral costs for the victims and counseling for survivors. "As soon as you hear something like this is happening, the first thing you start thinking about the families," Scott, a two-term Republican, told reporters at a late-night news conference in Parkland, Fla.