Northam sworn in as governor, pledges less toxic politics

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, who rode a wave of voter unhappiness with President Donald Trump to electoral victory, took the oath of office Saturday with a pledge to make politics less toxic and more productive. Speaking to a crowd gathered in dreary, cold weather on the south portico of the state Capitol, Northam took veiled shots at the president while promising to govern with a "moral compass."

The Covfefe Chronicles: How Many Lies Will Trump Pack into His Presidential Memoirs?

Once Donald Trump is removed from office-either through term limits, a 2020 loss, a resignation or an impeachment-he and a right-wing ghostwriter will secure a big-money contract for his presidential memoirs. There will be a built-in audience for such a book-the still-loyal members of the MAGA crowd, the right-wing evangelicals who believe Trump is their second savior, the anti-Democratic Party ideologues who can't wait for Chappaquiddick to come out so that they can rejoice in the denigration of Ted Kennedy's legacy.

WV DHHR: 4 of nearly 900 Tanf applicants test positive for drugs

Chelsea Manning files to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland Chelsea Manning, the transgender former Army private who was convicted of passing sensitive government documents to Wikileaks, has filed to run for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, according to federal election filings. Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say - The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency confirmed on Saturday that there was no ballistic missile headed toward the state, minutes after an emergency alert was sent to cellphones urging people to seek immediate shelter.

Trump Thinks Only Black People are on Welfare, but, Really, White…

Chelsea Manning files to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland Chelsea Manning, the transgender former Army private who was convicted of passing sensitive government documents to Wikileaks, has filed to run for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, according to federal election filings. Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say - The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency confirmed on Saturday that there was no ballistic missile headed toward the state, minutes after an emergency alert was sent to cellphones urging people to seek immediate shelter.

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with ‘swatting’ suspect from Sedgwick County jail

Chelsea Manning files to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland Chelsea Manning, the transgender former Army private who was convicted of passing sensitive government documents to Wikileaks, has filed to run for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, according to federal election filings. Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say - The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency confirmed on Saturday that there was no ballistic missile headed toward the state, minutes after an emergency alert was sent to cellphones urging people to seek immediate shelter.

Leaders say Trump presidency is at odds with MLK’s legacy

As the Martin Luther King holiday approached, religious and community leaders condemned President Donald Trump's recent comments about Haiti and African countries during an immigration meeting at the White House. WARNING GRAPHIC LANGUAGE: President Donald Trump repeated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's words: "that no matter what the color of our skin, or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by God."

Sean Penn: Donald Trump Is ‘An Enemy of Mankind’

The actor penned the Time essay following Trump's "shithole countries" remark aimed at African nations and earthquake-ravaged Haiti, where Penn has dedicated his humanitarian efforts. Penn first praised former president Barack Obama's deployment of 22,000 service members to help Haitians when the earthquake struck on January 12th, 2010; Penn's op-ed comes on the eighth anniversary of the earthquake, and the actor recounted the efforts to help the Haitians as well as the island nation's ongoing struggles.

Trump taps long historical vein against immigration

US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Airforce One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on January 12, 2018, for a weekend trip to Mar-a-Lago. AFP / Nicholas Kamm Washington: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free": The words on the Statue of Liberty have beckoned comers to the "Nation of Immigrants" for more than a century.

It’s been a dreadful week for Donald Trump, and anyone defending him

It went from bad to worse to catastrophic for the leader of the free world. Seriously, how did this happen? The United States ended the first week of 2018 by talking about the mental fitness of its president, thanks to a bombshell book that, among other things, called into account his mental faculties and awareness.

Trump would make ‘big mistake’ by leaving Iran deal: Moscow

Moscow, Russia on Saturday said Washington would be making a grave mistake by pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, adding that Moscow would work hard to keep the landmark agreement alive. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov criticised remarks by US President Donald Trump, who on Friday said the US will not reimpose nuclear sanctions on Iran for the moment, but would withdraw later this year unless the terms of the deal are changed.

Trump’s vulgarity: Overt racism or a president who says what many think?13 minutes ago

In this Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. One barnyard epithet, and the leader of the free world was now definitively a racist or, alternatively, was back in the good graces of those who had worried he was wavering in his nationalism.

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews joked about his ‘Bill Cosby Pill’ before…

MSNBC's "Hardball" host Chris Matthews joked about drugging then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton before sitting down with her for an interview in early 2016, according to exclusive outtake footage published by New York magazine's The Cut Friday . "Where's that Bill Cosby pill I brought with me?" he asked.

At UN, diplomats are watching Candidate Haley

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney listen as US President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, US, January 10, 2018. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst United Nations, United States: One year into the job, Nikki Haley stands out as the star of President Donald Trump's administration, and diplomats say the UN ambassador is directing some of that star power into a likely White House bid.

White House doctor: Donald Trump in ‘excellent health’ despite rumours

Some of the comments were published in a new book about Mr Trump's first year in office, Fire And Fury: Inside The Trump White House by Michael Wolff, which White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has denounced as "complete fantasy" for portraying her 71-year-old boss as undisciplined and in over his head as president. Mr Trump himself has pushed back hard against any suggestion that he is mentally unfit, declaring himself "a very stable genius".

AP news guide: Russia probes still going strong in 2018

Late last year, lawyers for Trump expressed opti... . FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, after Vice President Mike Pence administere... Documents show that FBI agents knew the gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history left behind big stashes of guns, ammunition and explosives when they sought warrants to search his properties... Documents show that FBI agents knew the gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history left behind big stashes of guns, ammunition and explosives when they sought warrants to search his properties and online accounts.

Diplomats try to smooth over Trump’s remarks

By JOSH LEDERMAN and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON - American diplomats scrambled Friday to salvage their nation's bonds with Africa, Haiti and even the celebrated "special relationship" with Britain after President Donald Trump, in the span of a few hours, deeply offended much of the world with the most undiplomatic of remarks.

Trump comments highlight racial impact of migration platform

For years, a movement to limit the number of migrants into the U.S. and end a system that favors family members of legal residents has had to fend off criticism that it's as a poorly veiled attempt to produce a whiter America. Then its most prominent supporter told members of Congress in the Oval Office this week that the U.S. needs fewer immigrants from Haiti and Africa and more from places like Norway.