Trump Denies Knowing of Any Hush Money Paid to Porn Actress - The New York Times

Trump Denies Knowing of Any Hush Money Paid to Porn Actress - The New York Times: In his first public remarks on the matter, President Trump told reporters that he knew nothing about the $130,000 paid to Stormy Daniels, remarks that could complicate his legal battle against her.

Insurance Hurdles Burden Doctors, Harm Patients

Insurance Hurdles Burden Doctors, Harm Patients: A survey of 1,000 practicing physicians by the American Medical Association (AMA) found that doctors believe these prior authorizations affect clinical outcomes for 9 of 10 patients.

Foreign governments threaten Facebook with investigations over global data misuse - The Washington Post

Foreign governments threaten Facebook with investigations over global data misuse - The Washington Post: At least two foreign governments, Australia and Germany, threatened or launched investigations into Facebook's practices on Thursday.

Dana Milbank - The Washington Post

Dana Milbank - The Washington Post: Dana Milbank writes about political theater in the nation’s capital. He joined the Post as a political reporter in 2000.

How Trump is transforming himself into the greatest president ever - The Washington Post

How Trump is transforming himself into the greatest president ever - The Washington Post: Expect the role model in chief to usher in a new caravan of superlatives in the coming months.

Facebook: ‘Malicious actors’ used its tools to discover identities and collect data on a massive global scale - The Washington Post

Facebook: ‘Malicious actors’ used its tools to discover identities and collect data on a massive global scale - The Washington Post: Facebook said the scam likely hit most of its 2 billion users and helped hackers match email addresses or phone numbers from the so-called “Dark Web” to faces and names on Facebook.

List of Tor hidden services - Wikiwand

List of Tor hidden services - Wikiwand: This is an alphabetized list of notable .onion hidden services accessible through the Tor anonymity network. Most are considered dark web services. Defunct services are marked.

Dark web - Wikiwand

Dark web - Wikiwand: The dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets, overlay networks that use the Internet but require specific software, configurations or authorization to access.[1][2] The dark web forms a small part of the deep web, the part of the Web not indexed by web search engines, although sometimes the term deep web is mistakenly used to refer specifically to the dark web.[3][4][5][6][7]

Uncertainty about McCain’s future fuels GOP questions about Senate seat - The Washington Post

Uncertainty about McCain’s future fuels GOP questions about Senate seat - The Washington Post: The Arizona senator has been absent from the Capitol since December as he receives treatment for brain cancer.

Mueller told Trump’s attorneys the president remains under investigation but is not currently a criminal target - The Washington Post

Mueller told Trump’s attorneys the president remains under investigation but is not currently a criminal target - The Washington Post: Some Trump advisers fear the president is not in the clear and could be baited into an interview that could put him in legal jeopardy.

Why south-east Asia’s politics are proving a problem for Facebook

Why south-east Asia’s politics are proving a problem for Facebook: One of the company’s fastest-growing markets is also one of its most complex where hate speech and political manipulation are making it hard to remain neutral

Facebook deletes posts linked to Russian 'troll factory': CEO Zuckerberg

Facebook deletes posts linked to Russian 'troll factory': CEO Zuckerberg: Facebook is expanding its response to people using the platform improperly and on Tuesday said it had deleted hundreds of Russian accounts and pages associated with a "troll factory" indicted by U.S. prosecutors for fake activist and political posts in the 2016 U.S. election campaign.

The Case for A Zuckberg-Free Facebook | WIRED

The Case for A Zuckberg-Free Facebook | WIRED: WIRED columnist Felix Salmon argues the time has come for Mark Zuckerberg to step aside and give Facebook the fresh start it needs.

Language education: The number of American college students studying foreign languages continues to fall — Quartz

Language education: The number of American college students studying foreign languages continues to fall — Quartz: Americans have a reputation for being bad at learning languages. Now even fewer of them seem inclined to try. From 2013 to 2016, the number of students at American universities enrolled in foreign language classes fell by over 9%. This does not appear to be just a blip—the overall number has been steadily falling since...

They’re at it again: Lee Kuan Yew home must be razed, younger children insist | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post

They’re at it again: Lee Kuan Yew home must be razed, younger children insist | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: Pair asserts that tearing down the bungalow is the only option that respects the former prime minister’s dying wishes, despite a range of options outlined by a Singaporean government panel

The infuriating invisibility of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg | TheHill

The infuriating invisibility of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg | TheHill: A low profile may benefit Sandberg, but it isn’t working for anybody else.

2 Florida Republicans Now Joining Calls For Scott Pruitt To Resign | HuffPost

2 Florida Republicans Now Joining Calls For Scott Pruitt To Resign | HuffPost: Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen say Pruitt should leave the agency amid growing controversy over his spending and ties to lobbyists.

Israel and Saudi Arabia: The relationship emerging into the open - BBC News

Israel and Saudi Arabia: The relationship emerging into the open - BBC News: Saudi's crown prince acknowledges Israelis have a right to their own land, in a notable public move.

Dutch lawyer is first person to be sentenced in Mueller probe, gets 30 days in prison - CNNPolitics

Dutch lawyer is first person to be sentenced in Mueller probe, gets 30 days in prison - CNNPolitics: A Dutch lawyer tied to former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates became the first person to be sentenced in Robert Mueller's investigation when a federal judge sentenced him on Tuesday to spend 30 days in prison and pay a $20,000 fine after he admitted to lying to investigators.

Supreme Court Deals Major Blow to Fight Against Police Brutality

Supreme Court Deals Major Blow to Fight Against Police Brutality: In a decision handed down Monday, the Supreme Court made it even more difficult for victims of police violence to bring action against police officers who use excessive force.

Stormy Daniels Case Should Be Resolved Privately, Trump’s Lawyers Say - The New York Times

Stormy Daniels Case Should Be Resolved Privately, Trump’s Lawyers Say - The New York Times: President Trump and a company affiliated with him are seeking to force the pornographic film star into arbitration, rather than a public legal process.

Trump: 'We're going to be guarding our border with the military' - CNNPolitics

Trump: 'We're going to be guarding our border with the military' - CNNPolitics: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's calling on the military to guard the US-Mexico border until his long-promised border wall is complete.

Facebook Should Consider a ‘Why Me?’ Button - The New York Times

Facebook Should Consider a ‘Why Me?’ Button - The New York Times: The internet giant has plenty of problems to fix. Andrew Ross Sorkin thinks explaining why particular ads are presented to users would be a good start.

Israeli Leader Is Forced to Retreat on African Migrant Deal - The New York Times

Israeli Leader Is Forced to Retreat on African Migrant Deal - The New York Times: An agreement struck with the U.N. would have sent half the migrants to the West and let the rest stay, but the prime minister’s right flank revolted.

Sermons and Shouted Insults: How Erdogan Keeps Turkey Spellbound - The New York Times

Sermons and Shouted Insults: How Erdogan Keeps Turkey Spellbound - The New York Times: The Turkish president treats his country to up to three speeches a day, broadcast live on multiple channels, in a divisive style fit for an era of strongmen.

Russia Presses Trump for White House Meeting With Putin - The New York Times

Russia Presses Trump for White House Meeting With Putin - The New York Times: The Kremlin said it hoped President Trump would follow through on his proposal for such a session, made before last week’s tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats.

Chris Christie betrays Trump defenders’ remarkably dim view of the president’s intellect - The Washington Post

Chris Christie betrays Trump defenders’ remarkably dim view of the president’s intellect - The Washington Post: The former governor says Trump is too hyperbolic to be counted on to tell the truth — which is a striking thing to say about the president.

Sinclair Broadcast Group: The local media giant that Trump says 'is far superior to CNN.' - The Washington Post

Sinclair Broadcast Group: The local media giant that Trump says 'is far superior to CNN.' - The Washington Post: Sinclair may not be as well known as Fox News or CNN, but critics say it injects conservative politics into its local news stations around the country.

Jill McCabe: The president attacked my reputation. It’s time to set the record straight. - The Washington Post

Jill McCabe: The president attacked my reputation. It’s time to set the record straight. - The Washington Post: There was no connection between my campaign and my husband’s role at the FBI.

Trump tweets and Mexico’s presidential hopefuls fire back - The Washington Post

Trump tweets and Mexico’s presidential hopefuls fire back - The Washington Post: "We're going to put [Trump] in his place," says Mexico's leftist front-runner.