How Coretta Scott King and JFK joined forces — and helped change the Democratic Party and other top stories.

• How Coretta Scott King and JFK joined forces — and helped change the Democratic Party

  

  Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., walks a picket line with others to protest apartheid at the South African Embassy in Washington on Nov. 29, 1984. (Charles Tasnadi/AP) Tuesday night, when Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) used the words of the late Coretta Scott King to express her opposition to President Trump's attorney general nominee, it wasn't the first time that a Democratic politician saw the importance of King as a civil rights symbol. At the height of the movement ..

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• Artists perform at DC-area airports for Black History Month

  

  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Officials who run Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport say African American musicians will be performing at the airports for Black History Month.The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority says in a statement that the musicians will make appearances at both airports on Thursdays. The musicians will perform from 10 a.m. to noon in National Hall at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the terminal on t..

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• Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch says Trump's attacks on judiciary are 'demoralizing'

  

  President Trump’s escalating attacks on the federal judiciary drew denunciation Wednesday from his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, who told a senator that the criticism was “disheartening” and “demoralizing” to independent federal courts. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Gorsuch made the comments during their private meeting Wednesday, and the account was confirmed by Ron Bonjean, a member of the group guiding the judge through his confirmation process. Trump on Wednesday morning dec..

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• Homeland Security Secretary: Travel Vetting Could Include Passwords, Tweets

  

  In an interview with NPR, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly again took the blame for the rocky rollout of the travel ban and for failing to notify congressional leaders of the policy's implementation. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR In an interview with NPR, Homeland Security Secretary J..

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• Government Contractor Indicted in Theft of Top-Secret Documents

  

  Photo Harold T. Martin III’s house in Glen Burnie, Md., in October. He was indicted on Wednesday on charges of stealing highly classified information. Credit Nate Pesce for The New York Times WASHINGTON — A former security contractor was indicted on Wednesday on charges of stealing a trove of highly classified information that federal prosecutors, for the first time, said included documents on sensitive counterterrorism operations, a foreign intelligence target the C.I...

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• He was Utah's attorney general and a rising GOP star. Now he's facing corruption charges

  

  As John Swallow stood before family and colleagues at a swearing-in ceremony inside the marble rotunda of the Utah Capitol in 2013, many viewed him as a rising star in the Republican Party. Charismatic and ambitious, Swallow had served three terms in the state House and now would become Utah’s 20th attorney general.  “He had it what seemed to be everything going for him,” recalled state Rep. Paul Ray, a Republican from Clearfield, about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. “Little did I or anyone..

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