Federal prosecutors, who also recommended Mr. Manafort pay up to $25 million in fines, said that a tax and bank fraud scheme allowed him to hide millions of dollars in “ill-gotten gains.”

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-prosecutors.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

In invoking emergency powers for an end run around Congress in building his border wall, President Trump violated a norm of presidential self-restraint.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/politics/trump-presidency-national-emergency.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall is expected to attract legal challenges. What are the legal vulnerabilities and who might raise them?

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/border-wall-national-emergency.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

“So, I’m going to be signing a national emergency,” the president said, almost as an afterthought at the news conference whose purpose was ostensibly to announce that news.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/politics/trump-border-emergency-announcement.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

His controversial anti-abortion documentary, professing to show a fetus expressing pain, became a formidable weapon for abortion opponents.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/obituaries/donald-smith-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

A California woman reached out to L.G.B.T. youths on Twitter, volunteering to be their mom, and an entire tribe of strangers showed up for family duty.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/lgbt-youth-social-media.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The event’s intent was to declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border wall, but President Trump shared his thoughts on a wide array of topics.

source https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000006363378/ann-coulter-trump-press-conference.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

When she entered into a same-sex relationship, her mother sued for custody of her young son, and won.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/obituaries/sharon-mattes-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

President Trump declared a national emergency to unlock funds for a border wall that he couldn’t get from Congress. Those Republicans supporting the move didn’t approve when President Barack Obama used his executive power to act on immigration in 2014.

source https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000006362417/trump-republicans-national-emergency-video.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/briefing/border-wall-illinois-colin-kaepernick.html?partner=rss&emc=rss