The president projected optimism ahead of his second meeting with Kim Jong-un, but leaves as Congress prepares to take on his border wall and question his former fixer.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/us/politics/vietnam-summit-trump-kim.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The R&B singer has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four victims, three of whom were minors.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/arts/music/r-kelly-not-guilty.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The president was not pleased after the “BlacKkKlansman” director called on Sunday for voters to “make the moral choice” in the 2020 election.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/movies/spike-lee-trump.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The “BlacKkKlansman” director called on Sunday for voters to “make the moral choice” in the 2020 election. The president was not pleased

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/movies/donald-trump-spike-lee-racist-oscars-blackkklansman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Monday: Get caught up on the Academy Awards; Pacific Gas and Electric’s political influence; and the art of fashion.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/us/california-today-oscars-recap.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Democratic senator and presidential candidate says she wants to provide equal access to anyone who supports her, in a move that could put pressure on rivals who accept large donations.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-donors-fundraising.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Here’s what you need to know.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/briefing/china-north-korea-oscars.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Democrats are split over whether to redouble their efforts to win back the industrial heartland, or turn their attention to more demographically promising states like Georgia and Arizona.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/us/politics/democrats-2020-midwest-voters.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Oregon is expected to enact the nation’s first statewide rent control law, in response to rapidly rising housing costs. Other states are watching closely.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/us/oregon-rent-control-bill.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The state’s governor has sent an expensive high-speed rail project into disarray. If California can’t build it, who can?

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/us/california-high-speed-rail.html?partner=rss&emc=rss