The federal agency said it was investigating allegations that a search warrant that led to the Jan. 28 raid “was based on false, fabricated information.”

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/us/gerald-goines-houston-police-raid.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The number of hate groups in America rose for the fourth year in a row, fueled largely by anti-immigrant sentiment, the Southern Poverty Law Center said.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/us/hate-groups-rise.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

A Pew Research Center survey found that teenagers across all demographic groups grapple with mental health issues.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/health/teenage-depression-statistics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

A cache of weapons was recovered from the home of Christopher P. Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant and self-described white nationalist. A court filing called him a domestic terrorist.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/us/coast-guard-christopher-hasson-terrorist-white-nationalist.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/briefing/donald-trump-coast-guard-jussie-smollett.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Mr. Smollett reported that he was attacked in January, but two brothers said to have helped him stage the incident were brought in as witnesses to a grand jury.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/arts/television/jussie-smollett-attack-suspect.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Bolden adapted the organizing techniques she learned as a civil rights activist to secure protections for domestic workers, a largely unregulated part of the work force.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/obituaries/dorothy-bolden-overlooked.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Sarah Isgur Flores, a Republican spokeswoman who worked for Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department, is making the leap to a news role with the network.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/business/media/sarah-isgur-flores-cnn.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

For the third time in six years, a Senate majority is preparing to force through a change in rules covering confirmations, without a single vote from the minority.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/us/politics/senate-nuclear-option-trump.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Congress is asking why a top Veterans Affairs official, who was once an outspoken critic of the department’s spending, is being reimbursed for commuting from California to Washington.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/us/department-veterans-affairs-darin-selnick.html?partner=rss&emc=rss