The president gained four pounds since last year, pushing his body mass index into the obese category, but the White House physician otherwise declared him in “very good health.”

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/politics/trump-obese.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The A.C.L.U. sued Customs and Border Protection after an agent told two women last year he was asking for their IDs because they spoke Spanish.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/border-patrol-montana-spanish.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Democrats are moving to create an organization to share voter data between national and state parties and PACs, closing an advantage Republicans have had for years.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/politics/on-politics-democratic-data-sharing-2020.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Data from Kinsa, which makes internet-connected smart thermometers, indicates it’s a bad year for colds, but not the flu.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/health/kinsa-flu-tracking.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Michael Avenatti said he gave law enforcement officials in Chicago a tape showing the singer with a 14-year-old girl. Kelly’s lawyer denied any illegal conduct.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/arts/music/r-kelly-video-avenatti.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/briefing/border-wall-deal-amazon-valentines-day.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The musician denies that he had inappropriate online sexual communications “with someone he knew was underage.” Agents from the Crimes Against Children Squad will seek to interview the woman.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/arts/music/ryan-adams-fbi-explicit-communications-underage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Fired for testifying about a major Air Force project that far exceeded its budget, he got his job back and never stopped trying to trim Pentagon costs

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/obituaries/a-ernest-fitzgerald-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Representative Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, clashed with Elliott Abrams, a Trump administration official, over his role in foreign policy scandals in Central America decades ago.

source https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000006360658/ilhan-omar-elliott-abrams-iran-contra.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

At a tense hearing, Representative Omar and Mr. Abrams, a newly appointed Trump administration official, clashed over his role in the United States’ past support of brutal leaders abroad.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/politics/ilhan-omar-elliott-abrams.html?partner=rss&emc=rss