The Trump Business: The president-elect decided to settle three fraud lawsuits against his now-defunct Trump University for $25 million. The “university” was supposed to be a real estate sales seminar that would impart the wisdom of Trump. Six thousand former …

Deferred: Donald Trump, who claims that as Commander-in-Chief he would quickly defeat the Islamic State, received a draft deferment during the Vietnam War because he had bone spurs on his heels, the NY Times reports. Trump also received four college …

Cubama: President Obama arrives in Cuba today for the first visit to the island country by a US president in 88 years. It’s an historic warming to the country that has been frozen out of world commerce since its communist …

The Polling Booth: Et tu, Chris? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie crossed the mainstream Republican line yesterday and endorsed Donald Trump for president, saying the most important thing is to beat Hillary Clinton in November. Christie is the first politician …

Permawar: US warplanes struck an Islamic State camp in Libya today, killing about 30 people. The primary target was a man named Noureddine Chouchane, described as a senior operative in terrorist attacks in Tunisia. It’s unknown yet whether he was …

Quake: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck in Taiwan last night, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 11 people. A 17-story building collapsed in the southern city of Tainan. Water was cut off to 400,000 people and the high-speed rail …

Debatable: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton clashed last night over money in politics after Sanders criticized Clinton for being funded by a super pac that takes Money from Wall Street. Clinton, who’s been taking a beating on the issue, struck …

Cornfield Convocation: Amid a huge turnout, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz shocked Donald Trump last night, winning the Iowa Caucuses for the Republican presidential nomination. “Thank God for Iowa,” he said. The New York Post headline says over a picture of …

The Global Threat: The World Health Organization plans an emergency meeting Monday to confront the Zika virus, which they say is “spreading explosively” in the Americas and threatening to infect 4 million people by the end of the year. The …

Global Warming: In a major thaw of relations, the US and Iran traded prisoners yesterday just as Iran was confirmed to have dismantled part of its nuclear program, meeting the requirement to unfreeze its assets and rejoin the global economy. …