10 Things to Know for Today

Bolstered by lifetime tenure, independent judges should not respond to criticism, no matter how harsh or that its source is the president, legal experts say.

Republicans are ready to overpower Democrats and push Trump's next Cabinet nominee — the man who will help lead the GOP drive to erase and replace the health care law — through the Senate.

Trump's salvos on trade and currency are rattling Japanese businesses, but many here hope Shinzo Abe can sell him a package of job creation and government investment when they meet this week.

Energy Transfer Partners receives final permission from the Army to lay pipe under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, something the Standing Rock Sioux tribe vows to continue fighting.

Though Trump has tweeted in the past about Boeing and Carrier, ethics experts noted this was about a business run by his daughter, Ivanka, raising conflict-of-interest concerns.

Former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley is forcefully removed from his seat at Madison Square Garden and arrested after an altercation near team owner James Dolan.