Trump Campaign Manager: Trump Will Debate Cruz Once Judge Rules Him Eligible To Run  —  “Once you've gotten that ruling from the federal judge and you're the last man standing in this presidential contest next to Donald Trump, we'll be happy to have a debate with you one-on-one, anywhere you want.”

Trump's New Pro-Veterans Website Directs All Donations To Trump's Personal Foundation  —  After ducking the final Republican presidential debate heading into next week's Iowa caucuses, GOP front-runner Donald Trump announced that he would hold his own pro-veterans event during the debate to raise money for veterans.

A memo from POLITICO CEO Jim VandeHei  —  A memo from POLITICO CEO Jim VandeHei:  —  “So now you know the news: I am leaving POLITICO after the election.  —  The timing is poetic: it will mark my 10th Anniversary, almost to the day.  I came in just as the Barack Obama phenomenon exploded …

Bernie Sanders unloads on The Washington Post  —  DES MOINES — Move over, Donald Trump.  Stand aside, Fox News.  There's a new feud underway between a presidential candidate and a news media organization — this one between a Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and the editorial page of this newspaper.

Document: Snyder Admin Trucked In Clean Water for State Building in January 2015  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org  —  Latest revelation shows unequal treatment in Flint Water Crisis  —  LANSING — The Snyder administration quietly trucked …

Donald Trump Is Shocking, Vulgar and Right  —  About 15 years ago, I said something nasty on CNN about Donald Trump's hair.  I can't now remember the context, assuming there was one.  In any case, Trump saw it and left a message the next day.  —  “It's true you have better hair than I do,” Trump said matter-of-factly.

FBI releases video of shooting death of Oregon protester  —  The FBI arrested three more people in connection with the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.  The arrests come a day after eight armed protesters were taken into custody.

Barbie's dress won't fit.  —  I'm sitting in a bright pink room at Mattel's headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., playing with a Barbie that only 20 people in the world know exists.  Her creation has been kept so secret that the designers code-named the endeavor Project Dawn so that even their spouses …

FBI's Hillary Clinton email investigation not letting up  —  Six months after it began, the federal investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server shows no signs of slowing down.  —  Former FBI officials said the length of the probe is not unusual and speculated that a decision …

It's Still Bill Clinton, but the Old Magic Seems Missing  —  MASON CITY, Iowa — Bill Clinton came to the vote-rich city of Mason City on Wednesday night and recounted his wife's life experiences, recited her policy ideas, and ripped into the Republicans a bit.

Is This the End of the GOP as We Know It?  —  Historian Rick Perlstein on the rise of Trump, the fall of Reagan, and the fate of contemporary conservatism.  —  Rick Perlstein has established himself as the pre-eminent historian of modern conservatism.  Starting in 2001, with Before the Storm …

Biden: Trump or Cruz nomination ‘a gift from the Lord’  —  Vice President Joe Biden told fellow Democrats on Thursday that they should see it as “a gift from the Lord” if Republicans nominate Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas or billionaire businessman Donald Trump for president in 2016.

Va. will once again recognize concealed carry permits from other states  —  RICHMOND — Gov. Terry McAuliffe plans to announce Friday that Virginia will restore handgun reciprocity agreements with nearly all states, in a stunning reversal of a firearms policy that had angered Republicans and gun rights advocates across the nation.

WH: Obama doesn't want Supreme Court appointment  —  White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Thursday threw cold water on the idea President Obama would accept an appointment to the Supreme Court after he leaves office.  —  Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton floated …