Who won the ratings race: Fox News or Donald Trump?  —  Donald Trump counter-programmed Thursday's GOP primary debate with his own prime time event.  So whose show scored a bigger audience?  —  Answer: Fox's debate.  But it was the second lowest rated debate of the season.

Politico implodes  —  In what can be described only as a cataclysm in Beltway media, CEO Jim VandeHei is leaving Politico, the eight-year-old politics website that shook up Washington journalism, according to sources and reports by Huffington Post and CNNMoney.

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.

­Elizabeth Warren: One Way to Rebuild Our Institutions  —  WASHINGTON — WHILE presidential candidates from both parties feverishly pitch their legislative agendas, voters should also consider what presidents can do without Congress.  Agency rules, executive actions and decisions …

Jeannine Aversa: (202) 606-2649 (News Media)  —  National Income and Product Accounts  —  Gross Domestic Product: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2015 (Advance Estimate)  —  Real gross domestic product — the value of the goods and services produced by the nation's economy less the value …

Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane Dies at 74  —  Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, one of the definitive San Francisco psychedelic groups of the 1960s, and the guiding spirit of its successor, Jefferson Starship, died.  He was 74.  —  Mr. Kantner's death was confirmed …

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.

State to release some Clinton emails on Friday; thousands still delayed  —  The State Department on Friday will release roughly 2,000 pages of Hillary Clinton's emails, but will delay the final batch of messages until after voters go to the polls in early primary states.

Biden urges Dems to get aggressive  —  BALTIMORE, MD. — Vice President Biden is urging House Democrats to own President Obama's policy achievements as a route back to the lower-chamber majority.  —  Speaking to a large group of Democrats gathered in Baltimore for their annual issues conference …

Why Is Jim Gilmore Even Running for President?  —  After being sidelined from nearly every single Republican primary debate so far, Jim Gilmore will finally get the chance to take the stage on Thursday night.  —  The former Virginia governor and long-shot presidential hopeful will participate …

We will be updating the live transcript of tonight's debate below.  Washington Post reporters and readers using Genius will be annotating it, and will continue to do so following the debate.  —  To see an annotation, click or tap the highlighted part of the transcript; if you would like to leave …

Document: Snyder Admin Trucked In Clean Water for State Building in January 2015  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 28, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Document: Snyder Admin Trucked In Clean Water for State Building …

Contentious Republican debates lure many Democrats to tune in  —  While a majority of Americans have watched at least one of the debates for the 2016 presidential election, there are striking differences between parties when it comes to which side's debates people are watching.

Majority of MPs would back marriage equality  —  Marriage, monarchy and the Manly bus: what's on Tony Abbott's agenda?  —  Parliamentary support for same-sex marriage reform appears to have reached critical mass and for the first time could pass in both houses, placing renewed pressure …