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.

Inside Chelsea Clinton's Soul Cycle fundraiser  —  (CNN)Chelsea Clinton spoke candidly at a fundraiser she hosted for her mom's campaign in New York City Wednesday afternoon but did not “tap it back,” sitting out the 45-minute ride at the Tribeca location of Soul Cycle, the popular spinning juggernaut.

­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 …

Black lives like my father's should matter.  That's why I'm endorsing Bernie Sanders.  —  I want a leader who truly cares about justice for my family, for black people and for all Americans.  —  When I talk to other black voters about this year's presidential election, some seem ready to dismiss it.

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 …

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 …

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.

Israeli Drone Feeds Hacked By British and American Intelligence … AMERICAN AND BRITISH INTELLIGENCE secretly tapped into live video feeds from Israeli drones and fighter jets, monitoring military operations in Gaza, watching for a potential strike against Iran, and keeping tabs on the drone technology Israel exports around the world.

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 …

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 …