Megyn Kelly Just Did Trump's Dirty Work for Him  —  Donald Trump skipped last night's Fox News debate in a fit of pique over the “very biased” Megyn Kelly.  But since the shocking things he does and says always seem to work out for him, someone else used his pet issue of immigration to tie his top Republican rivals into knots.

GOP insiders: It was a rough night for Ted Cruz  —  In the final debate before Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses, Ted Cruz had the worst night of the seven GOP presidential candidates on stage Thursday.  —  That's according to a plurality of the Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus …

Ted Cruz threatened to leave the debate after a ‘mean question’  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) told the moderators of the Republican presidential debate at Iowa Events Center on Thursday that he might just take his ball and go home.  —  His threat to leave the stage came …

Official: Some Clinton emails ‘too damaging’ to release  —  EXCLUSIVE: The intelligence community has now deemed some of Hillary Clinton's emails “too damaging” to national security to release under any circumstances, according to a U.S. government official close to the ongoing review.

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.

Clinton email prober had deeper role in inquiry into 2000 Clinton campaign  —  An official overseeing State Department investigations stemming from Hillary Clinton's email practices had a greater role than previously acknowledged in a probe of Clinton's first Senate campaign, according to a subpoena reviewed by POLITICO.