Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight  —  The Republican plan to repeal Obamacare and delay the implementation of the repeal - with a promise to come up with a terrific replacement later - is probably its best way to destroy Obamacare.  Unfortunately for Republicans …

Sessions failed to disclose oil interests as required, ethics experts say  —  Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions did not disclose his ownership of oil interests on land in Alabama as required by federal ethics rules, according to an examination of state records and independent ethics lawyers who reviewed the documents.

Trump Pick Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation  —  Monica Crowley, President-Elect Donald J. Trump's pick for a top National Security Council job, plagiarized numerous passages in her Ph.D. dissertation, Politico Magazine has found.  —  An examination of the dissertation …

Russia's D.N.C. Hack Was Only the Start  —  Imagine the headlines if, in 2015, Russian agents had leapt out of a van at 2 a.m. in Southeast Washington and broken into the Democratic National Committee offices using sophisticated tools and techniques to steal tens of thousands of documents …

U2 delays album release after Trump win  —  The band U2 is delaying the release of its new album in the aftermath of the unexpected victory of President-elect Donald Trump  —  The band is reconsidering some aspects of “Songs of Experience,” a follow-up to its 2014 album, “Songs of Innocence.”

Obama Watchdog in Congress Has New Target in Trump Era: Postal Reform  —  An Obama watchdog has changed his tune now that a Republican will be in the White House.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump, after an intelligence report concluded that Russia tried to help him get elected, is going after ... Meryl Streep.

Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump's education pick  —  The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has postponed the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary.

THE RYAN-KUSHNER MEETING — What SESSIONS, COLLINS AND KELLY will say at confirmation hearings — NEWS: SCOTUS pick post-Sessions' confirmation — DAVID BROCK embraces SANDERS — B'DAY: Jared Kushner  —  By JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman) and ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com …

Women's March on Washington Opens Contentious Dialogues About Race  —  Many thousands of women are expected to converge on the nation's capital for the Women's March on Washington the day after Donald J. Trump's inauguration.  Jennifer Willis no longer plans to be one of them.

Chaffetz Still Not Ready To Drop Probe Into Hillary Clinton's Emails  —  Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the chair of the House Oversight Committee, on Monday maintained that he is not done investigating Hillary Clinton even though she lost the presidential election, as he stated just after the election.

Trump's plans could double US GDP growth by 2018, Deutsche Bank says  —  Trump era ushers in new market strategy: Mark Grant  —  President-elect Donald Trump's policies have the potential to trigger a new age in U.S. economic growth that could serve as a global template, according to a Deutsche Bank forecast.

Authorities: Cancelled New Year's Trip to New York for Fort Lauderdale Suspect  —  Esteban Santiago's initial destination may not have been Fort Lauderdale, but New York City, where he had made a reservation to fly in on New Year's Eve, authorities told ABC News.