The State Department's entire senior management team just resigned  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's job running the State Department just got considerably more difficult.  The entire senior level of management officials resigned Wednesday, part of an ongoing mass exodus …

Paul Ryan: U.S. Will ‘Front Money’ for Border Wall, Devise Plan to Make Mexico Pay Later  —  President Trump just fulfilled his biggest campaign promise, signing an executive order on Wednesday that orders the “immediate construction of a physical wall” between the United States and Mexico.

Trump transforms Emanuel into Mayor Zorro  —  Mayor Rahm Emanuel, in silhouette, presides over the meeting of the Chicago City Council on Jan. 25, 2017.  —  Depending on your politics, President Donald Trump is either a miracle worker saving America or an evil wizard bent on ruining the nation.

TRANSCRIPT: ABC News Anchor David Muir Interviews President Trump  —  ABC News “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir interviewed President Donald Trump in the White House.  The following is a transcript of the interview:  —  DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, it's an honor to be here at the White House.

Dems to David Brock: Stop Helping, You Are Killing Us  —  As David Brock attempts to position himself as a leader in rebuilding a demoralized Democratic Party in the age of Trump, many leading Democratic organizers and operatives are wishing the man would simply disappear.

Google has banned 200 publishers since it passed a new policy against fake news  —  The company routinely weeds out “bad ads.”  Now it weeds out more bad ad publishers, too.  —  Google kicked 200 publishers off one of its ad networks in the fourth quarter, partly in response to the proliferation of fake news sites.

Americans Think Trump Will Be Worst President Since Nixon  —  PPP's newest national poll finds Donald Trump continuing to fare poorly with the public in his first week in office.  Voters split evenly in their appraisals of his job performance with 44% approving and 44% disapproving of him.

Alex Jones Says Infowars Has Been Invited To Trump's White House Press Briefings  —  ALEX JONES: He keeps saying CNN is fake, and I'm not going to any of your fake news.  What's CNN doing in the front row, when [White House press secretary Sean] Spicer keeps going to them?

Compromise doesn't work with our political opponents.  When will we learn?  —  In Chelsea Manning's first column since her commutation, she writes that Barack Obama's legacy is a warning against not being bold enough  —  Barack Obama left behind hints of a progressive legacy.

Trump's Voter Fraud Example?  A Troubled Tale With Bernhard Langer  —  WASHINGTON — On Monday, President Trump gathered House and Senate leaders in the State Dining Room for a get-to-know-you reception, served them tiny meatballs and pigs-in-a-blanket, and quickly launched into a story meant …

The Doomsday Clock's Most Dire Warning Since the Cold War  —  The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced Thursday that the Doomsday Clock now stands at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight, suggesting that existential threats now pose a greater danger to humanity than they have at any time since the height of the Cold War.

Trump's flashy executive actions could run aground  —  President Donald Trump's team made little effort to consult with federal agency lawyers or lawmakers as they churned out executive actions this week, stoking fears the White House is creating the appearance of real momentum with flawed orders …

A Lie by Any Other Name  —  This is not a presentation of “alternative facts,” whatever that may mean, as Kellyanne Conway, President Trump's mistress of misdirection, posited over the weekend.  —  These are lies; good old-fashioned lies, baldfaced and flat-out lies.

British Alignment With Trump Threatens European Order  —  LONDON — As American allies across Europe and Asia brace for President Donald J. Trump, Britain stands out for the degree to which it is proceeding as if little has changed.  —  The country, consumed with managing Brexit …

Shia LaBeouf is ARRESTED live on camera during anti-Trump livestream after ‘getting in a fight with a passing protester’  —  Shia LaBeouf was led away in handcuffs after a spat during an anti-Trump protest.  —  The Hollywood actor was arrested by NYPD officers during his ‘He will not divide us’ live stream …

Huntsman would beat Hatch in a Senate showdown, new poll finds  —  Eighth term » Nearly 8 of 10 voters oppose another run for the longtime senator; Huntsman's bid gets overwhelming support.  —  Washington  • Nearly eight out of 10 Utahns say Sen. Orrin Hatch shouldn't run …