Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’  —  WASHINGTON — Just days after President Trump spoke of a “running war” with the media, his chief White House strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, ratcheted up the attacks, arguing that news organizations had been “humiliated” …

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 …

Trump Plans 20% Tax on Mexican Imports to Pay for Border Wall  —  PHILADELPHIA — President Trump plans to make Mexico pay for his border wall by imposing a 20 percent tax on all imports into the United States from Mexico, raising billions of dollars that would cover the cost of the new barrier.

Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd  —  On the morning after Donald Trump's inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him.

Trump White House abruptly halts Obamacare ads  —  The Trump administration has pulled the plug on all Obamacare outreach and advertising in the crucial final days of the 2017 enrollment season, according to sources at Health and Human Services and on Capitol Hill.

‘They never saw this coming’: A Q&A with Kellyanne Conway  —  When Kellyanne Conway took over as Donald Trump's presidential campaign manager in August — his third in under a year — there were few signs that Trump would emerge victorious on election night just three months later.

GANG RAPE ARRESTS Two Afghan migrants revealed as those arrested over horrific three-hour rape streamed on Facebook Live in Sweden  —  Victim had clothes pulled off by armed men and was sexually assaulted before cops arrived and turned off the camera  —  TWO migrants from Afghanistan …

Doomsday Clock ticks closer to apocalypse and 1 person is to blame … Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight on Thursday amid increasing worries over nuclear weapons and climate change.  —  Each year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a nonprofit that sets the clock …

Voter fraud probe traced back to ex-MS welfare head  —  The former Mississippi official whose tweet may have inspired President Trump to order a “major investigation” into voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election says he has been receiving death threats.

Trump's Team at EPA Vetting ‘Controversial’ Public Meetings and Presentations  —  President Donald Trump long ago announced his provocative intentions for the Environmental Protection Agency, pledging during the campaign to get rid of the agency “in almost every form,” with only “little tidbits left.”

The Trump Administration's Day One Moves Were Copied From Mitt Romney's Playbook  —  WASHINGTON — When White House press secretary Sean Spicer was asked Wednesday about a potential executive order that would revive Bush-era detention and interrogation policies, he flatly denied any knowledge of its existence.

It turns out Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner is also registered to vote in two states  —  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and one of his closest White House advisers, is registered to vote in both New Jersey and New York, according to elections officials and voting registration records …

Need a Proofreader?  Team Trump Spells British PM's Name Wrong  —  As President Donald Trump looks to create jobs in the U.S., his press office is demonstrating an urgent need to hire a proofreader.  —  The White House just put out a memo highlighting Trump's meeting on Friday with “United Kingdom Prime Minister, Teresa May.”

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.

Donald Trump has ordered his new administration to publish a weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants.  —  The US President's sweeping new executive order on immigration, which he signed on the fifth day of his presidency, includes a paragraph mandating the Secretary for Homeland Security to …

‘America First’ is not a threat but a promise  —  “From this day forward, it's going to be only America first, America first,” President Trump proclaimed in his inaugural address.  As has been his habit, he added to the prepared text the word “only” and employed the rhetorical device of repetition by repeating “America first.”

Dallas ISD teacher in hot water over faux-assassination of Trump with toy gun  —  UPDATED: Dallas ISD has placed Payal Modi, an art teacher at Adamson, on administrative leave Thursday afternoon.  —  A Dallas ISD teacher has been placed on administrative leave by the district for posting …