Donald Trump's Mexico Tantrum  —  Less than a week into the job, President Trump on Thursday raised the specter of a trade war with America's third-largest partner, Mexico, as the White House warned that the United States could impose a 20 percent tariff on Mexican imports.

The Bannon coup  —  White House and Hill GOP leaders are astonished by the unambiguous, far-reaching power of Steve Bannon and policy guru Stephen Miller over, well, just about everything.  — They wrote the Inaugural speech and set in fast motion a series of moves to cement Trump as an America-first Nationalist.

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 won't attend Alfalfa Club dinner  —  President Donald Trump will not attend the annual Alfalfa Club dinner Saturday night, an exclusive black-tie dinner — and White House roast — that every president since Ronald Reagan has attended.  —  Instead of the president himself …

Rod Blagojevich's 20-year-old daughter Amy unloads on Barack Obama  —  Patti Blagojevich with her daughters Annie, center, and Amy on Aug. 9, 2016, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's resentencing.  —  Scratch the Obamas off Amy Blagojevich's Christmas card list.

Why the media keeps losing to Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump is obsessed with the media.  And the media is obsessed with Trump.  Let's take it as a given that this obsession is unhealthy.  The last time there was such a level of neurotic fixation and overwhelming distrust between a president …

GOP chairman to introduce pre-existing conditions bill  —  The Republican chairman of a key healthcare committee will introduce a bill next week aimed at protecting people with pre-existing conditions in the event that ObamaCare is repealed.  —  “We want to make sure that people …

Sen. Franken: No Democrat will vote for Betsy DeVos as education secretary — and we're seeking Republicans to oppose her … Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) told Rachel Maddow on her MSNBC show Thursday night that no Democrat will vote to confirm Betsy DeVos, the Michigan billionaire tapped by President Trump to be his education secretary.

President Trump's Insecure Android  —  Lost amid the swirling insanity of the Trump administration's first week, are the reports of the President's continued insistence on using his Android phone (a Galaxy S3 or perhaps S4).  This is, to put it bluntly, asking for a disaster.

Mexico's Richest Man Carlos Slim Just Called a Rare Press Conference  —  Mexican mogul Carlos Slim, who was attacked by President Donald Trump during his election campaign but who later met with the U.S. leader in Florida, on Thursday called a press conference for Friday amid growing tensions between the two nations.

How Author Timothy Tyson Found the Woman at the Center of the Emmett Till Case  —  With a renewed cultural interest in the 1955 murder that catalyzed the 20th century civil rights movement, an interview with the author of a new book who tracked down the long-hidden woman at its center.

Shailene Woodley on Malia Obama's Presence at Sundance Standing Rock Solidarity Event Against DAPL  —  This is viewer supported news.  Please do your part today.  —  The Sundance Film Festival has been abuzz this year with sightings of former first daughter Malia Obama.

The White House Has Finally Said More About What Its Global Anti-Abortion Rule Means  —  The clarification opens the door to a vastly different version of the rule than previously thought.  —  A White House official on Thursday clarified a new policy that renews abortion-related restrictions …

Trump Will Call for a Pentagon Plan to Hit ISIS Harder, Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is drafting a presidential directive that calls on Defense Secretary James N. Mattis to devise plans to more aggressively strike the Islamic State, which could include American artillery …

Trump's Little Mexican War  —  The President is treating our neighbor like Obama treated Israel.

Republicans Now Marching With Trump on Ideas They Had Opposed  —  PHILADELPHIA — From the time he became their candidate until he took the oath of office, congressional Republicans treated President Trump's policy pronouncements — largely out of step with Republican dogma — as essentially a distraction.

ABC says Trump claimed 2 were shot dead in Chicago during Obama's speech.  But it never happened.  —  President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with automobile leaders on Jan. 24, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.  —  An ABC News transcript of its interview …

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.”

Donald Trump Campaign Staffer Who Posted Racist Comments Joins The Administration  —  An email shows the staffer is one of 15 joining the Education Department.  —  Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  PHILADELPHIA A staffer on Donald Trump's campaign who posted racist material …

Women's March Featured Speaker Who Kidnapped And Tortured A Man  —  The Women's March on Washington last week featured as a speaker convicted felon Donna Hylton who, along with several others, kidnapped a man and then tortured him to death.  —  Hylton's name is listed on the Women's March …

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.