Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare  —  PHILADELPHIA — Republican lawmakers aired sharp concerns about their party's quick push to repeal the Affordable Care Act inside a closed-door meeting Thursday, according to a recording of the session obtained by The Washington Post.

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.

President Trump: ‘Very Early’ To Talk About Lifting Sanctions Against Russia  —  President Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday that he believes it's still “very early” to be talking about lifting sanctions against Russia.  His comments came a day ahead of a planned phone call between …

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.

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.

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.

Mikhail Gorbachev: ‘It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War’  —  Mikhail Gorbachev was the president of the Soviet Union and is the author of The New Russia.  —  The world today is overwhelmed with problems.  Policymakers seem to be confused and at a loss.

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.

Huge shakeup at ‘Today’ to make way for Megyn Kelly  —  More On:  —  NBC is canceling the third hour of “Today” to make way for new star Megyn Kelly, sources exclusively confirm to Page Six.  —  We're told Kelly will take over either the 9 a.m. hour from Tamron Hall and Al Roker or will replace Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford.

‘Calexit’ supporters can start work to make ballot  —  Californians who want their state to secede from the United States can now start collecting signatures to put the initiative on the 2018 ballot.  —  The Yes California Independence Campaign has been around for at least two years …

Trump's radical immigration plan: Enforce the law  —  There's one fundamental difference between the new White House and the old when it comes to immigration: Barack Obama ordered his administration not to enforce a number of immigration laws.  Donald Trump has ordered his administration to enforce them.

A viral Washington Post story about State Department resignations is very misleading  —  On Thursday morning, the Washington Post published a piece with an explosive headline: “The State Department's entire senior management team just resigned.”  The piece alleged that Undersecretary …

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 …

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 …

Trump and the Republicans Are on a Suicide Mission Together  —  And we'll all have to live with the fallout.  —  One of the things supposedly driving President Donald Trump to distraction, in what should be a celebratory first week in office, is that he isn't getting a honeymoon period from the media and the general public.

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.

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.

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.

POWER DINNER: Jared and Ivanka break bread with TIM COOK and LISA JACKSON — PHILLY UPDATE: Peace...for now — PUTIN and TRUMP's Saturday phone date — RYAN INTVW: Today at 3 — B'DAY: Keith Olbermann  —  By JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman) and ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com …

New U.S. U.N. envoy warns allies: back us or we'll take names  —  The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, pledged on Friday to overhaul the world body and warned U.S. allies that if they do not support Washington, then she is “taking names” and will respond.