‘This was the worst call by far’: Trump badgered, bragged and abruptly ended phone call with Australian leader  —  It should have been one of the most congenial calls for the new commander in chief — a conversation with the leader of Australia, one of America's staunchest allies, at the end of a triumphant week.

Riot Forces Cancellation Of Yiannopoulos Talk At UC Berkeley  —  BERKELEY, Calif. (CBS SF/AP) — Protesters armed with bricks and fireworks mounted an assault on the building hosting a speech by polarizing Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos Wednesday night, forcing the event's cancellation.

Raid in Yemen: Risky From the Start and Costly in the End  —  WASHINGTON — Just five days after taking office, over dinner with his newly installed secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, President Trump was presented with the first of what will be many life-or-death decisions …

EXCLUSIVE: Trump's Supreme Court pick Neil Gorusch founded and led club called ‘Fascism Forever’ against liberal faculty at his elite all-boys DC prep school  — DailyMail.com reveals how Gorsuch set up club called ‘Fascism Forever’ at his prep school outside D.C. in protest at staff's left-wing tendencies

Trump asks for prayers for Arnold Schwarzenegger's ratings at National Prayer Breakfast  —  President Trump opened his first appearance at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington with a prayer for the television ratings of the man who succeeded him as host of “The Apprentice.”

Trump aide: Bannon's experience crushing ‘left-wing rivals’ an asset on NSC  —  An aide to President Trump says Stephen Bannon's experiences at Breitbart News will be an asset for the president's chief strategist in his new role on the National Security Council (NSC).

Leaked Draft of Trump's Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination  —  If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for people and organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, and trans identity.  —  By ,

JK Rowling roasts former fans who threatened to burn her books over Trump criticism  —  J.K. Rowling ripped one of her former fans who tweeted that she burned all her “Harry Potter” books because of the author's criticism of President Trump.  —  “[J]ust burned all my Harry Potter books after being a fan for 17 years.

DHS secretary: Border wall should be finished in two years  —  MCALLEN, Texas - EXCLUSIVE: In his first television interview as Homeland Security secretary, retired four-star Marine Gen. John F. Kelly told Fox News he wants the U.S.-Mexico border wall finished in two years …

Donald Trump's Longtime Doctor Says President Takes Hair-Growth Drug  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump takes medication for three ailments, including a prostate-related drug to promote hair growth, Mr. Trump's longtime physician, Dr. Harold N. Bornstein, said in a series of recent interviews.

Malcolm Turnbull's approach vindicated by President Donald Trump's madness  —  Malcolm Turnbull, who has spent much of this week defending government secrecy over his phone conversation with Donald Trump, has just been done a favour by the forces of media scrutiny and public accountability.

Exclusive: Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam - sources  —  The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.

Eyeing the House, Democrats move to hire operatives in 20 GOP-held districts  —  Democrats are moving urgently to harness the wave of grass-roots protests that have greeted President Trump in his first weeks in office to reclaim the House majority in next year's midterm elections.

Oculus lawsuit ends with half billion dollar judgment awarded to ZeniMax  —  Luckey pays $50M, Iribe pays $150M  —  A Dallas, Texas jury today awarded half a billion dollars to ZeniMax after finding that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, and by extension Oculus, failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement he signed.

Federal workers turn to encryption to thwart Trump  —  Federal employees worried that President Donald Trump will gut their agencies are creating new email addresses, signing up for encrypted messaging apps and looking for other, protected ways to push back against the new administration's agenda.

Alabama congressman's unsupported claim that Democrats rigged voting machines in his election  —  “In my first election in 1982, Democrats rigged about 25 percent of the voting machines to vote for everyone on the ballot but me.  That's 11 of 45 machines.  The whole state was Democrat.

Grassroots rage and the Democrats' crackup  —  SEWICKLEY, PA — Just a few years ago, then-Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell were treated by their own Republican Party's grassroots as the enemy.  —  Case in point: Thousands of angry demonstrators gathered outside …