Pence Defends Trump ‘Speaking His Mind’ About Federal Judge, Promises ‘All Legal Means’ to Challenge Ruling  —  Vice President Mike Pence defended President Donald Trump's criticism of a federal judge who blocked an executive action temporarily barring immigrants and refugees …

McClintock exits with police escort after raucous town hall meeting in Roseville  —  Facing a packed auditorium and raucous crowd, Republican Rep. Tom McClintock on Saturday defended his party's national agenda and voiced strong support for President Donald Trump's controversial executive actions …

EXCLUSIVE: House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs Committee Members Compromised By Rogue IT Staff  —  Three brothers who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers were abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion …

'We'll do better': Trump's White House tries to gain a sense of order amid missteps  —  Soon after President Trump lifted off from the South Lawn of the White House for a long weekend in Florida, the administration's communications and policy teams convened for what some jokingly called their first “staff mixer.”

Mitt Romney: No regrets about criticizing Trump, but time to recognize his ‘strong start’  —  PARK CITY — Mitt Romney said Friday he has no regrets about criticizing then candidate Donald Trump in a stinging speech last year but now sees the new president as having “obviously gotten off to a very strong start.”

Steve Bannon's Book Club  —  On the day after Christmas, I was walking through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport when I caught sight of a slightly rumpled man waiting for a flight.  He seemed familiar, the way figures in dreams do.  —  It was, I thought, Stephen K. Bannon …

PREVIEW: Trump Tells O'Reilly He ‘Respects’ Putin in Super Bowl Interview  —  On Sunday, Bill O'Reilly will hold a special Super Bowl pre-game interview with President Trump at 4 p.m. ET on your local FOX broadcast station.  —  In a special preview, Trump revealed his plans for dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Conway says she misspoke on Iraqi terrorists, calls some critics ‘haters’  —  Kellyanne Conway admits she made a mistake in talking about a Kentucky massacre that never took place.  But that's not all she has to say about it.  —  In an interview airing Sunday on “Media Buzz,” …

AME bishops sound a battle cry against the Trump administration  —  Has anything like this ever occurred with a newly elected president?  Less than two weeks after Donald Trump's inauguration, the Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, “the first protestant denomination formed …

8 million people could be deported under Trump's immigration order  —  Migrants from Guatemala receive instructions from a local law enforcement official after they crossed the Rio Grande near McAllen, Texas, in 2014.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Hundreds protest Trump, Ryan in Janesville  —  JANESVILLE—Of the hundreds of demonstrators who rallied in Jefferson Park on Courthouse Hill on Saturday afternoon, many carried signs protesting President Donald Trump's plans on immigration control and U.S. border security.

Schumer's dilemma: Satisfying the base while protecting his minority  —  About every two weeks, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer keeps an important dinner date with five of his colleagues, and they're not the five most senior members of the Senate or even his closest advisers in his new job.

USDA abruptly purges animal welfare information from its website  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday abruptly removed inspection reports and other information from its website about the treatment of animals at thousands of research laboratories, zoos, dog breeding operations and other facilities.