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 …

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.”

CNN turns down White House offer of Kellyanne Conway to appear on Sunday shows: report  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Pushing back at President Donald Trump's attacks on the network, CNN has said “no thanks” to a White House offer of Kellyanne Conway to speak for the president …

Republicans face anger over Obamacare repeal during town halls  —  ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Two Republican lawmakers representing reliably conservative districts on opposite ends of the country on Saturday faced down heated questions from Obamacare supporters who flooded town hall events demanding …

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)

Inside the White House-Cabinet battle over Trump's immigration order  —  On the evening of Saturday, Jan. 28, as airport protests raged over President Trump's executive order on immigration, the man charged with implementing the order, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, had a plan.

US government takes animal-welfare data offline  —  The US Department of Agriculture will no longer make lab inspection results and violations publicly available, citing privacy concerns.  —  Rights & Permissions  —  The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) agency charged with ensuring …

Trump's Supreme Court Pick Wary of ‘Politicians With Robes’  —  Judge Neil Gorsuch recalls being blinded by tears in the middle of a ski run after someone rang his cellphone with news of the unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.  The reaction illustrates not only the depth …

China Assails U.S. Pledge to Defend Disputed Islands Controlled by Japan  —  BEIJING — China reacted with strong displeasure on Saturday to a promise by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that the United States would defend two uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that Japan controls but China also claims as its own.

DeVos opposition snowballs into avalanche  —  Adversaries of Betsy DeVos are mounting a furious last-minute bid to sink her nomination for Education secretary, with tactics that include a “tie-breaker telethon” in Alaska, a flood of emails to U.S. senators and celebrity appeals to millions of Twitter followers.

Hundreds plan to moon Trump Tower in protest  —  Hundreds have responded to a Facebook “Chicago moons Trump Tower” event, during which protesters plan to drop their trousers in front of Trump Tower Chicago.  —  According to the Facebook page for the event titled “Operation “Kiss Our Asses …

Iran vows ‘roaring missiles’ if threatened, defies new sanctions  —  A Revolutionary Guards commander said Iran would use its missiles if its security is under threat, as the elite force defied new U.S. sanctions on its missile programme by holding a military exercise on Saturday.

Pelosi loses bid to rehang controversial cop painting in Capitol complex  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tried unsuccessfully on Friday to appeal a decision by the Architect of the Capitol to remove a controversial painting that depicted police officers as animals.