Defections by Sears, Kmart cap week of controversy for Trump brands  —  Trump-branded consumer products have suffered new blows, with U.S. retailers Sears Holdings Corp and Kmart Corp discontinuing online sales of 31 Trump Home items, while new details emerged showing sales of Ivanka Trump's brand fell …

Gillibrand: I'm not running for president in 2020  —  (D-N.Y.) is denying rumors that she will run for president in 2020.  —  “No, I am running for Senate.  I'm running for Senate in 2018,” she said during an interview Sunday with radio host John Catsimatidis on AM 970 in New York.

Meryl Streep Pledges to Stand Up to ‘Brownshirts’ in Tirade Against Trump  —  Meryl Streep, in a fiery speech criticizing President Trump on Saturday night, pledged to stand up against “brownshirts and bots” at a time when she and others are increasingly denouncing his administration's policies and the president himself.

Report: 72 convicted of terrorism from ‘Trump 7’ mostly Muslim countries  —  Since 9/11, 72 individuals from the seven mostly Muslim countries covered by President Trump's “extreme vetting” executive order have been convicted of terrorism, bolstering the administration's immigration ban.

Trump's White House eyes potential foes in 2020 election  —  The White House is already tracking which Democrats could challenge President Trump in 2020 and Gov. Cuomo and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand aren't on the list, sources told The Post.  —  Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon …

Hillary Clinton Is Running Again  —  Hillary Clinton will run for president.  Again.  —  No inside information informs this prediction.  No argument is advanced as to whether her run is a good or a bad idea—there are many ways to make a case either way.

I'm a gay New Yorker — and I'm coming out as a conservative  —  Chadwick Moore in his East Williamsburg home … When Out magazine assigned me an interview with the Breitbart.com rabble-rouser Milo Yiannopoulos, I knew it would be controversial.  In the gay and liberal communities in particular …

GOP senator: Physical border wall ‘would rate very low’ among Texans  —  (R-Texas), the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, believes that constructing a physical wall on the U.S.-Mexico border would not rate high among Texans.  —  “I think people would say, if you are talking about a physical wall, it would rate very low.

A gift and a challenge for Democrats: A restive, active and aggressive base  —  A super PAC formed to reelect Barack Obama in 2012 is driving activists to congressional town halls.  Veterans of Bill Clinton's administration are joining marches and plotting bigger ones for the spring.

Trump impeached?  You can bet on it  —  There's already talk of impeachment, just three weeks into Donald Trump's turbulent presidency.  In fact, many are already betting on it.  —  Gambling houses all over the world are taking in action on whether Trump, inaugurated just last month, will resign or be impeached.

GOP official in viral town hall video is known for sharing misleading stories, bigoted jokes  —  As news networks have scrambled to put cameras in congressional town hall meetings, a few of their attendees and speakers have earned short bursts of fame — or infamy.

Pelosi: Flynn should be suspended  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is calling for national security advisor Michael Flynn to be suspended and for his intelligence clearance to be revoked until U.S. officials fully review his contacts with Russia's ambassador.

How Obama is scheming to sabotage Trump's presidency  —  MORE FROM:  —  When former President Barack Obama said he was “heartened” by anti-Trump protests, he was sending a message of approval to his troops.  Troops?  Yes, Obama has an army of agitators — numbering more than 30,000 …

VENEZUELA NOW LEADS US ASYLUM REQUESTS AS CRISIS DEEPENS  —  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuelans for the first time led asylum requests to the United States as the country's middle class fled the crashing, oil-dependent economy.  —  Data from the U.S. government's Citizenship …