Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump  —  U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.

Leaked Emails Show Justice Clarence Thomas's Wife Pushing Travel Ban  —  Justice Clarence Thomas's wife is organizing in support of President Donald Trump's agenda.  And it might make her husband's life a little complicated.  —  In an email sent to a conservative listserv on Feb. 13 …

Kremlin Tells Media to Cut Back on Fawning Trump Coverage, Sources Say  —  Order comes as hopes fade for improved relations with U.S.  —  Trump was garnering more media mentions in Russia than Putin  —  The Kremlin ordered state media to cut way back on their fawning coverage of President Donald Trump …

Carter Page, at Center of Trump Russian Investigation, Writes Bizarre Letter to DOJ Blaming Hillary Clinton  —  Carter Page, briefly a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, sent a peculiar, rambling letter this week to the Department of Justice, asking it to review …

In First Month, Views of Trump Are Already Strongly Felt, Deeply Polarized  —  Opposition to Trump's refugee policy; improved views of economy  —  Less than a month after Donald Trump took office, the public's initial impressions of the new president are strongly felt, deeply polarized and far more negative than positive.

Inside Donald Trump's White House Chaos  —  For two years, Donald Trump mastered the art of disruption.  Name a political precept and he probably broke it during his improbable march to the White House.  But disruption in government—the rulemaker breaking the rules—turns out to be more costly.

Trump's F-35 Calls Came With a Surprise: Rival CEO Was Listening  —  Boeing CEO said to be in room as Trump phoned program chief  —  Lockheed has faced Trump attacks over cost of F-35 contract  —  Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump made two surprise calls …

G.O.P.'s Grand Visions for Congress Now Look Like a Mirage  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans, who craved unified control of the government to secure their aggressive conservative agenda, have instead found themselves on a legislative elliptical trainer, gliding toward nowhere.

Trump: Leakers will ‘pay a big price’ … President Trump on Thursday pledged to punish people who leaked damaging information about the inner workings of the White House, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn's conversations with Russia.  —  “We're going to find the leakers …

Day Without Immigrants to Hit Washington in the Stomach  —  WASHINGTON — In a city where expense account meals are a central part of power players' lives, some of Washington's best-known restaurants will shutter their doors on Thursday in solidarity with a national campaign to draw attention to the power and plight of immigrants.

‘This is really unprecedented’: ICE detains woman seeking domestic abuse protection at Tex. courthouse  —  A hearing in El Paso County in Texas went from ordinary to “unprecedented” last week when half a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at a courthouse …

EXCLUSIVE: How The Nation's Spooks Played The Game ‘Kill Mike Flynn’  —  Ted Cruz Tries To Wreck Liz Warren's Legacy With One Sentence  —  Democrats Announce HUGE Show Of No-Confidence In Crucial Senate Race  —  Why Did The FBI Just Release Trump Real Estate Records From The 70s?  —  US |

The Daily 202: What killed Andrew Puzder's nomination to be labor secretary  —  THE BIG IDEA: Andrew Puzder's past employment of an undocumented housekeeper and his support for more liberalized immigration policies did far more to doom his confirmation hopes in the Senate than his ex-wife's allegations …

Trump Making It ‘Harder’ on Himself Than Necessary, McConnell Says  —  In an exclusive interview, the Senate's top Republican praises Trump's agenda, but says going off-message is hampering it.  —  Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell says President Trump's approval rating would be …

in Politics  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 55% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump's job performance.  Forty-five percent (45%) disapprove.  —  The latest figures include 38% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 36% who Strongly Disapprove.

Kushners Won't Buy Miami Marlins if Seller Gets Ambassadorship  —  WASHINGTON — The family of Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, said it would pull back from buying the Miami Marlins baseball team — for now — after it emerged that the current owner is likely …

Republicans Fret Over Slow Pace of Congress Early in Trump Term  —  Looming fights on spending, debt limit likely to clog calendar  —  Corker says probes of Trump aide contacts with Russia distract  —  Congress is off to a slow start this year, and Republicans are starting to get nervous.

Who Will Watch the Agents Watching Our Borders?  —  Whom do federal immigration agents despise more: former President Barack Obama, or the immigrants whose lives are in their hands?  —  That uncomfortable question came to mind as I read articles over the past week of the growing numbers of raids …

Trump and Putin are discussing military cooperation in Syria.  Mattis says Russia must ‘prove itself first’.  —  BRUSSELS — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday that Russia will need to “prove itself first” before the United States and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization …

Twitter's New Tool to Crack Down on Politically Incorrect Language  —  Twitter has launched a new way to punish users for bad behavior, temporarily “limiting” their account.  —  Some users are receiving notices their accounts are limited for 12 hours, meaning only people who follow them can see their tweets or receive notifications.

Rex Tillerson Meets Russian Counterpart in First Trip as Top U.S. Diplomat  —  BONN, Germany — By the time Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson decided that he wanted to join his counterparts at an important global gathering in Bonn — his first trip overseas as America's top diplomat …