White House dismisses NSC aide after harsh criticism of Trump  —  The White House abruptly dismissed a senior National Security Council aide on Friday after receiving reports that he had publicly laced into the president and his senior aides, including son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka …

White House chief of staff says take Trump seriously when he calls press “the enemy”  —  Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff, advised Americans to take President Trump's attacks on the media “seriously,” following the president's denunciations of the press as the “enemy.”

Leaked Trump tape: ‘You are the special people’  —  President Donald Trump, living alone inside the White House, often hungers for friendly interaction as he adjusts to the difficult work of governance.  At his clubs, he finds what's missing.  —  That showed last November at a cocktail …

Milo Yiannopoulos Tapped as Keynote Speaker at Conservative Political Action Conference (Exclusive)  —  The controversial figure, known as a harsh critic of Hollywood liberalism, will get more stage time at the conservative event than any other speaker, inlcuding VP Mike Pence and Sen. Ted Cruz.

U.S. inquiries into Russian election hacking include three FBI probes  —  The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is pursuing at least three separate probes relating to alleged Russian hacking of the U.S. presidential elections, according to five current and former government officials with direct knowledge of the situation.

McCain: Dictators ‘get started by suppressing free press’  —  (CNN)Sen. John McCain slammed President Donald Trump's attacks on the media this week by noting dictators “get started by suppressing free press.”  —  It was a startling observation from a sitting member of Congress against the President …

Trump gets what he wants in Florida: Campaign-level adulation  —  Melbourne, Florida (CNN)President Donald Trump, after a month of arduous and, at times, turbulent governing, got what he came for Saturday during a dusk rally here: Campaign-level adulation.  —  Trump, who just months ago …

Raucous crowds overwhelm Reed town hall meetings  —  Huge crowds of raucous progressives and quieter conservatives overwhelmed Rep. Tom Reed's town hall meeting in Ashville and Cherry Creek Saturday morning, with the progressives repeatedly interrupting and shouting down the congressman's comments …

CNN host abruptly ends segment after guest makes ‘fake news’ claim  —  CNN host Don Lemon abruptly ended his show Friday night after a commentator continued to call a story they were discussing “fake news” while defending President Trump.  —  Lemon was moderating a discussion on the cost …

Bill Maher and Milo Yiannopoulos Find Common Ground  —  Despite a brief flare-up of controversy that preceded it, a conversation between Milo Yiannopoulos, the incendiary right-wing author and lecturer, and Bill Maher, the comedian and host of HBO's “Real Time,” on that program Friday night was a largely docile, chummy affair.

Report: Carson ‘speechless’ after top aide fired from HUD over anti-Trump op-ed  —  Ben Carson, President Trump's nominee for Housing and Urban Development secretary, was “baffled” by the firing of his close aide for his criticism of Trump during the 2016 campaign, BuzzFeed News reported on Friday.

Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, dies at 69  —  Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unwed, mired in addiction and poverty, and desperate for a way out of an unwanted pregnancy when she became Jane Roe, the pseudonymous plaintiff of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision …

Michael Flynn, General Chaos … Two days before the Inauguration of Donald Trump as the forty-fifth President of the United States, Michael Flynn, a retired lieutenant general and former intelligence officer, sat down in a Washington restaurant.  On the tablecloth, he placed a leather-bound folder …