Why Is Facebook Helping Fund CPAC?  —  A pillar of famously-liberal Silicon Valley is underwriting Washington's biggest gathering of conservatives.  —  Sources with direct knowledge of the matter tell The Daily Beast that Facebook made a six-figure contribution to CPAC …

McMaster needs Senate confirmation to keep 3 stars  —  President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, needs Senate confirmation to remain a three-star general in his new post.  —  His job, like virtually all those in the West Wing of the White House, doesn't need Senate approval.

Activists place ‘Refugees Welcome’ banner on Statue of Liberty pedestal  —  Activists unfurled a “Refugees Welcome” banner on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty on Tuesday afternoon.  —  The National Park Service said the banner was placed just before 1 p.m., and rangers took …

13Raw: Emotional Crowd Yells After Sen. Ernst as Town Hall Meeting Wraps … MAQUOKETA, Iowa — The national trend of Republican lawmakers facing angry crowds of constituents arrived in Iowa today.  —  Tuesday afternoon Sen. Joni Ernst sat through a 45 minute town hall meeting in Maquoketa.

Ukraine Lawmaker Who Worked With Trump Associates Faces Treason Inquiry  —  Prosecutors in Ukraine are investigating whether a member of Parliament committed treason by working with two associates of President Trump's to promote a plan for settling Ukraine's conflicts with Russia.

New Trump Deportation Rules Allow Far More Expulsions  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released a set of documents translating President Trump's executive orders on immigration and border security into policy, bringing a major shift in the way the agency enforces the nation's immigration laws.

Sweden: Riots erupt in Stockholm neighborhood  — US President Donald Trump earlier suggested immigrants in Sweden were to blame for an increase in crime  —  Stockholm, Sweden (CNN)Riots broke out in a predominantly immigrant neighborhood of Stockholm Monday night, as residents clashed …

School Asks Teachers To Take Down Pro-Diversity Posters, Saying They're ‘Anti-Trump’  —  Now, the students are fighting back.  —  WASHINGTON School administrators in a 93 percent white Maryland county recently asked high school teachers to take down pro-diversity posters from classrooms …

Donald Trump, Pseudoauthoritarian  —  Donald Trump is an authoritarian by instinct.  He displays the classic traits of an authoritarian personality — a man obsessed with domination and humiliation, and unable to tolerate cognitive dissonance.  (Guidance for Trump's presidential daily brief directs …

Tucker Carlson Couldn't Debate the Anti-Trump Organizer He Wanted, So This Actor Stepped In  —  Fox News' Tucker Carlson had a hard time booking Olga Lexell, the creator and co-organizer of the nationwide Not My President's Day protests on Monday.  —  So, after repeated refusals …

Federal Hiring Freeze Suspends Some Army Child Care Programs  —  A federal civilian hiring freeze ordered by President Donald Trump has forced at least two Army bases to indefinitely suspend some child care programs.  —  Officials at Fort Knox, Kentucky, notified families Feb. 17 of the suspension …

Louisiana woman hailed as a hero for stopping man from beating police officer  —  Authorities said a Louisiana woman “made a big difference” Sunday when she jumped on a suspect's back to save a police officer from a brutal beatdown.  —  Vickie Williams-Tillman, 56, was being hailed as a hero, The Advocate reported.

Poll: Americans overwhelmingly oppose sanctuary cities  —  An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that cities that arrest illegal immigrants for crimes should be required to turn them over to federal authorities.  —  The poll shows that President Trump has broad public support in his effort to crack down on sanctuary cities.

Lincoln Chafee defends Trump, criticizes Raimondo and does not rule out return to politics  —  Former U.S. senator, Rhode Island governor and presidential candidate Lincoln D. Chafee has emerged from political nowhere land with a series of radio and TV appearances, weeks after the last settlement in the 38 Studios lawsuit he initiated.

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U.S. Homeland Security employees locked out of computer networks: sources  —  Some U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees in the Washington area and Philadelphia were unable to access some agency computer networks on Tuesday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Columbia man charged with plotting Islamic State terror attack on Kansas City  —  A Columbia man is accused of plotting a Presidents Day jihadist terrorist attack on buses, trains and a train station in Kansas City.  —  Robert Lorenzo Hester Jr., 25, was charged in U.S. District Court …

Marine Le Pen in Lebanon row after refusing to wear headscarf  —  Le Pen refuses headscarf, cancels meeting  —  Beirut (CNN)France's Marine Le Pen canceled a meeting with Lebanon's Grand Mufti Tuesday after refusing to wear a headscarf.  —  The far-right presidential candidate …