Man accused of making threats against Jewish community centers arrested in St. Louis  —  A man accused of making at least eight threats against Jewish Community Centers was arrested by the FBI in St. Louis, Missouri, this morning.  —  The suspect, 31-year-old Juan Thompson …

Jeff Sessions Used Political Funds for Republican Convention Expenses  —  Records show attorney general used campaign account for travel expenses to Cleveland, where he met Russian envoy  —  The Trump administration says Attorney General Jeff Sessions was acting as a then-U.S. senator …

Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak Appeared As Obama White House Visitor At Least 22 Times  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions came under fire this week for meeting with him  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions Just Made A Major Announcement About His Future  —  POLITICS |  KAITLAN COLLINS

New details in GOP Obamacare replacement leaked  —  Latest plan still includes a tax credit that conservatives panned as a new entitlement.  —  House Republicans aren't backing down from their Obamacare repeal plan that sparked backlash from the party's conservative wing.

Pence used personal email for state business — and was hacked  —  Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, at times discussing sensitive matters and homeland security issues.  —  Emails released to IndyStar in response …

You May Want to Marry My Husband  —  I have been trying to write this for a while, but the morphine and lack of juicy cheeseburgers (what has it been now, five weeks without real food?) have drained my energy and interfered with whatever prose prowess remains.

1 big thing: When the smoke is the fire  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accompanied by Chief of Staff Jody Hunt, at yesterday's presser / AP's Susan Walsh  —  Good morning, Day 43 of the Trump presidency — a week from halftime of the 100 days.  —  I was chatting with a smart Republican …

Exclusive: Trump aides' bid to plug leaks creates unease among some civil servants  —  President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used his first senior staff meeting last month to tell his new aides he would not tolerate leaks to the news media, sources familiar with the matter said.

Why Does Everybody Seem to Hate Omarosa Manigault?  —  When the unnerving sight of Kellyanne Conway digging her bent knees and shoe heels into the fabric of one of the yellow sofas inside the Oval Office disturbed the fabric of the internet, the images sidelined what was supposed …

Garfield's a boy ... right?  How a cartoon cat's gender identity launched a Wikipedia war.  —  Garfield is lazy; Garfield is a cat; Garfield likes lasagna.  —  Is there really much more to say about Garfield?  The character is not complicated.  Since the comic debuted in 1978 …

NC man accused of committing anti-gay attack: ‘You live in Trump country now’  —  RICHLANDS, N.C. — A North Carolina man was arrested after police in Florida say he yelled anti-gay slurs and threats at a couple last month.  —  Around 1 a.m. on Feb. 23, Kevin Seymour and Kevin Price …

TRMS Exclusive: DHS document undermines Trump case for travel ban  —  The Rachel Maddow Show has obtained, exclusively, a Department of Homeland Security intelligence assessment document.  The document, from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, makes the case that most foreign-born …

Hillary Clinton speaks at Wellesley College in a private, closed-to-the-press program  —  Hillary Clinton appeared at a private event at Wellesley College Thursday night, speaking to students at her alma mater about the presidential election and her time at the college.

Goodbye Spin, Hello Raw Dishonesty  —  The latest big buzz is about Jeff Sessions, the attorney general.  It turns out that he lied during his confirmation hearings, denying that he had met with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign.  In fact, he met twice with the Russian ambassador …

Why so many evangelicals support Trump  —  If you still can't understand how the thrice-married, foulmouthed President Trump convinced so many Christian evangelicals to vote for him, you should consider the role civil religion played in turning him into a secular deity.

The Walled Off Hotel: Banksy opens dystopian tourist attraction in Bethlehem  —  The Presidential Suite boasts “the worst view of any hotel in the world”.  The piano lounge is decorated with mounted CCTV cameras.  And the doorman in the top hat at the front stands just feet from one of the Middle East's most-reviled structures.

Fire erupts inside Trump International Hotel  —  A fire broke out in an apartment under construction at the Trump International Hotel and Tower early Friday on Columbus Circle, according to reports.  —  The blaze started at around 4:12 a.m. on the 47th floor of the 52-story building at 1 Central Park West.

Wilbur Ross: We're ‘up to our eyeballs’ finding regulations to nix  —  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Friday that he and others on the economic team of President Donald Trump “are up to our eyeballs” in their search for government regulations to be undone.