Trump Abruptly Orders 46 Obama-Era Prosecutors to Resign  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday moved to sweep away the remaining vestiges of Obama administration prosecutors at the Justice Department, ordering 46 holdover United States attorneys to tender their resignations immediately …

What's a legitimate news outlet?  A new face in the White House press pool raises questions.  —  In an age of partisan media, the lines between “partisan” and “media” can sometimes blur.  —  Case in point: The pool reporter covering Vice President Pence on Thursday — that is …

Trump Appointee Who Tweeted About “Some Muslim Piece Of S**t” Is Out From Energy Department  —  A Trump campaign worker appointed to the Energy Department is a former massage therapist with a history of tweeting anti-Muslim remarks.  —  A massage therapist and former Trump campaign operative …

Sean Spicer's Quick Twitter Reaction to Jobs Report May Break a Rule  —  The enthusiastic reaction of Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, was understandable on Friday when the Labor Department reported a gain of 235,000 jobs.  “Great news for American workers,” he proclaimed, “in first report for @POTUS Trump.”

Flynn Paid Ex-FBI Agents, Behavior Analysts In Lobbying Work For Turkish Government  —  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn's lobbying work for the Turkish government involved payments to several former FBI officials and a retired admiral who served in a top intelligence role for the joint chiefs of staff.

Is the Republican health plan designed to fail?  —  There's a theory going around Washington that Republicans don't want their health bill to pass.  —  There is a line worth noting in David Brooks's column today: “The Republican plan will fuel cynicism.  It's being pushed through in an elitist …

Trump adviser admits to contact with DNC hacker  —  Roger Stone, President Trump's former campaign advisor, on Friday admitted to having private conversations with a hacker who helped leak information from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during last year's campaign.

Revised Trump travel ban suffers first legal blow  —  President Donald Trump's revised travel ban executive order suffered its first legal setback Friday as a federal judge blocked the directive's potential impact on the family of a Syrian refugee living in Wisconsin.

Samantha Bee Called Young Man a Nazi.  Then Apologized.  Kinda.  —  Samantha Bee is not funny.  She hosts a nightly TBS show named “Full Frontal,” which mimics the hard-left fake-news template of “The Daily Show.”  The latter show still exists, hosted by the not-funny Trevor Noah …

Amash cries after missing first vote in Congress  —  Rep. Justin Amash has long boasted about not missing a single vote since he arrived in Congress in 2011 — 4,289 in a row, give or take a vote, if you're counting.  —  But on Friday, as he was railing against the GOP's Obamacare replacement bill off …

Rex Tillerson Might Be the Weakest Secretary of State Ever  —  There are five avenues to power at Foggy Bottom, and they're all blocked to the current man in charge.  —  While much of America's political class is transfixed by the debate about connections between Russia and the White House …

Liberal Democracy Is Suffering From a Concussion  —  Here's the latest in the assault on liberal democracy.  It happened more than a week ago, but I cannot get it out of my consciousness.  A group of conservative students at Middlebury College in Vermont invited the highly controversial author Charles Murray …

White House civil war breaks out over trade  —  ‘Fiery meeting’ in Oval Office between economic nationalists and pro-trade moderates  —  Read next … A civil war has broken out within the White House over trade, leading to what one official called “a fiery meeting” in the Oval Office …

7 Reasons Why Obamacare 2.0 Is All But Guaranteed to Impose Crushing Costs on Voters, Hurt Trump's Base, And Hand Power Back to the Democrats  —  If passed in its current form, the GOP's Obamacare 2.0 bill will impose brutal costs Americans still struggling to make it through a great recession …

The dangerous and irresistible GOP conspiracy theory that explains away Trump's Russia problem  —  The best/worst thing about conspiracy theories is that they only need to rely on a shred of evidence, but they can instantly confirm all of your preconceived notions.

Trump's Leading Candidate for FDA Is Scott Gottlieb, Sources Say  —  Likely nominee was senior FDA executive under George W. Bush  —  Choice would represent mainstream pick for drug industry  —  Scott Gottlieb, a former deputy commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration …