White House installs political aides at Cabinet agencies to be Trump's eyes and ears  —  The political appointee charged with keeping watch over Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides has offered unsolicited advice so often that after just four weeks on the job …

Gorsuch Confirmation Presents Democrats With 2 Difficult Paths  —  WASHINGTON — When it comes to the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, Senate Democrats appear to have two options: Get out of the way or get run over.  —  Senate Republicans' enthusiastic backing …

Hill Russia inquiry goes _ at last _ before public hearing  —  A congressional inquiry into Russian interference in the presidential election that has so far unfolded behind closed doors moves into the open with a public hearing featuring FBI Director James Comey.

Uber president Jeff Jones is quitting, citing differences over ‘beliefs and approach to leadership’  —  He is leaving after apparently deciding the current controversies are too much to handle.  —  Jeff Jones, the president of Uber, is quitting the car-hailing company after less than a year.

New York Attorney General Steps Up Scrutiny of White House  —  Eric Schneiderman hires a public-corruption prosecutor to target the Trump administration  —  New York state's attorney general, to date one of the most vocal antagonists of President Donald Trump, is preparing to escalate …

Republicans take heat on Trump's tax returns  —  Most of the Republicans who have called for President Trump to release his tax returns have declined to join efforts to use the power of Congress to make it happen.  —  Only two Republicans who think Trump should make his finances public …

Jeff Bezos looks a little too happy piloting a giant mechanical robot  —  Add this one to the growing pile of evidence that the world is slowly transitioning into a sci-fi dystopia: a billionaire entrepreneur with a side-line building space rockets has been showing off piloting a 13-foot-tall robot.

How two old-school Washington insiders became the cool kids of Trumpism  —  The day after a tape of Donald Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women went public in October, Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, appeared on Fox News to defend him.

Rex Tillerson's Hope for a Media-Free Bubble May Burst  —  SEOUL — Rex W. Tillerson, the new secretary of state, offered the diplomatic understatement of the month on Saturday when he told the sole reporter he permitted on his airplane: “I'm not a big media press access person.  I personally don't need it.”

Exclusive: Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers deported - Reuters poll  —  Nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States, and a similar number disapprove of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is handling the influx …

Trump voters in South Georgia come to terms with GOP health plan  —  ATLANTA-NEWS By Craig Schneider and Misty Williams - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  Kenneth Peek had a rough year.  The South Georgia farm where he and his wife grow corn, wheat and soybeans faced a drought and lost money in 2016.

Guy wearing Trump hat sues bar for refusing to serve him  —  Greg Piatek says his pro-Trump hat got him bounced from The Happiest Hour in the Village.  —  Angel Chevrestt  —  Bartenders at a West Village hot spot served up discrimination — with a liberal twist — refusing to serve …

Here's what Trump supporters mean when they talk about the ‘deep state’  —  Donald Trump waits to step out onto the portico of the U.S. Capitol for his inauguration in January.  (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)  —  Leaks to reporters.  Supposed wiretaps of Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.

Can Chuck Schumer Check Donald Trump?  —  After suggesting that he might be able to work with the President, the Senate Minority Leader is taking a harder line.  —  On a morning not long after Michael Flynn, having lied about conversations with the Russian Ambassador, was forced to step …

No Crackdown on Illegal Employers  —  President Trump began his campaign assailing immigrants as ruthless lawbreakers who steal American jobs with impunity.  To halt them, he has vowed to build a wall along the border with Mexico, hire thousands of new immigration agents …

It's Good to Be a CEO, Again: Stocks Rise, and So Does Pay  —  Twice as many top American companies increased their chiefs' pay in fiscal 2016 as cut it  —  Pay raises are back in style in the corner office, wiping out cuts from a year earlier and pushing CEO compensation to new highs amid a surging stock market.

Hollywood's self-inflicted wounds  —  No industry is more identified with Southern California than entertainment.  Yet, in the past, the industry's appeal has lain in identifying with the always-changing values and mythos of American society.  But, today, that connection is being undermined …