Column United passenger threatened with handcuffs to make room for ‘higher-priority’ traveler  —  Geoff Fearns, an Irvine investment manager, was threatened with being handcuffed when he refused to vacate his first-class seat on a United flight to Los Angeles.  (Valerie Fearns)

FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page  —  The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, part of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, law enforcement and other U.S. officials said.

CNN Exclusive: Classified docs contradict Nunes surveillance claims, GOP and Dem sources say  — Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides have so far found no evidence that Obama administration officials did anything unusual or illegal  — Their private assessment contradicts …

Live Results: Republicans Defend House Seat in Kansas Special Election  —  Candidate Party Votes Pct.  —  Dem.  —  28,646  —  Ron Estes  —  Rep.  —  27,105  —  Lib.  —  32% reporting (199 of 620 precincts)  —  Republicans are wary of a close race to fill the seat of the new C …

Bill O'Reilly Is Going on Vacation.  Will His Show Return?  —  Embattled Fox News host Bill O'Reilly announced tonight that he is taking a vacation.  O'Reilly's decision to go off the air in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal and advertiser boycott arguably has the appearance of a suspension …

Spicer apologizes for claiming Hitler didn't use chemical weapons  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer had to do something Tuesday night his boss deeply dislikes: He apologized.  —  Hours after seemingly minimizing the Holocaust in an attempt to explain the atrocities of chemical attacks …

Trump won't definitively say he still backs Bannon  —  MORE FROM: … Washington's rumor mill is working overtime on the fate of aide Steve Bannon, who is said to be at the center of the rampant White House in-fighting.  When I asked the President Tuesday afternoon if he still has confidence in Bannon …

Watch Maria Bartiromo's Must-See Interview With President Trump on Fox Business Network  —  President Donald Trump will sit down with Maria Bartiromo for an interview that will air Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. ET on Fox Business Network.  —  It will be Trump's first Fox Business interview since he's taken office.

BREAKING: Sessions Announces Illegal Aliens Who Illegally Re-Enter The U.S. Will Be Charged With a Felony  —  Speaking from the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced major changes to Justice Department protocol when it comes to charging and prosecuting illegal aliens.

Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows pursues health care deal with Speaker Ryan  —  HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — Rep. Mark Meadows intends to deliver an Obamacare repeal and replacement plan to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Tuesday that would leave in place the existing law's mandates …

Tillerson Asks Why U.S. Taxpayers Should Care About Ukraine  —  Offhand remark an unexpected moment as foreign ministers meet  —  Top diplomat still finding footing in protocol-rich meetings  —  With one offhand remark, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson left European diplomats befuddled at a gathering in Italy.

What Rick Perlstein's Embarrassing New York Times Essay Gets Wrong  —  Perlstein's essay offers a really good insight into how the Times has jettisoned so much credibility in the age of Trump.  —  If you'll forgive the self-indulgence, let me start by sharing a few things …

China Threatens To Bomb North Korea's Nuclear Facilities If It Crosses Beijing's “Bottom Line”  —  With everyone putting down new and/or revised “red lines”, be it on Syria or North Korea, it was now China's turn to reveal its “red” or rather “bottom line”, and in a harshly worded editorial titled …

What United claimed: The document attached to his passenger file which claimed Dr David Dao, 69, a grandfather, had tried to strike police officers  —  The father of five, who has won sympathy globally over the incident, was given a suspended jail sentence for illegally obtaining …

NC bill looks to ban gay marriage  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - A bill filed by three Republican lawmakers looks to ban gay marriage in North Carolina.  —  The “Uphold Historical Marriage Act” says the U.S. Supreme Court over stepped its “constitutional bounds” when in 2015 it struck down what was known as Amendment One.