Democrats begin to wonder: When do we win?  —  As it became clear late Tuesday evening that Jon Ossoff would fall just short of the 50-percent mark in the first round of voting in a suburban Atlanta special election, Democrats back in Washington started leafing through their calendars and asking: When does the winning start?

Fox Is Preparing to Cut Ties With Bill O'Reilly  —  Popular host has been implicated in a sexual-harassment scandal  —  Fox News is preparing to cut ties with its biggest star, Bill O'Reilly, according to people close to the situation.  —  A final decision on Mr. O'Reilly's fate could come …

The Latest: Fresno suspect faces 4 murder charges  —  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting in downtown Fresno, California (all times local):  —  An official says a man suspected of killing a motel security guard and three people he targeted for being white is being charged with four counts of murder.

Aircraft Carrier Wasn't Sailing to Deter North Korea, as U.S. Suggested  —  WASHINGTON — As worries deepened last week about whether North Korea would conduct a missile test, the White House declared that ordering an American aircraft carrier into the Sea of Japan would send a powerful deterrent signal …

First protected DREAMer is deported under Trump  —  Federal agents ignored President Trump's pledge to protect from deportation undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children by sending a young man back to his native Mexico, the first such documented case …

Miami state senator curses at black lawmaker — and refers to fellow Republicans as ‘niggas’  —  TALLAHASSEE  —  Miami Republican Sen. Frank Artiles dropped the n-word to a pair of African-American colleagues in private conversation Monday night — after calling one of them a “f**king a**hole …

Police: No direct knowledge of ‘ping’ from Stephens' phone  —  Cleveland Facebook killer committed suicide after troopers stopped car in city of Erie.  McDonald's workers had tipped off troopers that Stephens was in area.  —  Madeleine O'Neill @ETNONeillTim Hahn @ETNHahn

A month after dismissing federal prosecutors, Justice Department does not have any U.S. attorneys in place  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is making aggressive law enforcement a top priority, directing his federal prosecutors across the country to crack down on illegal immigrants and …

The Continuing Fallout from Trump and Nunes's Fake Scandal  —  Recently, several members and staffers on the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russia's role in the Presidential election, visited the National Security Agency, in Fort Meade, Maryland.

Local, state tax deductions on Gary Cohn's list  —  Gary Cohn has privately said he's warming to the idea of eliminating the local and state tax deduction to pay for tax cuts and simplify the code, according to sources familiar with the thinking of president's top economic advisor.

FBI used dossier allegations to bolster Trump-Russia investigation  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI last year used a dossier of allegations of Russian ties to Donald Trump's campaign as part of the justification to win approval to secretly monitor a Trump associate, according to US officials briefed on the investigation.

Hillary ran the worst presidential campaign ever  —  MORE FROM: … So guess what?  In the last weeks before the election, the Hillary Clinton campaign did no polling.  No. Polling.  Whatsoever.  Oh, it had data.  Lots and lots of data.  Analytics, even.  Data analytics!

H-1B Experts on Trump's Order: ‘This Is What We Elected Him For’  —  President Donald Trump is getting praise from experts on the H-1B foreign guest worker visa for his ‘Hire American’ Executive Order which calls for a review into the system's abuse at the expense of American workers.

Why Are Republicans Making Tax Reform So Hard?  —  In the aftermath of the health care blowup, President Trump and the Republicans need a legislative victory.  Tax reform probably should have gone first, but now is the time to move it forward with urgency.  —  Unfortunately, the White House seems all over the map on the subject.

Exclusive-Sarah Palin Shreds Liz Warren for Ripping Off Her ‘Fight Like a Girl’ Quote  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tweeted “fight like a girl” to her followers Tuesday.  She later used the same phrase in an interview with National Public Radio promoting her new book. … The line may seem familiar.