Trump's continued search for new FBI chief seen as chaotic: sources  —  President Donald Trump is still looking for a new FBI director more than three weeks after he fired James Comey, and sources familiar with the recruiting process say it has been chaotic and that job interviews led by Trump have been brief.

Trump campaign plans ‘Pittsburgh, not Paris’ rally to cheer climate deal exit  —  President Donald Trump's campaign announced a “Pittsburgh, not Paris” rally across from the White House on Saturday to celebrate the United States' withdrawal from a global climate agreement.

Donald Trump - miracle worker  —  The world from which President Trump returns on his historic trip to Muslim Saudi Arabia, Jewish Israel, Christian Vatican, and agnostic Brussels, is different from the world prior to his trip.  Hope exists where it did not, because of this trip.  This is not rhetoric.

Vladimir Putin to Megyn Kelly: Even Children Could Hack an Election  —  LONDON — Vladimir Putin again denied that Russia interfered in last year's U.S. election, joking to NBC News' Megyn Kelly on Friday that even her “underage daughter” could have been behind the hacking.

Trump Administration Starts Returning Copies of C.I.A. Torture Report to Congress  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun returning copies of a voluminous 2014 Senate report about the Central Intelligence Agency's detention and interrogation program to Congress …

Trump needs quick wins, but Congress not poised to deliver  —  In a conference room near his office last Monday, House Speaker Paul Ryan gave conservative activists some unwelcome news: He wanted the Senate, House and White House on the same page before a tax reform bill was introduced …

Jared Kushner Still Has a Job Because Washington Only Fears Republicans  —  Photo: Olivier Douliery/Press Pool via Bloomberg News/Getty Images  —  We don't know the reality underlying recent reporting about Jared Kushner's meetings this past December with the Russian ambassador to the U.S …

Wachtell Lipton Partner George Conway Withdraws From Justice Department Consideration  —  Conway cited family reasons as the basis for his decision, but other considerations might have played a role.  —  On Wednesday evening, George T. Conway III — leading litigator, longtime partner at Wachtell Lipton …

God and the Don  —  Presidents often turn to faith in times of crisis.  That seems unlikely for Trump.  —  Two days before his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump greeted a pair of visitors at his office in Trump Tower.  —  As a swarm of reporters waited in the gilded lobby …

California Senate backs longshot single-payer health care bill  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Senate voted Thursday to advance a longshot single-payer health care plan that would replace insurance companies with government-funded health care for everyone in the state.

Large Majorities of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans Want Continued Federal Funding for Medicaid Expansion  —  Most Oppose Medicaid Caps and Structural Changes  —  MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS SEE MEDICAID AS WELFARE WHILE DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS SEE IT AS INSURANCE

The New York Times Just Outed The CIA's Top Iran Spy  —  In an article published Friday, The New York Times outed the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) top spy overseeing the organization's efforts in Iran.  The paper justified its outing of the undercover CIA spy and his role within …

Comedian Kathy Griffin says her career is over after gory Trump photo  —  Comedian Kathy Griffin tearfully apologized in a Friday press conference for posing with a fake bloodied and severed head depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that she felt her career was now over and that Trump “broke” her.

Trump to nominate Richard Spencer for Navy secretary  —  President Donald Trump says he's found a new candidate for the civilian post of Navy secretary.  —  His name is Richard Spencer, and he's a former financial industry executive.  Spencer is also a former Marine Corps captain.

Pelosi Goes Full Theocrat  —  By invoking Pope Francis on climate change, Nancy Pelosi unwittingly confirms that the climate mania is indeed a matter of religious fanaticism, especially since she exhibits medieval ignorance about the subject by confusing greenhouse gases with “the air we breath.”

Nunes-led House Intelligence Committee asked for ‘unmaskings’ of Americans  —  The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee asked U.S. spy agencies late last year to reveal the names of U.S. individuals or organizations contained in classified intelligence on Russia's meddling in the 2016 election …

Arizona man wears colander in driver's license photo in name of religious freedom … PHOENIX — After years of trying and getting turned away, an Arizona man has finally received his official state driver's license bearing a photo of him wearing a spaghetti strainer on his head.

Gay Lawmaker, Leo Varadkar, Is in Line to Be Ireland's Prime Minister  —  DUBLIN — A gay son of an Indian immigrant is now all but certain to become the next prime minister of Ireland, a country that has rapidly been leaving its conservative Roman Catholic social traditions behind.