Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump … Top lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations, in part over concerns that the president would be unwilling to listen to their advice …

The Buck Stops Everywhere Else  —  Trump undermines his own travel ban and Justice Department.

How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business  —  LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES, sponsored Cadillacs, Ferraris and Maseratis descend on the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, in September for the Eric Trump Foundation golf invitational.

Sen. Mark Warner: More state election systems were targeted by Russians  —  WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee told USA TODAY on Tuesday that Russian attacks on election systems were broader and targeted more states than those detailed in an explosive intelligence report leaked …

Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don't Know What To Do About It  —  BuzzFeed News reviewed more than 50 reports of school bullying since the election and found that kids nationwide are using Trump's words to taunt their classmates.  If the president can say those things, why can't they?

Uber Fires 20 Amid Investigation Into Workplace Culture  —  Uber has fired more than 20 employees in conjunction with an internal investigation into its workplace culture, according to a current Uber employee.  —  The company disclosed the move at an all-hands meeting at its San Francisco headquarters …

In Trump's White House, Everything's Coming in ‘Two Weeks’  —  The president has a penchant for making and missing deadlines  —  Tax and infrastructure plans are taking longer than promised  —  President Donald Trump has a plan.  It'll be ready in two weeks.

Notre Dame: Man shot by French police after attacking them with hammer  —  Live: security operation near Notre Dame  —  French police have shot a man outside the Notre Dame in Paris after he tried to attack them with a hammer, according to local media.  One policeman was injured in the attack.

Nevada's legislature just passed a radical plan to let anybody sign up for Medicaid  —  Nevada, with little fanfare or notice, is inching toward a massive health insurance expansion — one that would give the state's 2.8 million residents access to a public health insurance option.

We Found Mike Flynn's Secret Twitter Account … Retired three-star lieutenant general and former national security advisor Michael Flynn has a special counsel and grand jury exploring his dealings with Turkey, and he may have something else: a secret alt-Twitter account with just a single follower.

The Trump effect: Everyone's thinking of running for president.  —  When former vice president Joe Biden announced a few days ago that he was setting up a new political action committee called American Possibilities, the political world read it as a signal: He's seriously thinking of running for president in 2020.

The $110 Billion Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia is Fake News  —  Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Markaz.  —  Last month, President Trump visited Saudi Arabia and his administration announced that he had concluded a $110 billion arms deal with the kingdom.  Only problem is that there is no deal.

An Excerpt From My Definitely Not a Presidential Campaign Book  —  I regret to say, friends, that the Potential Candidates are At It Again.  Chaos may currently reign, but some people have enough confidence in the future to sow seeds and conceive children, and other people have enough confidence …

Ben Sasse is insufferable  —  The Vanishing American Adult, Sen. Ben Sasse's slick new paean to hard work and old-fashioned middle-class American family values, is the most boring book I've ever read.  —  The Nebraska Republican is, if not absolutely insufferable, the least sufferable person in the Senate.

The Lawless Presidency  —  Democracy isn't possible without the rule of law — the idea that consistent principles, rather than a ruler's whims, govern society.  —  You can read Aristotle, Montesquieu, John Locke or the Declaration of Independence on this point.  You can also look at decades of American history.

Russian jet fighter intercepts U.S. bomber over Baltic Sea  —  Russia scrambled a fighter jet on Tuesday to intercept a nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 strategic bomber it said was flying over the Baltic Sea near its border, in an incident that had echoes of the Cold War.

Where Are the United States Attorneys?  —  Three months after President Trump abruptly fired half of the nation's 93 United States attorneys, following the resignations of the other half, he has yet to replace a single one.  —  It's bizarre — and revealing — that a man who called himself the …

“Show them a body”: Senate Republicans prepared to take a failed vote on Obamacare repeal  —  It's not their first choice, but it may be their only option.  —  Senate Republicans are pushing desperately this week to find a health care plan they can coalesce around — but hopes are fading, even among lawmakers.