McConnell warns Trump, GOP on health bill failure  —  Mitch McConnell is delivering an urgent warning to staffers, Republican senators and even the president himself: If Obamacare repeal fails this week, the GOP will lose all leverage and be forced to work with Chuck Schumer.

A Time Magazine with Trump on the cover hangs in his golf clubs.  It's fake.  —  The framed copy of Time Magazine was hung up in at least four of President Trump's golf clubs, from South Florida to Scotland.  Filling the entire cover was a photo of Donald Trump.

Trump blasts media after CNN retraction: ‘They are all Fake News!’  —  President Trump on Tuesday blasted several publications after CNN retracted a story published last week tying a top Trump ally to a Russian investment bank.  —  “So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC?”

Trump lawyer's firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show  —  Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal Jay Sekulow approved plans to push people to give to his Christian nonprofit, which then paid big sums to his family … More than 15,000 Americans were losing …

White House Threatened Syria While Trump Yawned, Insiders Say … Hours before the White House issued an ominous warning to Syria's dictator against launching another chemical assault, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave the same message to Bashar Assad's patron in Moscow, The Daily Beast has learned.

Coverage Losses by State for the Senate Health Care Repeal Bill  —  The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its score of the Senate's health care repeal plan, showing that the bill would eliminate coverage for 15 million Americans next year and for 22 million by 2026.

Cover Story: Serena Williams's Love Match  —  A STAR IS BORN Serena Williams, photographed in Highland Beach, Florida.  —  Last January, on the eve of the Australian Open, Serena Williams handed her fiancé, Alexis Ohanian, a paper bag containing six positive pregnancy tests.

Obamas under fire from the left for never ending, sizzling ultra-luxury vacations  —  The Democratic base is growing increasingly frustrated with former President Barack Obama's actions after leaving office, including a seemingly endless tour of millionaire and billionaire luxury retreats …

Seattle's Painful Lesson on the Road to a $15 Minimum Wage  —  The experiment has hurt low-wage workers, cutting their earnings by $125 a month.  —  In the summer of 2014, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a bill increasing the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour.  “No city or state has gone this far.

Chaffetz calls for $2,500 legislator housing stipend  —  Just days before he resigns from Congress, Rep. Jason Chaffetz  —  (R-Utah) said Monday that House and Senate lawmakers should receive a $2,500 per month housing allowance — something he explained would help ease housing costs …

EPA, U.S. Army Move to Rescind 2015 “Waters of the U.S.”  —  The Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Army, and Army Corps of Engineers (the agencies) are proposing a rule to rescind the Clean Water Rule and re-codify the regulatory text that existed prior to 2015 defining “waters of the United States” or WOTUS.

Op-Ed Gorsuch is the new Scalia, just like Trump promised  —  President Donald Trump shakes hands with Neil Gorsuch, his choice for Supreme Court associate justice, in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 31.  (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

Massive cyberattack hits Europe with widespread ransom demands … MOSCOW — A new wave of powerful cyberattacks hit Europe on Tuesday in a possible reprise of a widespread ransomware assault in May that affected 150 countries, as Ukraine reported ransom demands targeting the government …

American Pravda: CNN Producer Says Russia Narrative “bullsh*t” … CNN Producer John Bonifield who was caught on hidden-camera admitting that there is no proof to CNN's Russia narrative.  —  He confirms that the driving factor at CNN is ratings.  —  According to the CNN Producer, business is booming.

Obama Choked on Russia Long Before the 2016 Election  —  It's no wonder Putin thought he could meddle in the U.S. He had gotten away with everything else he tried.  —  “I feel like we sort of choked.”  That is the killer quote in an extraordinary Washington Post investigation …

U.S. Image Suffers as Publics Around World Question Trump's Leadership  —  America still wins praise for its people, culture and civil liberties  —  Although he has only been in office a few months, Donald Trump's presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States.