Exclusive: Read the Inauguration Day letter Obama left for Trump  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)During his final moments in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama folded into thirds a handwritten letter to Donald Trump, slid it into an envelope, and in neat capital letters addressed it to “Mr. President.”

After North Korea Nuclear Test, Trump Saves Harshest Words for South Korea  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday called North Korea's biggest nuclear test to date “very hostile and dangerous,” but his most significant rhetorical escalation was against South Korea, a close United States ally …

EPA Response To The AP's Misleading Story  —  Good afternoon -  —  Yesterday, the Associated Press' Michael Biesecker wrote an incredibly misleading story about toxic land sites that are under water.  —  Despite reporting from the comfort of Washington, Biesecker had the audacity to imply …

To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now  —  ROCHESTER — Gail Evans and Marta Ramos have one thing in common: They have each cleaned offices for one of the most innovative, profitable and all-around successful companies in the United States.

Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand will lead Democrats to 2020 victory  —  As Democrats survey the political landscape and focus on rebuilding the party after the disastrous 2016 election, there's no denying that a change in leadership is desperately needed.

‘Are you on drugs?’:  Top Trump lawyer Ty Cobb slams ‘rabid’ press in lengthy response to questions on Comey letter  —  White House special counsel Ty Cobb, who was appointed to represent President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation, on Saturday issued his lengthiest statement yet …

Steely Dan's Walter Becker Dead at 67  —  He and Donald Fagen co-founded the group in 1972  —  Steely Dan's guitarist Walter Becker has died, as confirmed by a post on his official website.  He was 67 years old.  Becker had recently undergone an operation that left him unable to tour …

Don't expect Georgina Bloomberg to run for office  —  Georgina Bloomberg has no plans to follow her former mayor father Mike into politics.  —  “Who wants to be a politician?  No one ever asked me to go into politics because they knew I'd be terrible at it,” she said at a party to celebrate her Resident magazine cover.

Blunt: 'I think it's a mistake to get in a fight with the president'  —  (R-Mo.) said he thinks it's a “mistake” to get into a fight with President Trump.  —  “It's not a mistake to disagree when you disagree,” he said on NBC's “Meet the Press.”  “It is a mistake to suggest that somehow this president …

Trump praises Coast Guard, swipes at media in Texas  —  President Trump praised the Coast Guard and took a swipe at the media Saturday during a stop on his trip to Texas to visit victims and local responders in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.  —  “I hear the Coast Guard saved 11,000 people …