Furious Trump Fires Off Tweet With New Nickname for Bannon  —  President Donald Trump seems absolutely furious about the upcoming Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, and he's making sure everyone knows it, firing off another tweet not only attacking the book …

Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump's Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump gave firm instructions in March to the White House's top lawyer: stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department's investigation into whether …

I've Studied the Trump-Fox Feedback Loop for Months.  It's Crazier Than You Think.  —  On Tuesday night, I, along with many Americans, was shocked when President Donald Trump tweeted that his “Nuclear Button” is “much bigger & more powerful” than North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's.

U.S. Added 148,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment at 4.1%  —  The Labor Department released the latest figures on hiring and unemployment, with another gain capping a year of increasing opportunities for American workers.  —  The Numbers  —  • 148,000 jobs were added last month …

About speculative execution vulnerabilities in ARM-based and Intel CPUs  —  Security researchers have recently uncovered security issues known by two names, Meltdown and Spectre.  These issues apply to all modern processors and affect nearly all computing devices and operating systems.

Tillis no longer involved in key Senate negotiations on Dreamers  —  WASHINGTON  —  Editor's note: This story has been updated to include additional comments from Sen. Thom Tillis' office.  —  Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who has sought to make immigration one of his signature issues …

Pro-Roy Moore PAC Shifts to Back Mia Love Against Romney  —  A super PAC that backed the failed Senate candidacy of former Alabama supreme court justice Roy Moore has shifted its attention to Utah, where it's backing a conservative challenger to Mitt Romney's expected candidacy—and once again steering money to its own executives.

The Daily 202: Trump administration angers vulnerable Republicans with offshore-drilling expansion and marijuana crackdown  —  THE BIG IDEA: With the proposed expansion of offshore drilling and a crackdown on marijuana, the Trump administration created huge political headaches Thursday …

Publicly, We Say #MeToo.  Privately, We Have Misgivings.  —  You can be sure that this weekend at the Golden Globes, Hollywood celebrities, not exactly known for their independent thinking, will turn the red carpet into a #MeToo moment replete with designer duds.

Trump Administration Seeks $18 Billion Over Decade to Expand Border Wall  —  Expansion would cover about half of the entire southwest border, as described in document sent to senators  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is asking Congress for nearly $18 billion to construct more than 700 miles …

How HQ Trivia Became the Best Worst Thing on the Internet  —  On New Year's Eve, I went to dinner in Los Angeles to close out 2017 with friends.  Naturally, the meal ended with me white-knuckling my phone, my eyeballs glued open and my mind laser-focused on spitting up ephemeral internet trivia …