Exclusive: Bannon apologizes  —  Battered by the backlash from Michael Wolff's book, Steve Bannon is trying to make amends with the Trump family, providing a statement to Axios that expresses “regret” to President Trump and praises his son, Donald Trump Jr. Show less “Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man.

‘Learn his name first’: The politicizing of military widows is touching a nerve  —  In a way, Jenn Budenz lies with him, her right hand resting on their infant, with a gaze fixed on a framed photo of Maj. Andrew Budenz in a sharp Marine Corps uniform.  —  His face is everywhere at the grave …

Eric Garland Has Blown Our Cover  —  Terrible news.  Project Gizmodnik, our brilliant plan to secretly infiltrate the U.S. tech media for the glorification of Matushka Rossiya's Great Leader Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and/or the destruction of global capitalism*, has been compromised by American “super spy” Eric Garland.

Kushner's Financial Ties to Israel Deepen Even With Mideast Diplomatic Role  —  Last May, Jared Kushner accompanied President Trump, his father-in-law, on the pair's first diplomatic trip to Israel, part of Mr. Kushner's White House assignment to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Pelosi's son hobnobs with the Trumps at Mar-a-Lago  —  Paul Pelosi Jr., son of House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, appears to be quite the nonpartisan partyer.  —  At least judging by the pair of Instagram photos of himself arm-in-arm with first daughter Ivanka Trump …

Why hasn't Michael Wolff's dementia-Trump ever been seen in public?  —  President Trump is on TV and in newspapers more than any human on earth, and yet Michael Wolff, based on his time gossiping, has convinced the national media that grandpa got away and is now drooling in the Oval Office.

White House preparing for trade crackdown  —  President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to unveil an aggressive trade crackdown in the coming weeks that is likely to include new tariffs aimed at countering China's and other economic competitors' alleged unfair trade practices, according to three administration officials.

Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History  —  We all know that the world is going to hell.  Given the rising risk of nuclear war with North Korea, the paralysis in Congress, warfare in Yemen and Syria, atrocities in Myanmar and a president who may be going cuckoo, you might think 2017 was the worst year ever.

House GOP intensifies assault on Mueller probe  —  House Republicans are intensifying a multipronged assault to chip away at special counsel Robert Mueller  —  's investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election.  —  A vocal group of conservative members has for weeks blitzed …