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.

Tapper cuts off interview with Trump adviser  —  In a heated interview, White House adviser Stephen Miller talks with CNN's Jake Tapper about Michael Wolff's book “Fire and Fury” and its revelations about life inside the Trump campaign and White House.

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.

‘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 …

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 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 …

Sarah Silverman's response to a Twitter troll is a master class in compassion  —  After a troll lashed out at Silverman, she found him help for his pain.  —  Sarah Silverman may be known for her biting comedy, but her recent exchange with a Twitter troll is being held up as a model of compassion.

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.

We are being defeated in a digital war - but there is still time to fight back  —  Last year, Russia and its allies engineered a rift between truth and lies, fact and fake news, humans and bots - and the bots are winning.  They're winning because social-media firms profit from all traffic …