Sources: Oprah Winfrey ‘actively thinking’ about running for president  —  Oprah Winfrey in 96 seconds  —  Oprah Winfrey is “actively thinking” about running for president, two of her close friends told CNN Monday.  —  The two friends, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely …

Trump Administration Rules That Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans Must Leave, Officials Say  —  LOS ANGELES — Nearly 200,000 people from El Salvador who have been allowed to live in the United States for more than a decade must leave the country, two government officials familiar with the decision said on Monday.

Initial talks underway about Trump interview in Mueller Russia probe  —  WASHINGTON — Anticipating that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will ask to interview President Donald Trump, the president's legal team is discussing a range of potential options for the format, including written responses …

Don't believe Michael Wolff's book about Trump if you want the truth  —  BY SEBASTIAN GORKA, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 01/08/18 12:00 PM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  When I worked in the White House, I was viewed as strange by many of my colleagues on Sean Spicer

Scoop: Trump's secret, shrinking schedule  —  President Trump is starting his official day much later than he did in the early days of his presidency, often around 11am, and holding far fewer meetings, according to copies of his private schedule shown to Axios.

Stephen Miller had to be escorted off CNN's set after his interview with Jake Tapper went off the rails  — Stephen Miller needed to be escorted off a CNN set on Sunday.  — His appearance on “State of the Union” ended abruptly after host Jake Tapper pressed him on damaging claims about President Donald Trump.

Judge in Las Vegas dismisses case against Cliven Bundy, 2 sons  —  Defendants Ammon Bundy, left, and his brother Ryan Bundy talk to the news media outside the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse on Dec. 20, 2017, after a mistrial was declared in the Bunkerville standoff case involving their father, rancher Cliven Bundy.

Tom Steyer will plow $30 million into midterms, but won't run for office in 2018  —  Democratic donor Tom Steyer, who has spent more than $100 million since 2016 on political campaigns, will forgo any run for office this year and focus instead on ending Republican control of the House of Representatives.

This woman's mugshot got compliments, so she turned it into an ad for her business  —  When Shia Yearwood was arrested and charged with violating a domestic protective order in Mecklenburg County on Wednesday, it seemed like a rough start to the new year.  —  Shia Yearwood, 24 …

Corker smooths over relationship with Trump, sources say  —  Corker's biggest Trump criticisms (so far)  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Sen. Bob Corker, who is traveling Monday on Air Force One with President Donald Trump, has repaired his relationship with the commander in chief …

Here's a novel idea: If you don't like Jeff Session's marijuana decision, change the law  —  This is basic civics stuff, but it seems to have eluded a lot of legislators who decided to fire off tweets instead of make real change.  —  CONNECT  —  Article I, Section 1 of the United States …

ACLU Says New Jersey Prisons' Banning of “The New Jim Crow” Is Unconstitutional  —  America's jails and prisons have long since banned and censored books that the institutions determined posed a material danger to the safety of inmates and employees.  There is a logic, at least …

Fire breaks out at Trump Tower in NYC  —  NEW YORK — The Fire Department of New York says it's at the scene of a fire at Trump Tower in Manhattan.  The department says it was called around 7 a.m. Monday for a report of a fire on the top floor.  —  Aerial views showed firefighters on the roof …

The President-as-Plaintiff, the Republican Party and the Battering of Norms  —  President Donald Trump's resort to threatened litigation against Steve Bannon and the author and publisher of Fire and Fury brought more attention to the book but it did not, and could not, succeed in suppressing the book's publication.

How Trump's HHS nominee's drug company ‘gamed’ a patent  —  When Donald Trump's nominee for HHS secretary was a top executive at Eli Lilly, the patent on its blockbuster Cialis was soon to expire.  —  So Lilly tested it on kids.  —  The drugmaker believed the erectile dysfunction drug might help …

Scene quiet before frenzy of big game, planned protests  —  ATLANTA (AP) — The scene was relatively quiet Monday morning around the stadium in downtown Atlanta where the College Football Playoff title game was set to be held.  A light drizzle fell on some fans milling about, but there were no anti-Trump demonstrators in sight.

Strong Economies Lift Presidents.  Trump Seems an Exception.  —  His approval ratings reflect political weakness despite good news on several fronts.  —  The stock market has surged.  Unemployment is at 4.1 percent.  ISIS has largely been vanquished from Iraq and Syria.