Fusion GPS founder told Senate investigators the FBI had a whistleblower in Trump's network … The ex-British spy who authored a dossier of allegations against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was told the FBI had someone inside Trump's network providing agents with information …

Steve Bannon Steps Down From Breitbart Post  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon is stepping down from his post as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the company announced Tuesday.  —  Mr. Bannon's departure, which was forced by a onetime financial patron, Rebekah Mercer …

Joe Arpaio running for Senate in Arizona  —  Republican Joe Arpaio, a close ally of President Trump and former sheriff known for his provocative approach to combatting illegal immigration, is running for Senate in Arizona.  —  The 85-year-old Arpaio could shake up the late August Republican primary …

In extraordinary public negotiation with Congress, Trump promises to sign DACA bill  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump promised Tuesday to sign what he called a “bill of love” to extend protections to 800,000 immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children — if Congress can work out the details.

Facing staffing exodus, Trump struggles to fill West Wing  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)White House aides have been told to make a decision before the end of January whether they intend to leave the administration or stay through the November midterm elections, an official said …

If Russia probe goes near Trump's finances, 'he's sunk,' ‘Fire and Fury’ author Michael Wolff says  —  People around President Donald Trump think that if the Russia investigation touches the president's finances, it could take the president down, the author of an explosive tell-all book claimed Tuesday.

Sessions' DOJ Charged A White Supremacist With Terrorism.  They Just Didn't Tell Anyone.  —  The Justice Department's handling of the federal terrorism case against Taylor Michael Wilson is indicative of the government's approach to domestic terrorism.  —  WASHINGTON Usually …

At least 5 dead as heavy rains trigger flooding, mudflows and freeway closures across Southern California … At least five people were killed Tuesday when a rainstorm sent mud and debris coursing through Montecito neighborhoods and left rescue crews to scramble through clogged roadways and downed trees to search for victims.

Trump Plans to Attend the World Economic Forum in Davos  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to attend the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, in the coming weeks, an administration official said Tuesday.  —  In a statement, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary …

Club for Growth comes out against Trump proposal to bring back earmarks  —  Club for Growth, a top conservative group, on Tuesday came out against President Trump  —  's call for Congress to consider bringing back earmarks.  —  “If Republicans bring back earmarks, then it virtually guarantees …

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel creator Stan Lee, 95, is accused of groping nurses and demanding oral sex in the shower at his $20m Los Angeles home - but says he is victim of a ‘shake down’  — Stan Lee, the 95-year-old comic book legend who co-created Spider Man, the X-Men, The Incredible Hulk and other characters is accused of sex abuse

“I sometimes wonder if the Invisible White House has learned to use the Potemkin White House to deke us while it changes the country.”  —  Writes anti-Trumper David Brooks in “The Decline of Anti-Trumpism.” … As to why anti-Trumpism is in decline, the proudly elitist Brooks blames “lowbrowism”:

Teacher removed from Vermilion school board meeting in handcuffs  —  The superintendent of Vermilion Parish schools says the board won't press charges against a teacher who was removed from the board's special meeting Monday night.  —  Deyshia Hargrave, an English language arts teacher …

Ivanka Trump tries to hop on Oprah's #MeToo message.  #MeToo says no thanks.  —  The president's daughter is trying to piggyback on Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes speech.  —  Ivanka Trump praised Oprah Winfrey's viral Golden Globes speech and tried to hop on the Time's Up movement of women speaking up against sexual misconduct.

This Is the Data Snapchat Doesn't Want You to See … Snapchat takes its secrecy seriously.  Very, very seriously.  —  Take the case of one former Snapchat employee.  On his first day, he was forced to sit through an ominous orientation where he was threatened with termination …

Roseanne Barr: “I'd Be a Better President” Than Oprah, Susan Sarandon, Trump  —  “It was time for us as a country to shake things up and, you know, try something different,” the actress tells reporters of her support of Trump at TCA.  —  It didn't take long before the subject …

Racist goons are targeting the FCC chief — and his family  —  In the minds of today's political activists, the objects of their fixations represent an existential threat.  This is how opposition to an arcane, bureaucratic decision by the Federal Communications Commission transformed from a liberal cause into an obsession.

Success: EPA set to reduce staff 50% in Trump's first term  —  The Environmental Protection Agency, seen by President Trump as a bloated bureaucratic whale, is on schedule to fulfill his promise to reduce its staff nearly in half by the end of his first term mostly through retirements, not cuts, according to officials.