Steve Bannon Will Tell All to Robert Mueller, Source Says  —  Trump's one-time chief strategist and current frenemy may have been tight lipped with Congress.  He won't be that way with the Special Counsel.  —  BETSY WOODRUFF1.16.18 9:33 PM ET  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon broke …

Fox News shelved story on Trump and porn actress Stormy Daniels before election  —  Fox News had a story at the height of the presidential election that detailed an alleged sexual relationship between porn actress Stephanie Clifford — whose stage name is “Stormy Daniels” — and Donald Trump …

Ex-C.I.A. Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informants Is Arrested  —  WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer suspected of helping China identify the agency's informants in that country has been arrested, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.  Many of the informants were killed …

Nearly all members of National Park Service advisory panel resign in frustration  —  Three-quarters of the members of a federally chartered board advising the National Park Service abruptly quit Monday night out of frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had refused to meet with them or convene a single meeting last year.

Athletes Who Are the Same Size as Donald Trump  —  Trump is 6'3" and 239 pounds, according to his annual physical.  You can't teach size, the old adage goes.  —  “I was always the best athlete, people don't know that,” Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal last week ahead of his much-anticipated annual physical.

Democrats grab key Wisconsin Senate seat in Tuesday's special elections  —  MADISON - Democrats snagged a GOP-leaning state Senate seat in western Wisconsin on Tuesday, buoying progressive hopes that they could ride a wave of victory this fall.  —  Patty Schachtner, the chief medical examiner …

Trump ends 1st year with lowest average approval rating  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — This is a record not to be coveted: Donald Trump is wrapping up a year in office with the lowest average approval rating of any elected president in his first year.  —  That's according to polling by Gallup …

New California Declares Independence From Rest Of State  —  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — With the reading of their own version of a Declaration of Independence, founders of the state of New California took the first steps to what they hope will eventually lead to statehood.

Mr. President, stop attacking the press  —  John McCain, a Republican, represents Arizona in the U.S. Senate.  —  After leaving office, President Ronald Reagan created the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award to recognize individuals who have fought to spread liberty worldwide.

A window inside Trump's morning ‘executive time’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump rises around 5:30 a.m. and begins making his first calls to aides and lawmakers as early as 6.  He's dressed in his signature dark suit by 8 a.m. at the latest …

Debate Continues Over What Trump Said.  But Does the Exact Word Matter?  —  Over a three-day weekend at his private club in Palm Beach, Fla., President Trump showed little or no concern about the angry reaction set off by his use of obscenities to describe the third world countries …

Facebook is a ‘living, breathing crime scene,’ says one former tech insider  —  SAN FRANCISCO — With more than 2 billion users, Facebook's reach now rivals that of Christianity and exceeds that of Islam.  However, the network's laser focus on profits and user growth has come at the expense of its users …

Team Trump Cooks Terror Stats for Bogus Immigration Argument … The Trump administration and its Republican allies are pointing to terrorism statistics in order to argue for ending two immigration programs.  But those who study terrorism in the U.S. say that the administration cooked the numbers to arrive at its desired conclusion.

Feds planning massive Northern California immigration sweep to strike against sanctuary laws  —  U.S. immigration officials have begun preparing for a major sweep in San Francisco and other Northern California cities in which federal officers would look to arrest more than 1,500 undocumented people …

California bullet train cost surges by $2.8 billion: ‘Worst-case scenario has happened’  —  The estimated cost of building 119 miles of bullet train track in the Central Valley has jumped to $10.6 billion, an increase of $2.8 billion from the current budget and up from about $6 billion originally.

Louise Turpin Was ‘Perplexed’ When Deputies Arrived at Perris Home Where Malnourished Children Were Shackled: Sheriff's Capt.  —  The mother of 13 malnourished children who were found being held at a filthy, foul-smelling Perris home, some of them chained to furniture, was “perplexed” …

GOP activist from Virginia quits Republican Party over Trump's remarks  —  A young Republican activist from Northern Virginia who was seen as a potential rising star quit the party Tuesday, citing President Trump's “appalling comments” about Haitian immigrants and what he called a nativist streak in his home state.

House GOP leaders may target Obamacare to avoid shutdown  —  The move is intended to persuade Republicans to support another short-term government funding bill.  —  House GOP leaders may load up a temporary government funding bill with Obamacare tax delays in a bid to win over reluctant Republicans and avoid a shutdown at week's end.

Fine, Trump Doesn't Have Dementia.  He's Just a Moron.  —  A recent Washington Post story chronicled the rise of Kevin McCarthy, the House majority leader, who has gained special influence with President Trump.  McCarthy's methods include obsequiousness, attention to detail …

U.S. Uninsured Rate Steady at 12.2% in Fourth Quarter of 2017  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults without health insurance was essentially unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2017, at 12.2%, but it is up 1.3 percentage points from the record low of 10.9% found in the last quarter of 2016.