Trump Says He Is Willing to Speak Under Oath to Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he was willing to speak under oath to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Exclusive: The full ‘secret society’ text between FBI agents: Was it meant in jest?  —  For the past 24 hours, a number of Republican lawmakers have been suggesting that a months-old text message between two FBI officials reveals a “secret society” of federal law enforcement officials clandestinely plotting …

SOURCE: MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon to step down before end of week  —  MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will resign before the week is over, The State News has learned.  —  According to a knowledgable source to whom we have granted anonymity because the information was told in confidence …

Devin Nunes' Anti-FBI Memo Names James Comey, Rod Rosenstein, and Andrew McCabe … A controversial Republican memo alleging surveillance abuse specifically names GOP bêtes noires in the Justice Department and FBI, The Daily Beast has learned.  Two current top officials …

Cecile Richards Plans To Step Down As President Of Planned Parenthood, After More Than A Decade  —  Richards greatly expanded Planned Parenthood's political prominence, as well as its organizing and fundraising capacities, during her time leading the organization.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC

Justice Department Demands Documents and Threatens to Subpoena 23 Jurisdictions As Part of 8 U.S.C. 1373 Compliance Review  —  The Department of Justice today sent the attached letters to 23 jurisdictions, demanding the production of documents that could show whether each jurisdiction …

Inside the Dysfunctional Relationship of Donald Trump and Theresa May  —  When Theresa May returned to the grandeur of the British Embassy on Washington's Massachusetts Avenue in January last year, her aides had no idea how spectacularly awry her visit to Donald Trump's White House had gone.

We Are Truly Fucked: Everyone Is Making AI-Generated Fake Porn Now  —  In December, Motherboard discovered a redditor named ‘deepfakes’ quietly enjoying his hobby: Face-swapping celebrity faces onto porn performers' bodies.  He made several convincing porn videos of celebrities …

Trump puts path to citizenship for some ‘dreamers’ on the table in immigration deal  —  President Trump said for the first time Wednesday that he is open to a path to citizenship for some younger undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers” in an immigration deal being negotiated by Congress …

In Conversation: Erykah Badu  —  “I'm gathering ideas,” says Erykah Badu, talking over dinner at a vegan restaurant in midtown Manhattan.  “I'm uploading.”  Badu, in a baggy sweater, oversized eyeglasses, and giant fedora, is talking about why she hasn't released an album of new material since 2010's …

Budget talks progress, as Senate Dems drop Dreamer demand  —  Senate Democrats are willing to drop their demand that relief for Dreamers be tied to any long-term budget agreement — a potential boost for spending talks, but which could face opposition from their House counterparts.

With Pence breaking 49-49 tie, U.S. Senate advances Brownback's nomination  —  WASHINGTON  —  Kansas Republican Sam Brownback, one of the most unpopular governors in the country, barely survived a key vote on his bid for a big Trump administration job on Wednesday, as Vice President Mike Pence broke …

Report: Felons, people under foreign influence got national security clearances  —  WASHINGTON — A Defense Department report obtained by NBC News found that 165 defense contractors had their initial security clearances revoked last year after further investigation linked the recipients …

Toys R Us to close 180 stores across the US  — Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet.  —  Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet …

Errant court filing suggests feds had informant at Manafort firm  —  A document that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's attorneys appear to have accidentally filed in court Wednesday suggests that federal investigators had an informant inside Manafort's consulting firm who provided information about his financial dealings.

Journalists at an Intervention  —  My article called “1 Son, 4 Overdoses, 6 Hours” started out as one story but ended up as another.  —  I was originally planning to write about why New Hampshire has such a severe problem with heroin and fentanyl.  I reached out to researchers at Dartmouth …