Trump Launched Campaign to Discredit Potential FBI Witnesses  —  The president targeted three bureau officials who could provide key testimony in the Mueller probe.  —  President Donald Trump pressed senior aides last June to devise and carry out a campaign to discredit senior FBI officials …

OTL: Michigan State secrets extend far beyond Larry Nassar case  —  MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY administrators have long claimed, to the federal government and public, that they have handled sexual assault, violence, and gender discrimination complaints properly.

Dozens of People Recount Pattern of Sexual Misconduct by Las Vegas Mogul Steve Wynn  —  Wynn Resorts employees and others described a CEO who sexualized his workplace and pressured workers to perform sex acts.  Mr. Wynn responded: ‘The idea that I ever assaulted any woman is preposterous.’

Exclusive: Frustrated State Department employees hire attorneys, charging ‘political retribution’  —  Ex diplomat: US ability to ‘avert disasters’ at risk  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Several officials tell CNN they have retained attorneys after repeatedly trying unsuccessfully to raise concerns

EXCLUSIVE: Melania Trump has been spending nights at a posh D.C. HOTEL since the president was accused of having a fling with porn star Stormy Daniels - before the first lady unexpectedly flew to Palm Beach  — Melania Trump has been spending time away from Trump and the White House since news …

Sorry, Blue States: You Can't Fix the Tax Bill  —  In the end, federal deductibility changes maybe simply force New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to cut their rates to compete with red states.  —  It's an unhappy time to be a high-income professional in a blue state — or their governor.

Millions of Americans Believe God Made Trump President  —  If Donald Trump gets a little bored on his flight home from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he can always page through a book handed to him by a delegate not long after he arrived: “God and Donald Trump.”

Air Force One's new refrigerators cost $24 million  —  Washington (CNN)Air Force One is primed to receive an upgrade that will include new refrigerators expected to cost American taxpayers nearly $24 million.  —  The US Air Force awarded Boeing a $23.6 million contract in December to replace two of the five …

Conservative Writer Says Republicans ‘Sacrificed Their Honor’ By Attacking FBI  —  Noah Rothman, an editor for Commentary magazine, tells NPR's Rachel Martin that “Trump's advocates across the Republican political spectrum” are grasping at straws by attacking the FBI.  —  RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Trump divorce lawyer penning ‘tell-all’ book  —  's divorce lawyer — who the commander in chief once called his “most important” attorney — is penning a “tell-all” book.  —  Jay Goldberg, who worked on the headline-grabbing 1992 divorce battle between Trump and his first wife, Ivana …

Elephants Are Very Scared of Bees.  That Could Save Their Lives.  —  Elephants are afraid of bees.  Let that sink in for a second.  The largest animal on land is so terrified of a tiny insect that it will flap its ears, stir up dust and make noises when it hears the buzz of a beehive.

The G.O.P.'s Bonfire of the Sanities  —  Like Alexis de Tocqueville's “Democracy in America,” Richard Hofstadter's “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” is often cited but less often read, which is a shame because the landmark 1964 essay helps explain our times.  Consider Ron Johnson, the Republican senator from Wisconsin.

Hillary Clinton Chose to Shield a Top Adviser Accused of Harassment in 2008  —  WASHINGTON — A senior adviser to Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign who was accused of repeatedly sexually harassing a young subordinate was kept on the campaign at Mrs. Clinton's request, according to four people familiar with what took place.

This Flu Season Is the Worst in Nearly a Decade  —  This year's flu season is now more intense than any since the 2009 swine flu pandemic and still getting worse, federal health officials said on Friday.  —  Nationally, the number of people falling ill with flu is increasing.

Tucker Carlson: When Concerns Of Foreigners Take Precedence Over Americans, Government Is Betraying Us  —  Tucker Carlson responds to critics like MSNBC's Joy Reid and Bill Kristol who have called him a racist.  Carlson lays out his position on immigration and what proponents of more immigration must do to make their case.

Fox News hits peak Trump sycophancy, as opinion hosts disregard the network's own reporting  —  In the hours after the New York Times reported on Thursday night that President Trump tried to fire special counsel Robert S. Mueller III last June, journalists at other news outlets scrambled to confirm the story independently.