Secret Memo Hints at a New Republican Target: Rod Rosenstein  —  WASHINGTON — A secret, highly contentious Republican memo reveals that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein approved an application to extend surveillance of a former Trump campaign associate shortly after taking office last spring …

'He's not God': In the wake of porn-star allegations, most evangelicals stand by Trump … When news first broke this month about President Trump's alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, it seemed the kind of story that would devastate a group of voters once known as “The Moral Majority.”

Mark Warner: 'We've Had New Information That Raises More Questions'  —  Congress late last year received “extraordinarily important new documents” in its investigation of President Donald Trump and his campaign's possible collusion with the 2016 Russian election hacking …

Beto O'Rourke outraises Cruz again, taking in $2.4M in latest quarter  —  Updated at 10:50 p.m. to include the latest fundraising figures from Sen. Ted Cruz.  —  WASHINGTON — The Texas Democrat hoping to oust Sen. Ted Cruz is posting his largest campaign fundraising haul yet: $2.4 million.

White House perjury panic  —  I can't overstate the level of anxiety among sources close to Trump after the president told the NYT's Maggie Haberman last week he was willing and eager to submit himself to a live interview under oath with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Omarosa Goes From White House to Cast of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’  —  The former ‘Apprentice’ star, and adviser to President Trump, was the shock addition to the new season of CBS' reality show.  —  Omarosa Manigault, who left the White House under dramatic circumstances at the tail end of last year …

Melania Trump's Military Flights Before Her Move to Washington Cost More Than $675,000  —  First lady flew 21 flights in three-month period while living in New York after President Donald Trump's inauguration  —  First lady Melania Trump took 21 flights in a three-month period on Air Force jets …

Trump is winning  —  Trump is making us a little more like him, and politics a little more like the tribal clash he says it is.  —  There are two Trump presidencies.  —  One of them is the official presidency of Donald Trump, leader of the Republican Party, driver of the legislative agenda, head of the executive branch.

When Russian Officials ‘Nightmare’ Your Business, You Can Lose Everything—Even Your Life  —  If a well-connected rival wants somebody's law practice or tech startup, there's a fair chance he can get it.  Here's the latest twist on these assaults.  —  Late last year, Moscow news media reported …

Troubled Los Angeles Times Picking New Editor Amid Unrest  —  In an attempt to calm rising newsroom tensions at The Los Angeles Times, the paper was expected to name Jim Kirk, a veteran journalist and former editor and publisher of The Chicago Sun-Times, as its next editor in chief on Monday, according to two company officials.

U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging  —  BEIRUT — An interactive map posted on the Internet that shows the whereabouts of people who use fitness devices such as Fitbit also reveals highly sensitive information about the location and activities of soldiers …

Trump abuses show we must turn traditions into laws: Bharara and Whitman  —  It's not enough to fret.  We're launching a bipartisan project to mend the gaps in our system and make sure our government is competent and trustworthy.  —  One year into the Trump presidency …

Reality sets in that DACA deal might not get done  —  Washington (CNN)After months of rhetoric and negotiations on immigration with the parties barely any closer to each other, the reality is beginning to dawn that there may be no deal to be had.  —  Stakeholders working toward a deal …

Donald Trump appears to misunderstand basic facts of climate change in Piers Morgan interview  —  US President also expressed willingness to ‘go back in’ Paris climate agreement, but only if US is given ‘a good deal’  —  Newcastle make move for Liverpool striker Sturridge

New book by “Clinton Cash” author targets “vast corruption” in D.C.  —  Peter Schweizer, author of the bestselling “Clinton Cash,” is headed to Capitol Hill this week to tell senators and House members about his new book, out March 20, “Secret Empires: How Our Politicians Hide Corruption and Enrich Their Families and Friends.”