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 …

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 …

CNN's Jeffrey Toobin: ‘I regret my role’ in Hillary Clinton false equivalence … So long as President Trump continues disgracing the Oval Office, thoughtful people will probe their own role in helping him get there.  —  Such appeared to be the motivation behind a mea culpa issued …

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 …

Republican House ‘leaders’ are complicit in obstruction … While an occasional voice of sanity pops up now and then — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) (on a good day), retiring Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) (every day) — none of the voices urging strict oversight of President Trump …

The Steele Dossier Fits the Kremlin Playbook  —  The likely objective was to undermine Republicans, Democrats—and American democracy.  —  When the “Steele dossier” was first published a year ago, it looked like a bombshell.  The document, drawn up by the British ex-spy Christopher Steele …

'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.”

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.

Expect Trump's inside voice at tomorrow's State of the Union  —  President Trump's aides say to expect a more bipartisan and collaborative tone in tomorrow's State of the Union Address — in contrast to his own record.  —  The partisan fights, like Obamacare and tax cuts, are behind.

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.

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.

Trump Tower Russian Lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, Exposed in Swiss Corruption Case … LONDON—The Moscow operation behind the now infamous Russian-Trump Tower meeting in June 2016 included a direct attempt to enlist a foreign country's law enforcement official as a virtual double-agent, according to a court case in Switzerland.

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 …

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 …

Russian Attacks on 21 States in 2016 Election  —  Oversight Dems Ask Gowdy to Subpoena Documents Withheld by Trump Administration … On October 20, 2017, Ranking Members Cummings and Kelly sent a letter requesting copies of the notifications that the Department of Homeland Security provided …

Poll: Millennials say the country is on the wrong track, but they're not  —  Millennials think things in the country are off on the wrong track but at the same time, they're optimistic about their own futures, according to a new NBC News/GenForward survey.  —  Nearly two-thirds of millennials …

Before ‘soul mate’ comment, Rep. Pat Meehan ignored advice against interviews  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Pat Meehan's sudden fall last week began with a revelation that he used taxpayer money to quietly settle a sexual-harassment claim brought by an aide — but it was his stunning public response …

Arkansas Resident: Cotton's Office Sent Cease And Desist When I Said ‘Bullsh*t’  —  After Sen. Tom Cotton's (R-AR) office confirmed this month that it occasionally sends constituents cease and desist letters, one Arkansas resident shared his attempts to learn the Senator's position …

Grammys So Male?  ‘Women Need to Step Up,’ Says Recording Academy President  —  “Hopefully we'll see Taylor Swift next year,” said show producer Ken Ehrlich.  —  The only woman presented a solo Grammy during the awards telecast on Sunday night?  Alessia Cara, who took home best new artist.

Former Colorado GOP Chair Gets Probation For Voter Fraud  —  The former chair of the Colorado Republican Party was sentenced to four years of probation and 300 hours of community service on Friday for committing voter fraud and forging his ex-wife's signature on her 2016 ballot.

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.”