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 …

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe stepping down  —  WASHINGTON — FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe stepped down Monday, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.  —  McCabe will remain on the FBI payroll until he is eligible to retire with full benefits in mid-March, the sources said.

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 …

Statement of Representative Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)  —  “Today as I announce my retirement at the end of this session of Congress, I want to use the opportunity to strongly encourage the many young people I meet to consider public service.  Public service is an incredible way to turn …

Indians Will Abandon Chief Wahoo Logo Next Year  —  The Cleveland Indians will stop using the Chief Wahoo logo on their uniforms beginning in 2019, according to Major League Baseball, which said the popular symbol was no longer appropriate for use on the field.

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 …

Sanders Backs Out of Interview After Failing to Dictate Conditions  — Congressman Peter Welch and Sen. Bernie Sanders at a press conference Monday morning at Burlington International Airport  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) backed out of an interview with Seven Days Monday morning …

TV Ratings: 2018 Grammys Tumble From Recent Years  —  The CBS telecast is down a steep 21 percent from 2017 in early numbers, potentially spelling an all-time low.  —  Sunday's Bruno Mars-loving Grammy Awards took a steep ratings spill by the first-available metrics.

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 …

Jared Kushner Played a Role in Guy Fieri's Restaurant Closure  —  His company was the landlord for the Times Square grill  —  Turns out President Trump son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner was Guy Fieri's landlord at the now-shuttered Guy's American Kitchen & Bar …

'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.”

Omarosa Manigault Newman: From the White House to the ‘Big Brother’ house … Historically, White House aides often land impressive jobs after they finish working for a president.  Some become corporate executives, others join law firms and quite a few work as well-paid television pundits.

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.

Few U.S. adults report bonuses, raises from Republican tax law  —  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two percent of U.S. adults said they had gotten a raise, bonus or other additional benefits due to the Republican tax law enacted a month ago by President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.

If Pelosi brings ‘Dreamers’ to the State of the Union, Trump should bring ICE agents  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and a number of other Democrats plan to fill the House gallery with illegal aliens when President Trump delivers his first State of the Union address on Tuesday.

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.

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 …