Trump's ‘marching orders’ to the Pentagon: Plan a grand military parade … President Trump's vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and White House, where officials say they have begun to plan …

Trump Meets Rosenstein About Democratic Surveillance Memo  —  White House must decide whether to allow release of rebuttal to GOP document  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump met Tuesday with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to discuss a classified Democratic memo rebutting GOP allegations …

Biden: Trump should avoid Mueller interview, has ‘difficulty with precision’  —  Washington (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that if he were one of President Donald Trump's attorneys, he would suggest Trump not consent to a special counsel interview for fear of being caught misleading investigators.

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Schiff sent his staff to try and collect ‘classified materials for the FBI’ after Russian pranksters told him Putin has NAKED blackmail pictures of Trump  — Adam Schiff, the ranking Democratic member of the House Intel Committee was recorded speaking to Russian pranksters who spun elaborate ‘kompromat’ tale

Los Angeles Times owner will sell paper, ending a long-troubled relationship … The Chicago-based owner of the Los Angeles Times is expected to announce it is selling the newspaper, according to people familiar with the company's plans, in a surprise move that likely spells the end …

Ben Carson, or the tale of the disappearing Cabinet secretary … It was Christmastime in Washington, and Ben Carson couldn't stop talking about the apocalypse.  —  “Did you know,” the secretary of housing and urban development asked his acting chief of staff, Deana Bass …

“He Wants a Killer”: Post-Bannon, Post-Nunes, Post-Kelly Friction, a Frustrated Trump Searches for a West Wing Reset  —  He pines for old campaign hands Jason Miller, Corey Lewandowski, and David Bossie—but will Ivanka have the final say?  —  After the much-hyped Nunes memo failed to deliver …

FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans.  50,000 Were Delivered.  —  The mission for the Federal Emergency Management Agency was clear: Hurricane Maria had torn through Puerto Rico, and hungry people needed food.  Thirty million meals needed to be delivered as soon as possible.

Chief of staff Kelly suggests undocumented immigrants who didn't sign up for DACA were ‘too afraid’ or ‘too lazy’  —  Washington (CNN)White House chief of staff John Kelly suggested Tuesday that some undocumented immigrants were “too afraid” or “too lazy” to sign up for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Steve Wynn is out as CEO of Wynn Resorts  — In a January report, the Wall Street Journal detailed allegations of decades of sexual misconduct by the gambling mogul.  — Wynn had earlier stepped down from his post as the Republican National Committee's finance chief.

Kirkus Review  —  The former special counsel to former President Bill Clinton takes on the 2016 election and James Comey's effect on the outcome.  —  According to Davis (Close-Up: Twelve Months at Yale, 2017, etc.), the negative effect is indisputable, and he has the data …

Iowa Poll: Kim Reynolds leads all Democratic challengers in 2018 race for governor  —  Copyright Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. 2018  —  If the election for Iowa governor were held today, incumbent Republican Kim Reynolds would defeat all five of the leading Democrats trying to succeed her as the state's chief executive.

Black Lung Study Finds Biggest Cluster Ever Of Fatal Coal Miners' Disease  —  Epidemiologists at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health say they've identified the largest cluster of advanced black lung disease ever reported, a cluster that was first uncovered by NPR 14 months ago.

The Cowboys rule a lot of land, but they're not unambiguously “America's Team.”  —  The New York Times called the baseball version of the map “unprecedented,” arguing that, for questions like this, there's no superior data set: “Fans may not list which team they favor on the census …

The Happy Martyrdom of Carter Page  —  On Monday night, Carter Page was finally ready for his Fox News close-up.  It had been nearly a year since he began his one-man public-relations offensive to rebut accusations that, as a Trump campaign adviser, he colluded with Russia.

Performers And Staffers At “Sleep No More” Say Audience Members Have Sexually Assaulted Them  —  Former performers and staff at the wildly popular immersive theater production say the show's fantasy environment emboldens some audience members to commit sexual misconduct.

Gowdy implies Clinton friend Blumenthal fed information to Steele  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy implied Tuesday that information provided by longtime Clinton friend Sidney Blumenthal was used by former British spy Christopher Steele.  —  During an interview on Fox News' “The Story,” …

Game of Thrones Creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to Write and Produce a New Series of Star Wars Films  —  David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are going from Winterfell to a galaxy far, far away.  —  It was announced today that Benioff and Weiss, creators of the smash-hit …

Democratic Group Targets All-G.O.P. States to Attack Gerrymandering  —  A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama intends to pour millions of dollars into an eclectic array of elections in a dozen states, in an effort to block Republicans from single-handedly drawing congressional maps …

Trump immigration plan could keep whites in U.S. majority for up to five more years … President Trump's proposal to cut legal immigration rates would delay the date that white Americans become a minority of the population by as few as one or as many as five additional years, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.

Hero or hired gun?  How a British former spy became a flash point in the Russia investigation. … In the fall of 2016, a little more than a month before Donald Trump was elected president, Christopher Steele had the undivided attention of the FBI.  —  For months, the British former spy …

Josh McDaniels changes mind, jilting Colts to stay with Pats  —  After two days of reflection and conversations with the Patriots, New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has decided not to accept the Indianapolis Colts' head-coaching job, the team confirmed Tuesday night.