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 …

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 …

Pence says US to unveil ‘toughest’ sanctions on N. Korea  —  Vice President Mike Pence said the U.S. is preparing to announce the “toughest and most aggressive” economic sanctions against North Korea in the coming days, boosting pressure on the bellicose government during the Winter Olympics.

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.

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.

Trump After Dark: Shutdown Maybe Shutdown edition  —  Congress is on the verge of a budget deal.  President Donald Trump is implying he'd be happy to shut it all down if he doesn't get his way.  —  The House passed another stopgap funding bill that could avert a government shutdown …

“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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

Meghan McCain: Trump won't attack my dad again  —  'I don't believe he would go there again,' the Arizona senator's daughter says.  —  President Donald Trump won't be trashing Sen. John McCain anytime soon.  —  Story Continued Below  —  After months of criticizing the war veteran …

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,” …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …