As Jared Kushner's security clearance is delayed, White House hesitates to act on others with possible problems … White House Counsel Donald McGahn and other Trump administration officials have been so vexed by Jared Kushner's months-long inability to obtain a permanent security clearance …

Pence upstaged by 2 Koreas' efforts to warm ties  —  Vice President Mike Pence's efforts to keep North Korea from stealing the show at the Winter Olympics proved to be short-lived, quickly drowned out by the images of the two Koreas marching and competing together, as the South appeared …

Top official departs ‘rudderless’ railroad safety agency  —  A top official charged with overseeing the safety of the nation's railroads has resigned “effective immediately,” the Department of Transportation said Saturday after POLITICO raised questions about whether he was simultaneously working …

ICE Set To Deport Undocumented Father Whose 5-Year-Old Son Is Battling Cancer  —  The agency chose not to grant the Arizonan another stay despite his child's leukemia.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to deport an undocumented man from Mexico whose child is battling cancer.

Woodward and Bernstein: Trump's Russia response ‘eerily similar’ to Nixon's leading up to Saturday Night Massacre  —  Woodward and Bernstein adapted this piece from their 1976 book, “The Final Days.”  This excerpt is appearing both in The Washington Post and on CNN.  —  (CNN)We're here again.

Israel Downs Iranian Drone, Strikes Syria; Israeli F-16 Shot Down  —  One pilot in serious condition Israel attacks Syrian, Iranian targets in fresh strike Rocket sirens sound throughout northern Israel  —  An Israeli F-16 was downed Saturday morning after Israel intercepted an Iranian drone launched from Syria into Israeli territory.

How Joy Reid of MSNBC Became a Heroine of the Resistance  —  The daughter of immigrants, she spars fiercely with supporters of President Trump, both on the air and in the Twitter ether.  —  In early January, Joy-Ann Reid invited Pastor Mark Burns to be a guest on her MSNBC show …

How One Subway Closure in Queens Wrecked a Community  —  In early 2019, the L train in New York City will shut down for 15 months to repair damage caused during Hurricane Sandy.  Leading up to the closure, VICE will be providing relevant updates and policy proposals, as well as profiles …

The Democrats' secret weapon to take back statehouses  —  Donald Trump has certainly helped.  But Democrats' massive success in flipping statehouse seats in special elections this past year isn't happening by accident.  —  The party's dominance — it's flipped 35 seats …

He Fought for Iran's Environment and Was Arrested.  Now, He's Dead.  —  TEHRAN — A well-known Iranian-Canadian professor has died in prison in Tehran, a statement posted on his son's Instagram page revealed on Saturday, and his family is seeking an independent autopsy.

Grassley-Graham Memo Affirms Nunes Memo — Media Yawns  —  We need a full-blown investigation of how the FISA court came to grant warrants to spy on Carter Page.  —  I  —  n a word, the Grassley-Graham memo is shocking.  Yet, the press barely notices.  —  Rest assured: If a Republican …