NRA to participate in CNN town hall  —  Watch CNN's town hall “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” live on Wednesday, February 21 at 9 p.m. ET on CNN TV and CNN.com.  —  Washington (CNN)The National Rifle Association will participate in CNN's nationally televised town hall Wednesday …

Trump's former bodyguard makes $15,000 a month from a GOP ‘slush fund’  — The Republican National Committee is paying a firm owned by Trump's former bodyguard $15,000 a month for consulting, according to its latest campaign filings.  — Within weeks of leaving the White House …

Mueller asking if Manafort promised banker White House job in return for loans  —  Federal investigators are probing whether former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort promised a Chicago banker a job in the Trump White House in return for $16 million in home loans, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News.

Trump: “Why aren't Dem crimes under investigation?  Ask Jeff Sessions!”  —  Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren't they the subject of the investigation?  Why didn't Obama do something about the meddling?

Melania Trump's parents are legal permanent residents, raising questions about whether they relied on ‘chain migration’ … The parents of first lady Melania Trump have become legal permanent residents of the United States and are close to obtaining their citizenship, according to people familiar …

Worst Roommate Ever  —  “You've got your whole life in front of you.  You're pretty, you've got this house — well, you don't have this house anymore.  This house is my house.”  —  Alex Miller's spare room had been on Craigslist for two weeks when, last March, she got the call she'd been waiting for.

Statement by the President on the Passing of Reverend Billy Graham  —  Melania and I join millions of people around the world in mourning the passing of Billy Graham.  Our prayers are with his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and all who worked closely with Reverend Graham in his lifelong ministry.

Exclusive: Inside the Corrosive Workplace Culture of the Dallas Mavericks  — More than a dozen current and ex-employees characterize the Mavs' hostile work environment—ranging from sexual harassment to domestic violence—as an “open secret.”  Sports Illustrated details the allegations in a special investigation.

Flirtatious texts, topless photo roil Steve Montenegro's campaign; he blasts ‘false tabloid trash’  —  Five Republican candidates in the race for the 8th Congressional District seat give their thoughts on personal behavior, bipartisan efforts and congressional groups during the azcentral debate Jan. 24, 2018. azcentral

It's Time to End ‘Trending’  —  In the wake of last week's Parkland high school shooting, right-wing conspiracy theorists are pushing the ludicrous story that the teenage survivors speaking out against gun violence are “crisis actors” — dupes hired to pretend to be victims of tragedy.

Kushner Resists Losing Access as Kelly Tackles Security Clearance Issues  —  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, is resisting giving up his access to highly classified information, prompting an internal struggle with John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff …

Conservative Twitter Users Lose Thousands of Followers, Mass Purge of Bots Suspected  —  Twitter suspended thousands of accounts overnight and conservatives on the platform aren't happy about it.  Twitter has yet to make a public statement about the issue, but right-wing users believe …

‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek to moderate a Pa. gubernatorial debate  —  In 2012, longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek admitted he would have loved to have been one of the questioners at a presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

The Pardon Boomerang: Why Trump Associates May Need to Decline Any Offer of a Pardon  —  With some conservatives urging the President to pardon Trump associates caught up in the Russia investigation, there's a reason that option may simply fail the president.

The Atlantic Plans a Hiring Spree  —  A media company is expanding its newsroom.  You read that right.  —  The Atlantic plans to add as many as 100 employees to its staff over the next 12 months, its president, Bob Cohn, told employees during a staff meeting on Wednesday.

Mass shooting plot at SoCal high school allegedly thwarted by alert security guard  —  WHITTIER, Calif. — Authorities say they've thwarted a student's plot for a mass shooting at a Southern California high school.  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday that a security guard …

The Tragedy of Erik Killmonger  —  The following article contains major spoilers.  —  Black Panther is a love letter to people of African descent all over the world.  Its actors, its costume design, its music, and countless other facets of the film are drawn from all over the continent and its diaspora …

Vox Media Laying Off Around 50 Staffers  —  The cuts, which mainly targeted social video teams, were announced by CEO Jim Bankoff on Wednesday morning.  —  In a memo to staff Wednesday morning, Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff announced plans to lay off around 50 employees, with the Racked, Curbed …

David Clarke on Parkland shooting survivor: “My dad would have backhanded me” for “popping off to an authority figure”  —  David Clarke attacked a survivor of the Parkland, FL, school shooting for speaking out about gun violence, saying “my dad would have backhanded me” for “popping off” …