Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Releases Democratic Response Memo  —  f t # e  —  Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement:  —  “After reviewing the memorandum drafted …

Michael Steele Responds to Racial Insult Hurled by CPAC Communications Director  —  Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) communication director Ian Walters sparked controversy with a racially charged insult hurled at former RNC chair Michael Steele on Friday night.

Mueller Is Gaining Steam.  Should Trump Worry?  —  WASHINGTON — In a fiery speech to supporters on Friday, President Trump went after his vanquished opponent from 2016.  “We had a crooked candidate,” he declared.  The crowd responded with a signature chant from the campaign trail: “Lock her up!”

Mona Charen Slams Sexist Hypocrisy, Racism at CPAC: ‘You cannot claim that you stand for women’  —  Conservative writer calls Marion Le Pen “a disgrace,” Republicans anti-woman for Moore support.  —  One stalwart Trump critic dared to take the stage at this year's CPAC.

Scoop: Corey Lewandowski returns to the Oval Office  —  Two days before President Trump gave his unchained, campaign-style speech at CPAC, he had a secret visitor in the Oval Office.  —  You didn't see it on the president's schedule, and the news hasn't leaked out until now …

United and Delta cut ties to NRA as boycott movement spreads to global corporations … Delta and United — two of the largest airlines in the world — have joined a growing list of companies cutting ties with the National Rifle Association amid a growing boycott movement inspired …

In Donald Trump, Evangelicals Have Found Their President  —  Last August, President Trump sat behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office and looked me straight in the eyes.  With a look of reflection and purposefulness, he discussed his upbringing and fondly recalled a vivid childhood memory from the 1950s …

Police say more deputies waited outside school during Stoneman Douglas shooting  —  South Florida Sun Sentinel  —  Instead of rushing in, several Broward sheriff's deputies waited outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while a killer gunned down schoolchildren, according to other officers on the scene.

FBI wiretaps show Sean Miller discussed $100K payment to lock recruit  —  FBI wiretaps intercepted telephone conversations between Arizona coach Sean Miller and Christian Dawkins, a key figure in the FBI's investigation into college basketball corruption, in which Miller discussed paying $100,000 …

Judge dismisses coal mogul's defamation lawsuit against John Oliver  —  A West Virginia judge dismissed a coal mogul's defamation lawsuit this week against cable television host John Oliver and HBO.  —  In a decision dated Wednesday, West Virginia Judge Jeffrey Cramer accepted HBO's argument …

Bernie Sanders promoted false story on reporting Russian trolls  —  Bernie Sanders is taking credit for action to combat the Russian incursion into the 2016 election that he didn't have anything to do with — and didn't actually happen.  —  Twice this week, in response to questions about whether …

NRA slams gun-background system flaws it helped create  —  (CNN)On Wednesday, during CNN's town hall with survivors of last week's mass shooting at a high school in South Florida, National Rifle Association representative Dana Loesch lamented the holes in the FBI's National Instant Background Check System, or NICS.

After a Massacre, a Question of One More Death: The Gunman's  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Among the suspects on the list of the country's 10 worst mass shootings, Nikolas Cruz is alone in one thing: He was taken alive.  —  His arrest raises the rare prospect of a death penalty trial for a massacre …

‘This is not normal’: Glitches mar new tax law  —  The glitches in the new tax law are starting to pile up.  —  One inadvertently denies restaurants, retailers and others generous new write-offs for things like remodeling.  —  Another would allow wealthy money managers to sidestep a crackdown …

Cuomo Dodges Order by Taking Campaign Money From State Appointees  —  In late November, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo flew to Buffalo for a fund-raising trip, a quick two-stop jaunt that brought in more than $200,000 in donations for his re-election campaign.  —  The events, one at an Embassy Suites hotel …