Melania Trump Parts Ways With Adviser Amid Backlash Over Inaugural Contract  —  WASHINGTON — The first lady, Melania Trump, has parted ways with an adviser after news about the adviser's firm reaping $26 million in payments to help plan President Trump's inauguration.

Delta's tax break may not take flight after Georgia Senate blocks it  —  The Georgia Senate blocked a lucrative tax break bill on Monday that would benefit Delta Air Lines after the Atlanta-based company severed ties with the National Rifle Association.  —  Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle …

5 Things Barack Obama Said in His Weirdly Off-the-Record MIT Speech  —  On Friday, former President Barack Obama spoke for an hour to an audience of hundreds of people at a major sports policy conference at MIT, but his remarks were off-the-record and kept completely secret by virtually all attendees …

Trump said he would charge a gunman.  Here's what he's actually done in the face of danger. … President Trump's assertion that he would have run toward the Parkland, Fla., gunman had he been near the school would have been a bold claim for just about anybody to make.

Trevor Noah Mocks Trump's Absurd Claim That He'd Run Into a School Shooting Unarmed … “There's no one solution that will solve all mass shootings,” Trevor Noah said Monday night.  “Except for this one solution.”  —  The Daily Show host was referring to comments President Donald Trump …

“The Newsroom Feels Embarrassed”: Backfires and Explosions at The New York Times as a Possible Future Chief Re-Invents the Paper's Opinion Pages  —  A yoga-pants refusenik, a climate science skeptic, and a tech writer with a neo-Nazi pal, among other offenders, have put James Bennet in the crosshairs.

A Federal Court Just Ruled For Gay Rights In A Major Discrimination Case  —  The decision is a loss for the Justice Department, which argued that a 1964 civil rights law doesn't protect gay workers.  —  A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that a 1964 civil rights law bans anti-gay workplace discrimination.

WMUR first: Levi Sanders makes it official, he's a candidate for NH's 1st District House seat  —  Bernie Sanders' son, a Claremont resident, running for Shea-Porter seat  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. —  It's official.  An eighth Democrat has entered …

Eric Holder's group sues Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker over not calling special elections  —  MADISON - A group led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sued Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Monday over his refusal to call special elections to fill two open legislative seats.

On Russia, Americans trust special counsel Mueller more than Trump, USA TODAY poll shows  —  WASHINGTON — When it comes to Russia, Americans have more trust in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation than they do in President Trump's denials of collusion, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds.

Ryan Seacrest's E! Stylist Reveals Abuse and Harassment Allegations (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Suzie Hardy was a single mother with a preschool-age daughter when she landed a job as Ryan Seacrest's personal stylist for “E! News” in 2006.  The position provided good pay and a schedule that would allow …

Trump's Tax Cuts in Hand, Companies Spend More on Themselves Than on Wages  —  President Trump promised that his tax cut would encourage companies to invest in factories, workers and wages, setting off a spending spree that would reinvigorate the American economy.  —  Companies have announced plans for some of those investments.

Ivanka Trump's South Korea trip fuels White House tension  —  Washington (CNN)She's a policy adviser bearing sensitive new details on sanctions to the South Koreans.  She's a loyal family member who won't entertain questions about her father's purported infidelities.

Bill Cosby's Daughter Ensa Dead at 44 (UPDATE)  —  12:34 PM PT — A rep for Cosby states Ensa died from renal disease.  —  Bill Cosby's daughter, Ensa, who steadfastly supported her dad through his legal troubles, has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  The 44-year-old died Friday night in Massachusetts ... sources tell TMZ.

Respect the Flag - Trump Painting … I painted President Trump picking up a shredded and trampled flag off the football field.  He holds a wet cloth in his right hand, as he attempts to clean it.  —  I respect America.  I respect the flag, the anthem, and the President; because he doesn't back down to those who do not.

Hope Hicks set to appear before House Intel Committee after month-long delay  —  One of President Trump's closest political aides is slated to appear before the House Intelligence Committee to testify behind closed doors in its ongoing investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, multiple sources say.

Turkey's president sparks outrage after telling crying girl she will be honoured if she is ‘martyred’ after spotting her in a military uniform  — Critics have condemned his action as the same sort of child abuse for propaganda purposes as carried out by Islamic State fighters

Russian millions laundered via UK firms, leaked report says  —  Denmark's biggest bank believes cash was funnelled through British companies by people linked to Vladimir Putin's family and the FSB spy agency … A Danish bank accused of money laundering shut down Russian accounts after concluding …

What did Trump know, and when did he know it? … Two things happened over the weekend that complicate our understanding of President Trump's awareness of Russian interference in the 2016 election.  —  The first is that Trump was interviewed by Fox News's Jeanine Pirro.

Statewide independents roll out national slate  —  Unite America, the group backing and supporting independent statewide candidates attempting to capitalize on the current post-partisan political moment, will officially announce its slate of three governor candidates and two Senate candidates on Tuesday …

North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists … The sun won't rise at the North Pole until March 20, and it's normally close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this weekend.

‘National disgrace’: Community fights back as California overrun by homelessness, human waste, needles  —  The specter of homeless encampments steadily expanding across the downtown streets of San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco - bringing with them a public health crisis …

Roger Goodell Expected to Fine Jerry Jones Millions of Dollars  —  With the support of many N.F.L. owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell is prepared to escalate his public feud with Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and long one of the most influential people in the league …

Democrats marshal a strike force to counter Trump on national security in 2018, 2020 elections  —  Voters were undeterred by the 2016 cries of alarm from Democrats — and some Republicans — that Donald Trump was unqualified to be commander in chief, but a group of Democrats is betting Trump's record …

Turning Point USA: How one student in a diaper caused an eruption in the conservative youth organization  —  What one chapter thought would be a great stunt turned them into a mockery.  This is what happened next.  —  One of America's most prominent conservative youth organisations …

Republicans fret sexting scandal could cost them easy House seat  —  Republicans are fretting that a front-runner for an Arizona congressional seat — a married minister involved in a sexting scandal — will pull a Roy Moore and hand the seat to Democrats if he wins Tuesday's special-election primary.

‘Clueless’ actress Stacey Dash is running for Congress in California  —  Los Angeles (CNN)"Clueless" star and former Fox commentator Stacey Dash is running for Congress in California.  —  The actress and outspoken Republican filed paperwork Monday to run in California's 44th district …

Coal Country Divides Over an Unrepentant Boss's Senate Bid  —  LOGAN, W.Va. — The devastating explosion in the Upper Big Branch coal mine killed 29 men in 2010 and scarred West Virginia like few events in modern memory.  Don Blankenship, the head of the mining company, went to prison over it.