White House leakers leak about leaking  —  This White House leaks like there's no tomorrow.  —  The big picture: The leaks come in all shapes and sizes: small leaks, real-time leaks, weaponized leaks, historical leaks.  Sensitive Oval Office conversations have leaked, and so have talks in cabinet meetings and the Situation Room.

Trump's decision to blow up the Iran deal is a massive attack on Europe  —  Few ideas are as holy in President Trump's international liturgy as the concept of national sovereignty.  His National Security Strategy speaks of a “beautiful vision—a world of strong, sovereign, and independent nations …

Liberals, You're Not as Smart as You Think  —  I know many liberals, and two of them really are my best friends.  Liberals make good movies and television shows.  Their idealism has been an inspiration for me and many others.  Many liberals are very smart.  But they are not as smart, or as persuasive, as they think.

Education Department Unwinds Unit Investigating Fraud at For-Profits  —  WASHINGTON — Members of a special team at the Education Department that had been investigating widespread abuses by for-profit colleges have been marginalized, reassigned or instructed to focus on other matters, according to current and former employees.

Trying for House Gains, Democrats Bless Moderates and Annoy Liberals  —  CONWAY, Ark. — To many Democratic leaders, the path to power in Washington looks like Clarke Tucker.  —  He supports the Affordable Care Act, but not a single-payer system.  He signals misgivings about Nancy Pelosi as the next House speaker.

Trump Vows to Save Jobs at China's ZTE Lost After U.S. Sanctions  —  SHANGHAI — President Trump wrote on Twitter on Sunday that he was working with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to prevent the collapse of the Chinese electronics giant ZTE, which shut down major operations …

He Was a Tireless Critic of the Iran Deal.  Now He Insists He Wanted to Save It.  —  WASHINGTON — While many hands gripped the sword that undercut the Iran nuclear deal, no one outside the Trump administration was a more persistent or effective critic than Mark Dubowitz, the chief executive of a hawkish Washington think tank.

‘Buckle up’: As Mueller probe enters second year, Trump and allies go on war footing … The grand jury witnesses arrive one by one at the windowless room in the federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue in downtown Washington.  They are struck first by how commonplace the setting feels …

Axios of weasel  —  Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei are two of the three founders of the news site Axios.  Allen came out of Politico via the Washington Post; VandeHei had co-founded Politico after work at the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.  They are heavy hitters in the news business.

‘I knew it was wrong’: WI officer caught on video punching teen  —  WAUWATOSA, WI (WITI) - A violent punch from a police officer to a Wisconsin teen can be seen on a video recorded by a bystander who says he “knew it was wrong” as he saw it.  —  Cell phone video shows the takedown in the parking lot of a mall in a Milwaukee suburb.

No apology forthcoming for 'he's dying anyway' quip about McCain … Advisers to President Trump paid tribute Sunday to the long service of Sen. John McCain but stopped short of apologizing to him for a cruel remark by a White House communications aide about the Arizona Republican's battle with brain cancer.

Jerusalem soccer team to be renamed ‘Beitar Trump’  —  Controversial sports team permanently rebrands itself in honor of US president recognizing Israel's capital and moving embassy  —  Jerusalem's largest soccer club announced Sunday that it has changed its name to “Beitar Trump Jerusalem …

The Senate Democrats who keep saying no to Trump nominees  —  A handful of Senate Democrats are committed to opposing President Trump's executive branch nominations at every turn — and the group bears an uncanny resemblance to the rumored 2020 frontrunners.

NYT's Kristof: The Media Is Missing Important Stories With ‘All Trump, All the Time’ Addiction  —  New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof acknowledged the media's problematic addiction to President Donald Trump and said it's time to break the habit.  —  But while on CNN …

Qatari Investor Accused in Bribery Plot Appears With Michael Cohen in Picture Posted by Stormy Daniel's Lawyer  —  He's shown meeting with Cohen at Trump Tower shortly after the election. … Members of the Trump transition team appear to have met on December 12, 2016 with a group from Qatar …

Family of Suicide Bombers Attacks Churches in Indonesia  —  Attackers came from a single family; first time children involved in carrying terrorism in country  —  JAKARTA, Indonesia—A family of suicide bombers, including children, killed at least seven people and injured dozens in attacks …    SL 

Schumer, Menendez and the other Iran-deal hypocrites  —  Among those slamming President Trump for withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal are several members of Congress, mostly Democrats, who opposed it then and say they still do now.  —  People like New York's Sen. Chuck Schumer …

A notorious mansion.  An alleged assault by a Hollywood producer.  A suicide.  What happened to Brian Claflin?  —  In the early afternoon of June 5, 2014, a man appeared on the subway tracks between stations in Berlin.  He stood alone a few hundred yards into a tunnel …

Deadly Convenience: Keyless Cars and Their Carbon Monoxide Toll  —  Weaned from using a key, drivers have left cars running in garages, spewing exhaust into homes.  Despite years of deaths, regulatory action has lagged.  —  It seems like a common convenience in a digital age …