Paul Manafort shared 2016 polling data with Russian employee, according to court filing  —  Paul Manafort shared 2016 presidential campaign polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik, a former employee whom the FBI has said has ties to Russian intelligence, according to a court filing.

Trump Invites TV Representatives to Lunch Ahead of His Prime-Time Speech  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has invited representatives from cable and broadcast news channels to an off-the-record lunch at the White House ahead of his prime time speech Tuesday night, an address in which he is expected …

Veselnitskaya, Russian in Trump Tower Meeting, Is Charged in Case That Shows Kremlin Ties  —  [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]  —  Natalia V. Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who in 2016 met with Trump campaign officials in Trump Tower …

A soft coup against Donald Trump  —  If U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton thought yesterday's visit was going to be a walk in the park, he must have had a rude awakening thanks to the lukewarm reception in the Turkish capital Ankara.  In retrospect, it was probably a bad idea …

U.S. Carbon Emissions Surged in 2018 Even as Coal Plants Closed  —  WASHINGTON — America's carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4 percent in 2018, the biggest increase in eight years, according to a preliminary estimate published Tuesday.  —  Strikingly, the sharp uptick in emissions occurred …

Kellyanne Conway Corrects Sarah Sanders' Border Terrorist Claim: ‘Unfortunate Misstatement’  —  Kellyanne Conway said her colleague, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, made an “unfortunate misstatement” on illegal immigration at the border on Fox News.

Supreme Court Receives New Filing in Apparent Mueller Case  —  A new U.S. Supreme Court filing suggests the public may soon get more information about a mystery case believed to be tied to the criminal investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Emergency Exit: Mark Harris trips alarm trying to evade Channel 9 in uptown  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - After Republican 9th Congressional District candidate Mark Harris finished addressing Mecklenburg County Republicans at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center Monday night, reporters …

Eminent Domain, Emergency Powers, and Trump's Wall  —  President Donald Trump claims he can use an “emergency” declaration to secure funding to use eminent domain to acquire land for his border wall, even without any additional congressional authorization.  The validity of this claim is dubious at best.

ABC's Jon Karl Grills VP Pence on Trump's Lies About Immigration: ‘This is About Credibility!’  —  Vice President Mike Pence gave an interview to ABC's Jon Karl on Tuesday, during which, he was pressed hard on President Donald Trump's credibility amid the ongoing immigration debate.

Trolls and Grifters: David Reaboi and Charlie Kirk Edition  —  “The crazies have started rolling into Kandahar like it's a f—king bathtub drain.”  —  It is axiomatic that while change creates opportunity, chaotic change creates the most dramatic opportunities for the most unsavory actors.

I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300.  Then He Located Our Phone  —  T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers' location data, and that data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters and others not authorized to posses it, letting them track most phones in the country.

U.S. envoy working on Qatar dispute resigns from State Department  —  Anthony Zinni, a retired Marine Corps general and former head of U.S. Central Command who has been working as an envoy for the Trump administration to resolve a dispute with Qatar, has resigned from his position with the State Department.

Every year I take on a personal challenge to learn something new.  I've built an AI for my home, run 365 miles, visited every US state, read 25 books, and learned Mandarin.  —  Last year, I focused almost all my time on addressing important issues around elections, speech, privacy, and well-being.

The Tired Argument That NeverTrumpers Are to Blame for Trump  —  Saying it repeatedly doesn't make it any more true.  —  It has become a common refrain on the left that “NeverTrump” conservatives are all very well, but they refuse to accept responsibility for the incubus they helped to gestate.

U.S. Still Leans Conservative, but Liberals Keep Recent Gains  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' assessment of their political ideology was unchanged in 2018 compared with the year prior when 35% on average described themselves as conservative, 35% as moderate and 26% as liberal.

R. Kelly Under Criminal Investigation in Georgia Thanks to ‘Surviving R. Kelly’  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  R. Kelly is being criminally investigated in Georgia — and it's all because of Lifetime's docuseries ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources connected to the case tell us …

NYC Mayor Guarantees Comprehensive Health Care for All in Historic Surprise Announcement  —  It's not health insurance; it's the city paying for direct comprehensive care for those who can't afford it or are undocumented, a spokesman said  —  NYC Mayor Guarantees Comprehensive Health Care for All

Joshua Tree National Park to Temporarily Close for Cleanup and Repair  —  Joshua Tree National Park will temporarily close effective 8 am on Thursday, January 10, to allow park staff to address sanitation, safety, and resource protection issues in the park that have arisen during the lapse in appropriations.