Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe  —  A photo from Gov. Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook shows two men, one in blackface and one in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood, on the same page as the governor.  —  The photo, which The Virginian-Pilot obtained a copy …

Polling on Howard Schultz for President  —  Change ResearchBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing  —  There's been much speculation about the impact of Howard Schultz running for president as an independent.  —  Change Research conducted a poll from January 31-February 1 of 1,338 likely 2020 general election voters …

McConnell privately cautions Trump about emergency declaration on border wall  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cautioned President Trump privately this week about the consequences of declaring a national emergency to build his border wall, telling him the move could trigger political blowback …

Author of controversial Nunes memo joining National Security Council  —  (CNN)A congressional aide who was key in crafting the controversial Republican House Intelligence Committee memo that accused FBI and Justice Department officials of abusing their surveillance authority is set to join …

How Republicans Erased Trumpism  —  G.O.P. congressional leaders used tactics to minimize the president's influence and maximize their own control over public policy.  —  Mr. Glassman is a senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown.  —  Donald Trump has a Congress problem.

‘Astonishing development’: Hawley AG office may have violated Mo. open records laws  —  Not long after Josh Hawley announced in 2017 that he was exploring a U.S. Senate run, Democrats requested records of any emails between his attorney general's office and the consultants running his campaign.

John Bolton is a serial arms control killer  —  Joseph Cirincione is a nuclear weapons policy expert and president of the Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation.  —  John Bolton relishes in targeting nuclear arms treaties.  He is very good at it.

Top Schumer Aide Was Pushed Out After Inappropriate Sexual Encounters With Staff  —  The sudden departure of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's communications director followed reports of sexual misconduct.  —  When Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's longtime communications director …

Undocumented Workers Lose Their Jobs at Yet Another Trump Property  —  President Trump's family business has employed undocumented workers more broadly than it was previously believed, with multiple workers losing their jobs last month at a Trump golf club in southern New Jersey.

Zinke told police a Post reporter caused a fracas at his house.  Here's what really happened.  —  A newly released police report by U.S. Park Police, a division of Interior, fingers a mysterious reporter driving a Mercedes Benz SUV.  —  Before his rocky tenure as Secretary of the Interior came …

The Real Story Behind the Viral ‘Poo Flip’  —  There are viral things that anyone — everyone — can love.  Grumpy Cat, the Dress, “Damn, Daniel!”  — the sort of stuff that, at the very least, you can bring up at the dinner table.  Then there's the other stuff — memes couched in so many layers …

Judge warns Roger Stone: Russia probe charges not a ‘book tour’ and considers issuing gag order  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge told Roger Stone on Friday that she did not want him to treat the criminal case against him like “a book tour,” and said she was considering issuing a gag order …

Spotify is in talks to buy Gimlet for more than $200 million.  That's a big deal for the podcasting world.  —  Spotify wants to break out of the music streaming business.  Gimlet, the company behind shows like Crimetown and Reply All, can help.  —  Spotify, which has been trying to branch …

Trump plays with fire when he insults his intelligence officers  —  Michael Morell, a Post contributing columnist, was deputy director and twice acting director of the CIA from 2010-2013.  —  President Trump's critique of his intelligence chiefs in the aftermath of this week's annual Worldwide …

Washington Examiner fires reporters in apparent pivot toward more Trump-friendly coverage  — The Washington Examiner, a conservative Beltway publication, fired at least two reporters on Friday despite adding new hires.  — The firings are part of an effort to take the Examiner …

Supreme Court puts off decision on restrictive Louisiana abortion law  —  The Supreme Court on Friday night put off a decision about whether a restrictive Louisiana law that could close some of the state's abortion clinics can go into effect on Monday.  —  The court said the law …

No Heat for Days at a Jail in Brooklyn Where Hundreds of Inmates Are Sick and ‘Frantic’  —  More than a thousand inmates have been stuck in freezing cells at a federal jail on the Brooklyn waterfront that has had limited power and heat for at least this week, according to federal public defenders …

Fox Business host thinks black people are jealous that white Patriots players come from ‘two-parent families’  —  Fox Business host Stuart Varney agreed with Fox Sports 1 host Jason Whitlock that the reason sports fans hate the New England Patriots is that the team is racist.

Russian escort says she gave Trump info to Russian tycoon  —  MOSCOW (AP) — A Belarusian model who claims to have information on the ties between Russia and Donald Trump's election campaign says she has turned it over to Russian billionaire businessman Oleg Deripaska.