Second woman accuses Va. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault  —  A woman said Friday she was raped by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) in a “premeditated and aggressive” assault in 2000, while they both were undergraduate students at Duke University.

Harry Reid Rebuked Amy Klobuchar For Mistreatment Of Staff  —  A leaked campaign document shows how staff tried to manage her anger.  —  Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar's mistreatment of her office staff began more than a decade ago and eventually caused such concerns that in 2015 …

My last words for America  —  John D. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat who served in the U.S. House from 1955 to 2015, was the longest-serving member of Congress in American history.  He dictated these reflections to his wife, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), at their home in Dearborn, on Feb. 7, the day he died.

White House hunts for ‘executive time’ schedule leaker  —  The White House is aggressively investigating several leaks of President Donald Trump's private schedules, a source of repeated embarrassment to the White House and the president himself.  —  West Wing officials managing the hunt …

Private Eyes Detail Inner Workings of National Enquirer ‘Blackmail’ Machine  —  Threatening to reveal Jeff Bezos' “dick p*ck” was just the latest strong-arm tactic.  “The nice way of calling it was quid pro quo,” one veteran said, “but really it was blackmail.”

The battle is on between Trump and his Democratic foes  —  (CNN)A clarifying week in Washington showed how ugly the war of oversight between President Donald Trump and House Democrats will become and dug new battle lines in the most intense exchanges yet of the 2020 campaign.

Emails: Jake Tapper Tore Into ‘Irresponsible’ BuzzFeed Editor For Publishing The Steele Dossier  —  After BuzzFeed published the infamous Steele dossier, CNN anchor Jake Tapper lit into BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith for the decision, calling it “irresponsible” and “uncollegial,” according to emails released Friday.

Hundreds rally to preserve right not to vaccinate children amid measles outbreak  —  Olympia, Wash. — With more than 50 cases of measles in Washington state, there's been a new push to change the law.  Washington is one of 17 states that allow parents to refuse vaccines for philosophical reasons.

Trump Defies Congressional Deadline on Khashoggi Report  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump refused to provide Congress a report on Friday determining who killed the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, defying a demand by lawmakers intent on establishing whether the crown prince of Saudi Arabia was behind the grisly assassination.

Elizabeth Warren needs to stop the drip-drip-drip of fresh revelations  —  When it comes to handling the controversy over her past claims to Native American identity, Elizabeth Warren can't seem to win.  Someone, somewhere is going to keep attacking the Massachusetts senator no matter her response.

New Evidence Emerges of Possible Wrongdoing by Trump Inaugural Committee  —  Federal prosecutors in New York are circling Donald Trump's inaugural committee as part of a wide-ranging investigation into possible money laundering, illegal contributions and cash-for-access schemes.

Trump's doctor says he is in ‘very good health’ after exam by 11 specialists  —  President Trump is “in very good health” and expected to remain healthy for “the duration of his Presidency, and beyond,” the president's doctor reported Friday following a physical exam that lasted nearly four hours and included 11 specialists.

Her Title: Cryptologic Technician.  Her Occupation: Warrior.  —  Given who she really was, the military had little choice in how it described Shannon Kent.  They said only that she was a “cryptologic technician,” which anyone might assume meant that her most breakneck work was behind a desk.

The new censors won't delete your words — they'll drown them out  —  Winston Smith works at the Ministry of Truth.  Each day, the hero of George Orwell's “1984” “corrects” old newspapers to make sure that the information is in still accord with the current Party line.

Is America Ready for a Single President?  —  Cory Booker is about to find out just how much U.S. attitudes about politicians and their personal lives have shifted.  —  A bachelor in the White House?  It's such a compelling scenario that Aaron Sorkin once wrote a movie about it.

'It's crazy.  It's loony.' — Republicans giddy as Democrats champion Green New Deal  —  Prominent Democrats have rushed to embrace the Green New Deal — and Republicans couldn't be happier about it.  —  As liberal groups pressure presidential candidates and lawmakers to back the ambitious …

Udder Madness  —  You can come well short of the slaughter of the farting cows and still do profound damage to the country. … Dear Reader (Including all of the Democrats who wore blackface but forgot to tell anybody),  —  Where is Gary Larson when you need him?

Days After Its Disastrous British Launch, Turning Point Has Already Lost One Of Its Star Recruits  —  “There was a sense of people realising, ‘Who are these cranks?’”  —  They were here to start a culture war, and Charlie Kirk was looking forward to the backlash.

I Was A Facebook Fact-Checker.  It Was Like Playing A Doomed Game Of Whack-A-Mole.  —  Facebook has always struggled to comprehend the scale of its fake news and propaganda problem.  Now, it's struggling to retain the fact-checkers it paid to try and deal with the crisis.