Exclusive: Pompeo on the failed North Korea talks, Otto Warmbier and his own trip to Iowa  —  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to say if he believes that Kim Jong Un did not know about Otto Warmbier's mistreatment while the American college student was imprisoned in North Korea, as President Trump has asserted.

Sen. Paul vows to vote against giving Trump ‘extra-Constitutional’ power  —  The Republican Party cheerleading session that is the Southern Kentucky Lincoln Day Dinner veered slightly off course Saturday with this pronouncement by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Bowling Green: “I can't vote to give extra-Constitutional powers to the president.”

CPAC Threatened to Ban Mediaite After Seb Gorka Complaint: ‘The F*cking Thinnest of F*cking Ice’  —  Conservative Political Action Conference organizers threatened to ban every Mediaite reporter after a private complaint from ex-White House official Seb Gorka, who was caught on video shoving …

NBC News/WSJ poll: 2020 race will be uphill for Trump, but he has strong party loyalty  —  NBC News/WSJ poll finds President Trump facing headwinds on Russia investigation and border wall but bolstered by strong GOP support and a good economy.  —  WASHINGTON — A year and a half …

McGahn joins global law firm — and remains involved in Trump's judicial choices  —  Donald McGahn, the former White House counsel who at times clashed with President Trump over the ongoing special counsel probe but led his overhaul of the federal judiciary, told The Washington Post on Sunday …

EXPOSED: Bernie Plans To SLASH Military Funds To Fund Socialist Agenda  —  Email address:  —  Leave this field empty if you're human:  —  Senator Bernie Sanders has built a career of being far-left of center and has even sought to implement socialist policies during his decades of service in Congress.

To Woo a Skeptical Trump, Intelligence Chiefs Talk Economics Instead of Spies  —  Intelligence officials who brief the president have warned him about Chinese espionage in bottom-line business terms.  They have used Black Sea shipping figures to demonstrate the effect of Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

Over 60 Trump-related documents to be requested from WH: House Judiciary Chair  —  Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., is interviewed on “This Week.”  —  1h ago

A BuzzFeed Reporter Explains His Controversial Reporting on Michael Cohen and Donald Trump  —  In January, BuzzFeed published perhaps the clearest accusation against President Trump in all of the reporting about the Russia investigation.  Under the headline “President Trump Instructed …

Scoop: Trump campaign clarifies 5G policy after catching administration off guard  —  The Trump re-election campaign sparked widespread confusion inside the Trump administration and the cellular wireless industry on Friday night when it advocated for a nationwide “wholesale” 5G network …

US closes Jerusalem consulate, demoting Palestinian mission  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem, downgrading the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by folding it into the U.S. Embassy to Israel.

‘You Have to Pay With Your Body’: The Hidden Nightmare of Sexual Violence on the Border  —  MCALLEN, Tex. — It was dark in the stash house where they kept her, the windows covered so no one could see inside.  At first, the smugglers had her cook for the other migrants who had recently crossed illegally into the United States.

Google, siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove widely-criticized government app which lets men track women and control their travel  — Google has rejected calls to remove a Saudi government app which offers a tool for men to control where women travel.

Top Democrat demands another apology from Rep. Ilhan Omar, accusing her of ‘a vile anti-Semitic slur’  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is facing more accusations of making anti-Semitic remarks, with a senior member of her party rebuking the House freshman for words that he said conjured a “vile anti-Semitic slur.”

Warner: ‘Enormous amounts of evidence’ of possible Russia collusion  —  The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday lawmakers have found “enormous amounts of evidence” into potential collusion between the presidential campaign of Donald Trump and the Russians during the 2016 election.

John Bolton: 'We're not afraid to use the word Monroe Doctrine'  —  John Bolton, the U.S. national security adviser, says the Trump administration is returning to the foreign policy principle of the Monroe Doctrine.  —  Pressed on why he has chosen to pressure Venezuela under Nicolas Maduro …

Trump friend Roger Stone suggests Robert Mueller ‘framed’ him in Instagram post that could violate gag order  — Roger Stone on Sunday suggested he has been “framed” by special counsel Robert Mueller in an Instagram post.  — The post appeared to run afoul of Judge Amy Berman Jackson's …

Assad wants to be back in the Arab fold.  The U.S. stands in the way.  —  BEIRUT — Efforts by Arab states to reengage with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, now that he has prevailed in the war, have been put on hold after a push by the United States to deter its allies from renewing ties with his government.

Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema breaks 13 hours, sets personal record at Ironman New Zealand  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema set a personal record for an Ironman race on Saturday, breaking 13 hours at Ironman New Zealand.  —  Sinema, 42, finished in 12 hours, 59 minutes, 57 seconds …

Can Israel Survive Without Netanyahu?  Israelis Imagine the Future  —  JERUSALEM — The pre-Sabbath rush was on at Reuven and Negina Abramove's grocery store in Rehovot, a city that's been called Israel's Ohio for its tendency to mirror the results of national elections.

Trump Just Might Have Won the 2020 Election Today  —  It's way too early to be thinking this, much less saying it, but what the hell: If Donald Trump is able to deliver the sort of performance he gave today at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual meeting …