The Making of the Fox News White House  —  Fox News has always been partisan.  But has it become propaganda?  —  In January, during the longest government shutdown in America's history, President Donald Trump rode in a motorcade through Hidalgo County, Texas, eventually stopping on a grassy bluff overlooking the Rio Grande.

‘Inane and anti-Semitic’: Rep. Jerry Nadler blasts Rep. Jim Jordan for tweet using ‘$’ to spell Trump foe Tom Steyer's name  — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler on Monday blasted Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio for an ‘inane AND anti-Semitic’ tweet that spelled billionaire …

Matthew Whitaker, former acting attorney general, leaves Justice Department … Matthew Whitaker, the former acting attorney general whose brief appointment generated intense controversy, resigned from the Justice Department over the weekend.  —  Justice Department officials said Whitaker's last day at the agency was Saturday.

Eric Holder: I won't run, but I will fight to elect the right Democratic president  —  Eric H. Holder Jr. was U.S. attorney general from 2009 to 2015.  —  There is in the United States today a crisis of leadership — caused and perpetuated by an administration that uses fear to stoke divisions and lies to support broken policies.

McConnell: Senate will pass resolution blocking Trump's emergency declaration  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday said that he expects a resolution blocking President Trump's emergency declaration to pass the Senate, but he does not believe lawmakers will be able to override a veto.

President Trump has made 9,014 false or misleading claims over 773 days  —  Powered by his two-hour stemwinder at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 2 — which featured more than 100 false or misleading claims — President Trump is on pace to exceed his daily quota set during his first two years in office.

Banking leak exposes Russian network with link to Prince Charles  —  Exclusive: investigation reveals how Troika Dialog channelled $4.6bn to Europe and US  —  A charity run by Prince Charles received donations from an offshore company that was used to funnel vast amounts of cash from Russia …

WWF's Secret War: One Of The World's Biggest Charities Funds Guards Who Have Tortured And Killed People  —  The World Wide Fund for Nature funds vicious paramilitary forces to fight poaching.  A BuzzFeed News investigation reveals the hidden human cost.  —  Down the road from the crocodile …

Pinkos Have More Fun Socialism is AOC's calling card, Trump's latest rhetorical bludgeon, and a new way to date in Brooklyn.  —  It's the Friday after Valentine's Day.  The radical publishing house Verso Books is throwing its annual Red Party, an anti-romance-themed banger.

How Giuliani Might Take Down Trump  —  The parallels between the Mafia and the Trump Organization are striking, and Giuliani perfected the template for prosecuting organized crime.  —  Mr. Graff is the author of “The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller's F.B.I. and the War on Global Terror.”

Kirstjen Nielsen digs in after surviving Trump's wrath  —  Shortly after President Donald Trump returned last March from a visit to the San Diego border, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen found herself in a familiar place — saying no to her boss.

Bernie Sanders: ‘Too many lives are being destroyed’ by pot policy  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that “too many lives are being destroyed” by federal laws banning marijuana use, telling a morning radio show that he supports decriminalizing the drug even though his personal experience with it is limited.

Big-dollar donors, including Donald Trump, fueled Kamala Harris' political rise in California  —  Asked last week if she believes President Donald Trump is a racist, California Sen. Kamala Harris told The Root, “I don't think you can reach any other conclusion.”

“I'm Sorry for the Tweet That I Sent”: Inside the Bonkers Michael Cohen-Matt Gaetz Apology  —  The exchange proved that the perils of entering Trump's inner circle have been lost on his newest loyalists.  —  Michael Cohen was trying to decompress.  He'd just returned to his hotel room …

Sanders, Warren, Ocasio-Cortez, and Other Lawmakers Sign Pledge to End America's “Forever Wars”  —  Eight members of Congress have taken a pledge to work to bring ongoing U.S. global military conflicts to a “responsible and expedient” end, the result of a first-of-its kind lobbying effort by military veterans on Capitol Hill.