Trump cheered Kraft's team to Super Bowl victory with founder of spa where he was busted  —  Seated at a round table littered with party favors and the paper-cutout footballs that have become tradition at his annual Super Bowl Watch Party, President Donald Trump cheered the New England Patriots …

Scoop: White House leak to House Dems on Jared and Ivanka's clearances  —  From a White House source, the House Oversight Committee has obtained documents related to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's security clearances that the Trump administration refused to provide, according …

Here's how we can break up Big Tech  —  Twenty-five years ago, Facebook, Google, and Amazon didn't exist.  Now they are among the most valuable and well-known companies in the world.  It's a great story—but also one that highlights why the government must break up monopolies and promote competitive markets.

Chelsea Manning sent to jail for refusing to testify in WikiLeaks case  —  Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning will be held in jail until she testifies before a grand jury or that grand jury is no longer operating, a federal judge in Alexandria ruled Friday.

Ilhan Omar's Microaggression  —  Her words were bad.  The reaction was worse.  —  The identity politics fiasco surrounding Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has been excruciating.  Half of me is angry at her.  The other half is furious for her.  —  Among the most basic anti-Semitic tropes …

The Democrats' Dilemma  —  MINNEAPOLIS—They have gathered in defiance of the freezing temperatures on a late February's night, scores of them twirling Somali flags in one hand and American flags in the other, crowding around the arrivals terminal and waiting to welcome one of their own.

Trump inauguration took money from shell companies tied to foreigners  —  Creators of firms that donated revealed by Guardian as Indian financier, lobbyist with links to Taiwan and Israeli real estate developer  —  Donald Trump's inauguration received tens of thousands of dollars …

Trump Seeks Huge Premium From Allies Hosting U.S. Troops  — ‘Cost Plus 50’ plan could worsen tensions with key allies  — Frustration over spending by NATO countries behind proposal  —  For years, President Donald Trump has complained that countries hosting American troops aren't paying enough.

None of this is normal  —  A front-page headline in the Washington Post the other day declared: “Trump keeps his grip on GOP.”  Hardly a scoop.  It's normal for a president to have a firm hold on his own party.  And President Trump, an outsider who latched onto the Republican agenda, is no exception.

‘Whiter Every Election Cycle’: How Identity Evropa, a Far-Right Hate Group, Joined the GOP  —  According to leaked chat logs, the white supremacist group has actively reinvented itself as a ‘respectable’ group in order to entice Republicans.  —  The white nationalist group Identity Evropa …

The ‘Otherwise Blameless Life’ of Paul Manafort  —  “He has lived an otherwise blameless life,” said Judge T. S. Ellis as he sentenced Paul Manafort to just 47 months in prison on Thursday.  —  In an otherwise blameless life, Paul Manafort lobbied on behalf of the tobacco industry and wangled millions in tax breaks for corporations.

If We Blow Up an Asteroid, It Might Put Itself Back Together  —  Despite what Hollywood tells us, stopping an asteroid from creating an extinction-level event by blowing it up may not work.  —  Faced with the prospect of a sizable asteroid heading toward Earth and causing doomsday, humanity has come up with various responses.

Exclusive: U.S. Air Force Secretary Wilson to resign, leaving new vacancy  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, who was considered a top candidate to become the next secretary of defense, has decided to resign after almost two years to return to academia …

Everyone is underestimating Trump.  It could hurt Democrats and Republicans alike.  —  We live in an era of horribly misinformed political decision-making.  In 2015, the Trump-skeptical Republican elite believed that Trump would naturally fade over the course of the primary …

House passes sweeping election reform bill  —  The House on Thursday passed a massive voting rights, campaign-finance and ethics reform package — a centerpiece of the new Democratic majority's agenda.  —  The bill, known as H.R. 1 and dubbed the For the People Act by Democrats, was approved on a party-line 234-193 vote.

Job creation grinds to a near-halt in February; wages still on the rise  — Job growth screeched to a near halt in February, with nonfarm payrolls up just 20,000 as the unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent.  — It was the worst month for job creation since September 2017, offset somewhat by a solid increase in wages.