Rand Paul blocks resolution calling for release of Mueller report  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocked a resolution calling for special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia probe be made public, marking the fifth time Republicans have blocked the House-passed measure.

Trump Asked That Confirmation of I.R.S. Counsel Be a Priority  —  President Trump earlier this year asked Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, to prioritize a confirmation vote for his nominee to be the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, indicating that it was a higher priority …

He bought the fencing coach's house.  Then his son got into Harvard  —  NEEDHAM — It was a modest house by this town's standards, a center-entrance colonial, three bedrooms and a two-car garage on a quarter-acre lot.  The inside hadn't welcomed a renovator in many, many years, and the outside didn't wear its age particularly well.

In bid to remain out of jail, Michael Cohen tells Congress he has more to add  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is offering House Democrats new information in a bid to stay out of jail while he cooperates with Congress.

House Dems ask Capital One for docs on Trump's sprawling businesses  —  Three powerful House committee chairs asked Capital One for documents last month related to President Donald Trump's business empire — and the financial giant said it was already preserving documents but needs a subpoena …

Scoop: Trump expected to name Herman Cain to Federal Reserve board  —  President Trump has told confidants he wants Herman Cain on the Federal Reserve board, but will wait until his background check is completed before making the formal announcement, according to two senior administration officials familiar with the decision.

Trump loyalist Gaetz eyes Senate bid in Alabama  —  Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Trump's most devoted loyalists on Capitol Hill who represents the Florida Panhandle, has told GOP colleagues he is considering moving across the state line to run for the Senate in Alabama in 2020, several House lawmakers told The Hill.

Trump backs off threat to close border, says he'll give Mexico ‘one-year warning’ on drugs, migrants  —  Facing widespread opposition, President Trump backed down Thursday from his threat to close the southern border, instead giving Mexico a “one-year warning,” but also leaving his administration …

Pete Buttigieg's 10 Favorite Books  —  Bookseller One Grand Books has asked celebrities to name the ten titles they'd take to a desert island, and they've shared the results with Vulture.  Below is South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's list.

Feds Say White Supremacist Cousins Used Facebook To Discuss Attack On Muslims  —  Thomas Alonzo Bolin, a 22-year-old who managed a white supremacist Facebook group, was charged with lying to the FBI about his weapons.  —  FBI agents arrested a 22-year-old white supremacist who managed …

The Electoral College Was Not a Pro-Slavery Ploy  —  There is a lot wrong with how we choose the president.  But the framers did not put it into the Constitution to protect the South.  —  Mr. Wilentz is the author, most recently, of “No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding.”

Jeff Bezos, in divorce settlement, retains 75 percent of the Amazon stock he held with his now ex-wife MacKenzie  —  MacKenzie Bezos's stake will be worth roughly $36 billion, making her one of the wealthiest women in the world  —  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos …

Jamie Dimon weighed a 2020 presidential run, sources say.  Here's why he decided against it  — Dimon, 63, spent much of last year mulling a 2020 presidential run, sources said.  He ultimately decided that he couldn't win either party's nomination.  — He is now focusing on ways …

They Had It Coming  —  Sweet Christ, vindication!  —  How long has it been?  Years?  No, decades.  If hope is the thing with feathers, I was a plucked bird.  Long ago, I surrendered myself to the fact that the horrible, horrible private-school parents of Los Angeles would get away with their nastiness forever.

De Blasio Wouldn't Say Who's Hosting His Boston Fund-Raiser.  We Found Out.  —  The invitation was sent to a select group of well-heeled potential donors, who were asked to attend a Friday morning fund-raiser at a construction firm in Boston.  Donations of up to $5,000 were expected.

ICE Arrests 280 Workers In Allen In Largest Workplace Immigration Raid In A Decade  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday arrested 280 employees at a technology repair company in a Dallas suburb on charges of working in the United States illegally.

You elected them to write new laws.  They're letting corporations do it instead.  —  An investigation by USA TODAY, The Arizona Republic and the Center for Public Integrity  —  Each year, state lawmakers across the U.S. introduce thousands of bills dreamed up and written by corporations, industry groups and think tanks.

'I'm agnostic': Pelosi questions whether Medicare-for-all can deliver benefits of Obamacare  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi questioned whether a health-care proposal embraced by several Democratic presidential candidates would be too expensive and fail to provide the same coverage as the already existing Affordable Care Act.

Fact-checking President Trump's latest tweetstorm  —  President Trump's Twitter feed is like a fact-checking buffet sometimes, with all different kinds of false or misleading claims from which to choose.  —  But instead of choosing, we're rounding up a bunch of different tweets.

Vicki Needham, reporter for The Hill, dies  —  Vicki Needham died last week of cancer at the age of 50.  —  Since 2010, Vicki covered financial issues for The Hill, including trade and the economy.  She was a fixture on Capitol Hill, pressing lawmakers and aides on the big story of the day.