CBS News Battleground Tracker: Buttigieg rises in Iowa and New Hampshire, Biden back atop delegate hunt  —  The Democratic nomination race remains unsettled because many voters are conflicted between what they want and whether they think can win.  Some candidates who generate excitement are also seen as risky.

Louisiana delivers Trump a black eye  —  President Donald Trump campaigned hard in three conservative Southern states this fall, aiming for a string of gubernatorial wins that would demonstrate his political strength heading into impeachment and his own reelection effort.  —  The plan backfired in dramatic fashion.

Michael Bloomberg Apologizes for Stop-and-Frisk: ‘I Was Wrong’  —  Ahead of a possible Democratic run for president, the former mayor of New York City reversed himself before an important party constituency: black voters.  —  Ahead of a potential Democratic presidential run …

Official testifies Bolton held 1-on-1 meeting with Trump about Ukraine aid  —  Former White House national security adviser John Bolton met privately with President Trump in August in an effort to convince him to release nearly $400 million in frozen military aid to Ukraine …

GOP senator says whistleblower's sources 'exposed things that didn't need to be exposed'  —  “This would have been far better off if we would have just taken care of this behind the scenes,” he said.  —  Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said Sunday that the administration officials who provided …

Trump Chest Discomfort Claim After Walter Reed Visit  —  A contributor for the Hill who writes on veterans issues and used to work for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is claiming that President Donald Trump visited Walter Reed National Medical Center due to chest discomfort.

How FedEx Cut Its Tax Bill to $0  —  The company, like much of corporate America, has not made good on its promised investment surge from President Trump's 2017 tax cuts.  —  WASHINGTON — In the 2017 fiscal year, FedEx owed more than $1.5 billion in taxes.  The next year, it owed nothing.

Trump's ‘West Point Mafia’ Faces a Loyalty Test  —  On May 28, 1986, newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Michael Pompeo stood at attention in Michie Stadium at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, first in his class.  The career he was about to launch would take him from commanding a tank platoon …

Man took machete to N.J. mall to attack African Americans, planned damage to Midwest synagogues, feds say  —  Richard Tobin was sitting in his car at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison, holding a machete.  —  Tobin wanted to “let loose” with the weapon, an FBI agent would later write in court documents.

Long Island … In one of the most concentrated investigations of discrimination by real estate agents in the half century since enactment of America's landmark fair housing law, Newsday found evidence of widespread separate and unequal treatment of minority potential homebuyers and minority communities on Long Island.

With 16 Months to go, Negative Partisanship Predicts the 2020 Presidential Election  —  Elections / Presidential / National  —  In July of 2018, my innovative forecasting model raised eyebrows by predicting some four months before the midterm election that Democrats would pick up 42 seats in the House of Representatives.