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 …

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.

Trump's visit to Walter Reed ‘not protocol’ for routine visit, source says  —  Trump reports to Walter Reed for part of annual exam  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's visit to Walter Reed on Saturday did not follow the protocol of a routine presidential medical exam, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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 …

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.

The End of Babies  —  In the fall of 2015, a rash of posters appeared around Copenhagen.  One, in pink letters laid over an image of chicken eggs, asked, “Have you counted your eggs today?”  A second — a blue-tinted close-up of human sperm — inquired, “Do they swim too slow?”

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 …

Revealed: ex-KGB agent met Boris Johnson at Italian party  —  Russian billionaire says there was ‘nothing unusual’ in meeting the then foreign secretary  —  Boris Johnson met an ex-KGB agent during a highly controversial trip to attend a party two days after attending a high-level Nato summit …

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.

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.

Impeachment inquiry: Trump ally must choose between loyalty and saving himself  —  Gordon Sondland may try to balance fealty to Trump with the fate that has befallen others in the president's circle: prison time  —  Donald Trump's fate in the impeachment inquiry could rest in the hands …