Lev Parnas Dishes on Kushner, Maduro, and Soros  —  In an interview from his lawyer's office, the ex-Giuliani ally talked cannabis, conspiracies, and one very weird meeting with the lawyers of an indicted Ukrainian oligarch.  —  A dinner with Jared and Ivanka about cannabis …

Trump recounts minute-by-minute details of Soleimani strike to donors at Mar-a-Lago  —  (CNN)President Trump recounted minute-by-minute details of the US strike that killed Iran's top military commander during remarks to high-dollar Republican donors at his South Florida estate, according to audio obtained by CNN.

National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump  —  The large color photograph that greets visitors to a National Archives exhibit celebrating the centennial of women's suffrage shows a massive crowd filling Pennsylvania Avenue NW for the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017, the day after President Trump's inauguration.

‘The red wall is cracking’: Buttigieg gets ovation after expecting protests  —  His campaign feared hostility in Iowa's most conservative county.  But the local response told a different story  —  Pete Buttigieg knew he was foraying into unfriendly confines when he was en route to Orange City …

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It  —  A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.  —  Until recently, Hoan Ton-That's greatest hits included …

Trump's impeachment, starring Bill Clinton  —  President Donald Trump may be the one fighting in the Senate to keep his job, but on Capitol Hill and across the country, it can feel like someone else is still on trial: Bill Clinton.  —  Clinton's own impeachment trial, once a fading cultural artifact …

Rod Rosenstein says he made call to release Strzok-Page texts  —  Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein authorized the release to the media of text messages between two highly placed FBI employees who exchanged criticism of then-candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign …

The Sanders Campaign Researched Whether Warren Could Be Both Vice President and Treasury Secretary at Once  —  The presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders has researched the question of whether the same person can serve as both vice president and treasury secretary, according to three sources on the campaign.

Kansas City radio station agrees to broadcast Russian-owned ‘propaganda’ program  —  A Kansas City area radio station can broadcast Russian state-owned media programming, the type that U.S. intelligence called a “propaganda machine,” for six hours a day through a lease agreement struck by a local radio operator.

Why We Ended Legacy Admissions at Johns Hopkins  —  When I served as the dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto—Canada's most selective law school—I would be asked every so often by one of our alumni what preference their children would enjoy when applying.

2020′s first big test?  Not Iowa, but a tiny Texas House race  —  KATY, Texas (AP) — Beto O'Rourke is livestreaming again.  Joe Biden and Julián Castro are making their presence felt.  Mike Bloomberg has knocked on doors and outside groups are running TV attack ads.

Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller  —  On Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Pearl Harbor Monday, the U.S. Navy is expected to announce that a new aircraft carrier will be named after Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller, the first African American to receive …

3 more linked to neo-Nazi group arrested in Georgia  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Three men linked to a violent white supremacist group known as The Base were charged with conspiring to kill members of a militant anti-fascist group, police in Georgia announced Friday, a day after three other members …

An anguished Chris Collins faces 26 months in prison  —  Former Congressman Chris Collins arrives at Federal District Court in Manhattan Friday where he was sentenced to 26 months in federal prison for an insider trading scandal.  (Photo by Jefferson Siegel)