Trump administration reveals it's blocking dozens of emails about Ukraine aid freeze, including President's role  —  Washington (CNN)The Department of Justice revealed in a court filing late Friday that it has two dozen emails related to the President Donald Trump's involvement in the withholding …

“HELP!!!”  Internal #SharpieGate Emails Show Government Officials Freaked Out Over Trump's “Doctored” Hurricane Map  —  “HELP!!!” wrote one federal official.  “Yep, crazy,” said another.  —  President Trump's fake hurricane map triggered panic, outrage, and an internal revolt among top officials …

Bloomberg Proposes $5 Trillion in Taxes on the Rich and Corporations  —  Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire presidential hopeful, is including more new taxes in his plan than his moderate rival Joe Biden but less than Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Mayor …

The GOP doesn't deserve to survive this debacle  —  I was recently asked if I would ever rejoin the Republican Party after having registered as an independent the day after President Trump's election in 2016.  The answer is an emphatic no. Trump will leave office some day (I hope!) …

Bernie backers unleash their anger at a folk concert in Iowa  —  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — On Friday afternoon, Pete Buttigieg, the frontrunner in Iowa in November and December, made his closing pitch here to about 100 voters.  Buttigieg has sunk 6 points to third place over the course of January.

‘Zombie’ campaigns could pick up support in Iowa caucuses  —  FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa caucuses could feature an attack of the “zombie” candidates.  —  As some Democrats prepare for Monday's contest, they say they're planning to side with candidates who have been out of the race for weeks, even months.

‘Angels’ in Hell: The Culture of Misogyny Inside Victoria's Secret  —  A Times investigation found widespread bullying and harassment of employees and models.  The company expresses “regret.”  —  Victoria's Secret defined femininity for millions of women.  Its catalog and fashion shows were popular touchstones.

Is Hillary Clinton angling to become vice president?  —  A number of people in politics, the media and elsewhere are openly speculating that if Democrats wind up with a “brokered convention,” with no strong or viable nominee evident, Hillary Clinton might enter the arena as the “savior” …

How the House lost the witness battle along with impeachment  —  NBC host Chuck Todd recently asked guests if supporters of President Trump just want to be lied to.  It is a question that many in the media would never ask about Democrats, even in the face of overtly false claims.  This week is an example.

U.S. Officials Warn of ‘Real Security Consequences’ if Trump's Acquitted  —  Crimes, conspiracies, and off-the-book ops—that's just a taste of what an impeachment acquittal could usher in, U.S. officials and Senate Democrats fear.  —  Late into Wednesday's session of the Senate impeachment trial …

FBI investigating border wall gun battle that left two wounded at California job site  —  A shootout at a border wall construction site near San Diego that wounded two Mexican security guards last summer is now under FBI investigation, according to private contractors and government documents obtained by The Washington Post.

The Quiet Significance of NeverTrump  —  The hashtag isn't important.  But the voters are.  —  Speak to enough voters who oppose Trump—which is, per polling, slightly more than half the country—and you will hear a strange resignation to the feeling that no matter what happens, President Trump is probably going to win re-election.

Brexit, the most pointless, masochistic ambition in our country's history, is done  —  The magic dust of populism has blinded reason, and damage and diminishment lie ahead  —  It's done.  A triumph of dogged negotiation by May then, briefly, Johnson, has fulfilled the most pointless …

Trump's Impeachment Is Virtually Over.  What Did it Change?  —  Lasting marks are set to include deeper polarization, an ever-more powerful executive and a Republican Party inextricably joined to the president  —  No experience as searing as a presidential impeachment trial—dramatic …

Kansas Republicans fight over who will ‘stand with President Trump’ in U.S. Senate  —  President Donald Trump starred in the Kansas Republican Senate debate Saturday as the candidates fought aggressively over who could serve as his best and most effective ally in Washington.

Donald Trump's Campaign Against Reality in Iowa  —  Even though Donald Trump's victory in Iowa's Republican caucuses on Monday is a forgone conclusion, the president's campaign is moving forward with so much organizational manpower and theatrics in the state that you'd be forgiven …

POLITICO Playbook: The two Senate trials  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  IN CASE YOU'RE ON THE MARKET ... THE STATE DEPARTMENT is hiring for a “Senior Anticorruption Advisor” in Kyiv, Ukraine.  The listing  —  BREAKING ... REP. ADAM SCHIFF (D-Calif.) raised a stunning $2.5 MILLION in the fourth quarter of 2019, a new filing showed.