Trump Campaign Ejects Bloomberg News Reporter From Iowa News Conference  —  President Trump's re-election campaign escorted a Bloomberg News reporter from an event in Iowa, following a pledge no longer to approve credentials for the news organization.  —  Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs …

As others stand at attention for anthem, Trump fidgets, points, pretend-conducts the band  —  President Donald Trump has repeatedly said all Americans should “stand proudly” during the national anthem, and publicly chastises those who don't as disrespectful of the troops.

“It's Payback Time”: With Acquittal Certain, Trump Plots Revenge on Bolton, Impeachment Enemies  —  Trump, says a source, wants Bolton to be criminally investigated for possibly mishandling classified information.  Romney, Schiff, and Nadler are also...  BY - GABRIEL SHERMAN  —  Person of Interest

That Last, Unreleased Des Moines Register Poll Of Iowa Really Did Show Biden In Fourth  —  If you're the sort of person who was glued to political Twitter on Saturday night — and God help you if you are — you would have seen a mass freak-out when it was announced that that the Des Moines Register …

How the Senate can still hold Trump accountable  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP is on his way to acquittal in his Senate trial, but in one important respect the outcome is not what he wanted.  Rather than describe his behavior toward Ukraine as “perfect,” a number of Republican senators — “lots and lots of us” …

Rush Limbaugh announces he has ‘advanced lung cancer’  —  Discussing President Trump's economic success, Rush Limbaugh says Democrats  —  Talk radio king Rush Limbaugh stunned his 27-million member audience Monday with the announcement he's been diagnosed with “advanced lung cancer.”

The five senators who might break with their party in Trump's trial  —  There will be no witnesses.  The House managers and White House counsel have rested their cases.  And President Donald Trump is going to be acquitted on Wednesday.  But there's still drama left to the impeachment trial.

Scoop: Veterans Affairs deputy secretary James Byrne fired  —  Veterans Affairs deputy secretary James Byrne was fired Monday morning, three Trump administration officials tell Axios.  The White House confirmed that Byrne is no longer with the administration.  —  Why it matters: The VA has recently been in inner turmoil.

Why liberal white women pay a lot of money to learn over dinner how they're racist  —  A growing number of women are paying to confront their privilege - and racism - at dinners that cost $2,500  —  Freshly made pasta is drying on the wooden bannisters lining the hall of a beautiful home in Denver, Colorado.

Conservatives spread false claims on Twitter about electoral fraud as Iowans prepare to caucus  —  The episode showcases social media's hands-off approach to disinformation and the possible perils ahead in a divisive election season  —  DES MOINES — The claims of electoral fraud were false …

Cards Against Humanity Bought ClickHole  —  Cards Against Humanity, the card game company, purchased ClickHole.com from its owners at G/O Media on Monday for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash deal, BuzzFeed News has learned.  ClickHole's employees will become the majority owners of the site.

Washington Post Threatened Another Star Reporter Over His Tweets  —  The newspaper's Kobe Bryant tweet mess last week wasn't the first time WaPo bosses got into heated clashes with reporters over social-media policy.  —  The Washington Post's controversial decision to punish a reporter …

Mueller Memos Part 5: Hundreds of Pages of FBI Witness Interviews Declassified  —  BuzzFeed News sued the US government under the Freedom of Information Act for the right to see all the work that Robert Mueller's team kept secret.  Today we are publishing the fifth installment of the FBI's summaries of interviews with witnesses.

Greta Thunberg Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize  —  In nominating her, two Swedish lawmakers said the 17-year-old “has worked hard to make politicians open their eyes to the climate crisis.”  —  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two lawmakers in Sweden have nominated Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg …

Bernie Sanders's foreign policy is a risk for Democrats against Trump  —  Bernie Sanders's foreign policy record poses an underappreciated risk for Democrats in a general election contest against President Trump.  —  For decades, the Vermont senator has bucked the foreign policy establishment …

AP VoteCast: Iowa Democratic voters seek fundamental change  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The first voters to make their choice in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination are desperate for fundamental change to the political system.  —  Roughly two-thirds of Iowa caucusgoers said supporting …

Susan Collins' Campaign Is Being Helped by a Mysterious Hawaii Company  —  The two states, shall we say, are not exactly close to each other.  —  A mysterious Hawaii company may have illegally funneled a six-figure contribution to a political group boosting an embattled Republican Senator 5,000 miles away …

Behind Amazon's HQ2 Fiasco: Jeff Bezos Was Jealous of Elon Musk  —  When Elon Musk secured $1.3 billion from Nevada in 2014 to open a gigantic battery plant, Jeff Bezos noticed.  In meetings, the Amazon.com Inc. chief expressed envy for how Musk had pitted five Western states against one another …