Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and America's politics of epiphany  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg during the Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 14, 2020.  Scott Olson/Getty Images

Four Members of China's Military Indicted for Massive Equifax Breach  —  Disclosed in 2017, hack into the credit-reporting company compromised data on roughly 145 million Americans  —  WASHINGTON—Four members of China's military have been indicted by the U.S. government on charges of hacking …

How the Iowa Caucuses Became an Epic Fiasco for Democrats  —  The problems that beset the Democratic Party's first state caucus of the presidential race ran far deeper and wider than one bad app.  —  DES MOINES — The first signs of trouble came early.  —  As the smartphone app for reporting …

Schumer asks inspectors general to investigate whistleblower retaliation after Vindman firing  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is asking that every agency inspector general investigate retaliation against whistleblowers who report presidential misconduct, after the firing …

Political correctness at 2020 Oscars exposes Hollywood's hypocrisy  —  And you thought Hollywood was the sacred land of John Wayne.  Marilyn Monroe.  Humphrey Bogart.  —  Nah, that's not it at all.  “We have gathered on the ancestral lands of the Tongva, Tataviam and the Chumash,” …

Behind the scenes of Michael Bloomberg's “be boring” campaign  —  Mike Bloomberg's campaign feels corporate.  It's calm, orderly and punctual.  His audiences clap politely, and you can't walk two steps without running into a paid staffer with talking points.  Nobody whoops or yells.

Oscars 2020 recap: ‘Parasite’ breaks barriers, Eminem's unexpected performance  —  “Parasite” won best picture and best directing.  —  via  —  “Parasite” was the breakout star of this year's Oscars by breaking barriers: the film became the first non-English movie to win best picture.

This man says he's stockpiling billions of our photos  —  If Hoan Ton-That is feeling the pressure, he isn't showing it.  —  Over the last month, fears about facial recognition technology and police surveillance have intensified, all thanks to Ton-That's startup, Clearview AI.

Merkel's Succession Plan Unravels as Protégée Ends Leadership Bid  —  Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to step down as chairwoman of Germany's CDU  —  BERLIN—Angela Merkel's handpicked successor as head of Germany's conservatives has abandoned her ambition to become chancellor …

Sanders has a bizarre radical past that Trump and Republicans would use to destroy him  —  Sanders has radical fringe skeletons dangling in closets without doors.  He's destined to fail in a general election, perhaps in a 49-state rout.  —  The Iowa Democratic caucuses might have ended in fiasco …

Amazon wants to depose Trump over loss of military contract  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon wants to depose President Donald Trump over the tech company's losing bid for a $10 billion military contract.  —  The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October.

Girl chosen by Trump to symbolize failing schools attends a popular charter program  —  The Philadelphia fourth-grader whom President Trump singled out during his State of the Union address as one of thousands of students “trapped in failing government schools” actually attends a sought-after charter school.

Kemp Loses Vote Purge Suit Brought by Reporter Palast  —  [Atlanta-Feb 9] In an extraordinary and unexpected move, Federal Judge Eleanor Ross has declared Gov. Brian Kemp the loser in a lawsuit brought by investigative journalist Greg Palast to compel the State of Georgia to open up its complete files …

President Donald J. MacGuffin  —  His wild persona is a device that baits enemies and clears space for his agenda.  —  Is he a disease or a cure?  Like him or hate him, there's tons of spilled ink trying to assess President Trump's governing style.  To me, the key to understanding Trumpism is remembering why he was elected.

Tulsi Gabbard Defends Trump Firing Vindman Brothers, Sondland.  Rips DNC, Bloomberg.  —  Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) defended President Donald Trump's decision to fire two brothers at the National Security Council (NSC) and an ambassador on Friday in an interview on Fox News.