People Aren't Buying William Barr's Rebuke Of Donald Trump  —  Lawmakers, legal experts and cable news hosts highly doubt the attorney general's interview appearing to stand up to the president.  —  Attorney General William Barr on Thursday appeared to stand up to Donald Trump when he complained …

Bernie Sanders leaps to first among Texas Democrats in latest UT/TT Poll  —  Sanders now leads the Democratic presidential candidates among Texas voters, but Donald Trump maintains a slight lead over each of the top Democrats in the race, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned trip to the White House after Trump slammed the phone down on him in a moment of ‘apoplectic’ fury  — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned trip to meet Donald Trump next month after a furious row between the two men.

An Unrestrained Trump May End Up Trapping Himself  —  The Senate pushes back on war powers and a Fed nominee, while a White House purge might undercut the president's clout.  —  I'm not sure what the conventional wisdom is about the current health of Donald Trump's presidency …

Democrats are wasting time fighting over policies the Senate will never pass  —  It was a sight to behold: a former vice president, two senators and a former mayor on a stage in New Hampshire a week ago, arguing over the impossible.  Would Sen. Bernie Sanders deliver Medicare-for-all immediately, as he promised to do?

How Many People Might One Person With Coronavirus Infect?  —  Researchers in U.K. offer clues as to how contagious Covid-19 virus could be  —  When an infection erupts the way coronavirus has exploded in Wuhan, China, and elsewhere in the world, public-health experts try to gauge the potential …

U.S. Readied Sanctions on Russian Oligarch's Associates—Then Mysteriously Backed Off  —  “Somebody overruled [Treasury], essentially,” one sanctions expert said.  “That's the most likely scenario.”  —  Something strange happened in mid-December involving Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch.

Civic Religion and the Secular Jew  —  IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE Bernie Sanders's inauguration.  Not because it's difficult to believe that Sanders could win the presidency—that seems more plausible than ever.  But in the sense that it's hard to envision what the ceremony would look like.

Culinary Union officials face profanity-laced attacks after scorecard says Sanders would ‘end’ their health care  —  Geoconda Arguello-Kline, left, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Union announced that the culinary will not endorse a Democratic presidential candidate in the primary.

John Kelly's Weaksauce Trump Slam Is Too Little, Too Late, Too Lame  —  Vindman saw something, and said something.  Kelly saw plenty, and kept it to himself for more than two years.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  John Kelly's half-assed, just-the-tip critique of Donald Trump on Wednesday night was too little …

Official says US, Taliban reach truce Afghan truce agreement  —  MUNICH (AP) — A senior U.S.official said Friday the United States and the Taliban have reached a truce agreement that will take effect “very soon” and could lead to withdrawals of American troops from Afghanistan.

Two Couples Shared What It Was Like Falling In Love At A Migrant Camp At The US-Mexico Border  —  MATAMOROS — Thousands of immigrants hoping to get asylum in the United States spend months in this tent city in Mexico while they wait for their cases to be reviewed.

The Dangerous Denial of Sex  —  Transgender ideology harms women, gays—and especially feminine boys and masculine girls.  —  Transgender ideology can take on a comical character, as in a recent American Civil Liberties Union commentary objecting to sales tax on tampons and similar products while pondering …

White House ‘1264 Notice’ and Novel Legal Claims for Military Action Against Iran  —  To its credit, the Trump administration has submitted a newly released notice to Congress, describing the legal and policy basis for the Jan. 2 airstrike against Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top military commander.

Facebook reverses on paid political messages that aren't ads  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network's rules governing political ads, in a reversal that highlights difficulties tech companies …

The Irrelevance of Marco Rubio  —  He used to be the future of the Republican party.  Now he's desperately hunting for new principles.  —  Marco Rubio is our great republic's most overrated senator—which is really saying something, since pretty much everyone in America, left, right, and center, thinks he's a joke.

Women's wear mogul Peter Nygard accused as vile sexual predator, hosted ‘pamper parties’ to rape and abuse aspiring models and underage girls, according to Manhattan lawsuit  —  Rags-to-riches garment business legend Peter Nygard was accused of sex trafficking paid underage “girlfriends” …

Trump contradicts past denials, admits sending Giuliani to Ukraine  —  Washington (CNN)Emboldened after his impeachment acquittal, President Donald Trump now openly admits to sending his attorney Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to find damaging information about his political opponents …

Democratic Presidential Candidate Michael Bloomberg Is a GOP Bankroller  —  In June 2018, billionaire business executive and former Republican Michael Bloomberg hosted a fundraiser for Long Island GOP Rep. Peter King.  At his lavish home in New York City, Bloomberg urged co-hosts to raise …