Barr's internal reviews and re-investigations feed resentment, suspicion inside Justice Dept.  —  The Justice Department in the Trump era has repeatedly tasked U.S. attorneys from far-flung offices to parachute into politically explosive cases in Washington, raising concerns among current …

Sanders attacks moderate rivals as voting begins in Nevada  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Progressive firebrand Bernie Sanders jabbed his more moderate rivals on Saturday for taking campaign cash from billionaires as Democratic officials at some sites across Nevada were overwhelmed by long lines …

Why D.C.'s Mayor Endorsed Michael Bloomberg  —  Michael Bloomberg, who will enter the Democratic Presidential primaries on Super Tuesday, on March 3rd, and has already spent more than three hundred million dollars on his campaign, has risen to third place in an average of national polls of Democratic primary voters.

Drudge floats the implausible: A Bloomberg-Clinton ticket  —  Matt Drudge, the famous news aggregator and internet provocateur, shattered the lull of an otherwise calm Saturday morning with a big-if-true bombshell: “EXCLUSIVE: BLOOMBERG CONSIDERS HILLARY RUNNING MATE.”

Biden calls on Sanders to take accountability for supporters' threats  —  The message comes after the powerful Culinary Workers Union said supporters of the Vermont senator had “viciously attacked” its members.  —  LAS VEGAS — Joe Biden called on Bernie Sanders to accept greater accountability …

Ted Cruz once called Trump ‘utterly amoral’ and a ‘sniveling coward.’ Then he worked to save his presidency.  —  Donald Trump called him “Lyin' Ted” Cruz, mocked his wife's appearance and falsely suggested his father was involved in President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

Killing of ISIS leader has not hurt group's operations, says Iraqi Kurdish prime minister  —  MUNICH — Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister says the U.S. killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has not affected the extremist group's ability to operate and is warning that the militants are resurgent.

The Bloomberg Temptation  —  Will the Democrats try to replace Donald Trump with a power-hungry plutocrat?  —  For a long time the notion of a Michael Bloomberg presidential candidacy seemed like a Manhattan fancy, a conceit with elite appeal but no mass constituency, a fantasy for Acela riders …

China's Leader, Under Fire, Says He Led Coronavirus Fight Early On  —  Xi Jinping was aware of the outbreak nearly two weeks before he first spoke publicly about it.  It could draw him directly into questions about whether officials did too little, too late.

A Presidency Increasingly Guided by Suspicion and Distrust  —  Presidential paranoia is not a new phenomenon but Mr. Trump, burned by impeachment, seems to have elevated it to a governing philosophy of his White House.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested in recent days that he had …