Statement from President Joe Biden on Attack on U.S. Service Members in Northeastern Jordan Near the Syria Border  —  Today, America's heart is heavy.  Last night, three U.S. service members were killed—and many wounded—during an unmanned aerial drone attack on our forces stationed in northeast Jordan near the Syria border.

State of the Union  —  DANA BASH, CNN HOST (voice-over): Gone South.  —  As his GOP rival gets under his skin...  NIKKI HALEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Donald, keep them coming.  —  BASH: ... Donald Trump wants to pivot.  —  DONALD TRUMP, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (R) …

Nikki Haley Explains Why ‘Insecure’ Trump Is His ‘Own Worst Enemy’  —  “When he feels insecure, he starts to rail, he starts to rant, he starts to flail his arms and he starts to get upset,” Haley said in a recent “Meet the Press” interview.  —  LOADING  —  Nikki Haley called Donald Trump his …

Trump's candidacy on the Illinois ballot should be decided by the courts, an elections board hearing officer says  —  The hearing officer, a retired Republican judge, wrote a scathing assessment of Trump's involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, but said the courts ultimately should decide.

Quiet rebellion threatens House GOP chair over surprise tax deal  —  The House GOP's top tax writer doesn't just face blowback over the surprise deal he unveiled this month: Now the background chatter suggests Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) could lose his gavel.

Climate activists hurl soup at the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris  —  Two protesters from a climate and agricultural NGO hurled soup onto the bulletproof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci's “Mona Lisa” painting in Paris, demanding the right to “healthy and sustainable food”.  —  By: FRANCE 24

Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world's best recovery  —  The European economy, hobbled by unfamiliar weakness in Germany, is barely growing.  China is struggling to recapture its sizzle.  And Japan continues to disappoint.  —  But in the United States, it's a different story.

Snoop Dogg: ‘I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump’  —  He is the gangsta rapper who broke the mould — now 52, he's friends with Martha Stewart, makes educational cartoons and has changed his tune on the man running for President  —  Snoop Dogg is still not over the end of Game of Thrones.

GOP legislatures in some states seek ways to undermine voters' ability to determine abortion rights  —  Legislative efforts in Missouri and Mississippi are attempting to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights, building on anti-abortion strategies seen in other states, including last year in Ohio.

North Korea fired several cruise missiles, South Korea says  —  The launches followed a round of North Korean cruise missile tests last week and a Jan. 14 test-firing of the country's first solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile.  —  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's military …