Trump Says He Is Willing to Speak Under Oath to Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he was willing to speak under oath to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Exclusive: The full ‘secret society’ text between FBI agents: Was it meant in jest?  —  For the past 24 hours, a number of Republican lawmakers have been suggesting that a months-old text message between two FBI officials reveals a “secret society” of federal law enforcement officials clandestinely plotting …

SOURCE: MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon to step down before end of week  —  MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will resign before the week is over, The State News has learned.  —  According to a knowledgable source to whom we have granted anonymity because the information was told in confidence …

Hundreds of newly created Twitter accounts pushed #ReleaseTheMemo  —  The viral hashtag campaign #ReleaseTheMemo appears to have been driven at least in part by a swarm of Twitter accounts set up in the past week, a CNN analysis has found.  —  More than 1,000 accounts that were set up between Thursday …

Justice Department Demands Documents and Threatens to Subpoena 23 Jurisdictions As Part of 8 U.S.C. 1373 Compliance Review  —  The Department of Justice today sent the attached letters to 23 jurisdictions, demanding the production of documents that could show whether each jurisdiction …

Cecile Richards Plans To Step Down As President Of Planned Parenthood, After More Than A Decade  —  Richards greatly expanded Planned Parenthood's political prominence, as well as its organizing and fundraising capacities, during her time leading the organization.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC

We Are Truly Fucked: Everyone Is Making AI-Generated Fake Porn Now  —  In December, Motherboard discovered a redditor named ‘deepfakes’ quietly enjoying his hobby: Face-swapping celebrity faces onto porn performers' bodies.  He made several convincing porn videos of celebrities …

Errant court filing suggests feds had informant at Manafort firm  —  A document that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's attorneys appear to have accidentally filed in court Wednesday suggests that federal investigators had an informant inside Manafort's consulting firm who provided information about his financial dealings.

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Trump Says He Is Open to a Path to Citizenship for ‘Dreamers’  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he is open to a path to citizenship after 10 to 12 years for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, days after rejecting …

‘Murphy Brown’ Revival Set At CBS With Star Candice Bergen & Creator Diane English  —  Another beloved comedy series is coming back for a new installment on its original network.  CBS has given a 13-episode series order to Murphy Brown, a revival of the 1988 sitcom with its creator Diane English …

Budget talks progress, as Senate Dems drop Dreamer demand  —  Senate Democrats are willing to drop their demand that relief for Dreamers be tied to any long-term budget agreement — a potential boost for spending talks, but one that could face opposition from their House counterparts.

In Conversation: Erykah Badu  —  “I'm gathering ideas,” says Erykah Badu, talking over dinner at a vegan restaurant in midtown Manhattan.  “I'm uploading.”  Badu, in a baggy sweater, oversized eyeglasses, and giant fedora, is talking about why she hasn't released an album of new material since 2010's …

NSA DELETES “HONESTY” AND “OPENNESS” FROM CORE VALUES  —  The National Security Agency maintains a page on its website that outlines its mission statement.  But earlier this month, the agency made a discreet change: It removed “honesty” as its top priority.

Bumble Just Kicked Off A Pro-Trump Media Personality As Part Of Its “Stance Against Hate”  —  The pro-Trump activist and troll Jack Posobiec was booted from the dating app Bumble for violating its “values,” after a woman complained on Twitter about seeing his profile.

Toys R Us to close 180 stores across the US  — Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet.  —  Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet …

Republicans Are Using the Russian Playbook on the FBI  —  Odds are, you don't remember any of the particular revelations contained in the stolen emails from John Podesta and the Democratic National Committee.  But when WikiLeaks published them two years ago, they created a furor.

With Pence breaking 49-49 tie, U.S. Senate advances Brownback's nomination  —  WASHINGTON  —  Kansas Republican Sam Brownback, one of the most unpopular governors in the country, barely survived a key vote on his bid for a big Trump administration job on Wednesday, as Vice President Mike Pence broke …

Report: Felons, people under foreign influence got national security clearances  —  WASHINGTON — A Defense Department report obtained by NBC News found that 165 defense contractors had their initial security clearances revoked last year after further investigation linked the recipients …

North Korea sends rare announcement to all Koreans, calls for unification  —  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sent a rare announcement addressed to “all Koreans at home and abroad” on Thursday, saying they should make a “breakthrough” for unification without the help of other countries, its state media said.

Journalists at an Intervention  —  My article called “1 Son, 4 Overdoses, 6 Hours” started out as one story but ended up as another.  —  I was originally planning to write about why New Hampshire has such a severe problem with heroin and fentanyl.  I reached out to researchers at Dartmouth …