Phony Wall, Phony Emergency  —  The president plans to manage the border crisis from the golf course at Mar-a-Lago this weekend.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.

Dems prepare to force Trump to reveal private talks with Putin  —  House Democrats are taking their first real steps to force President Donald Trump to divulge information about his private conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, setting up an extraordinary clash with the White House over Congress' oversight authority.

Ex-cardinal McCarrick defrocked by Vatican for sexual abuse  —  ROME — The Vatican on Saturday said it had stripped ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick of the rights of the priesthood, leveling a historic penalty against a onetime church power broker and former archbishop of Washington who has been credibly accused of sexual abuse.

The Latest: Police: Aurora attacker took gun to firing  —  AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the mass shooting at a warehouse in Aurora, Illinois (all times local):  —  Authorities say the man who killed five co-workers at a suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse brought his gun to a meeting in which he was going to be fired.

Pence calls on European allies to withdraw from Iran deal as Merkel defends decision  —  Munich, Germany (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence called on European allies to abandon the Iran nuclear deal while speaking at the Munich Security Conference, shortly after German Chancellor Angela Merkel …

Esquire's Cover Boy and Our Culture of Shame  —  I'm a trans woman living in Brooklyn.  And I have tremendous empathy for the conservative teen in Wisconsin.  —  Ms. Kanner is a writer and designer living in Brooklyn.  —  I have an embarrassing secret.  One I have long feared the internet would out for me.

Bernie Sanders records video announcing 2020 campaign  —  Bernie Sanders, inching closer to a second bid for the White House, has recorded a campaign video in which he says he is running for president in 2020, according to two people familiar with the spot.  —  It's the latest sign …

Conservatives can't stop obsessing over Ocasio-Cortez.  Their latest target: her boyfriend.  —  Fox News, Breitbart and others are wondering why Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's partner has a mail.house.gov email address.  —  First, it was her clothing.  Then her dancing.

It's not enough to beat back Amazon from New York.  We must do more |  Matt Stoller  —  Simply saying ‘no’ to its headquarters isn't enough - Amazon should be investigated for abusing monopoly power  —  This week, Amazon abandoned a plan to open a second “headquarters” in New York City …

‘Never again?’  It's already happening.  —  Because I write books about Soviet history, and because I often speak about them to U.S. or European audiences, I am frequently forced to confront the problem of Western indifference.  Why, I am asked over and over, did British diplomats who knew …

California's move to Super Tuesday hands Harris a big edge in 2020  —  Kamala Harris is building a wall around California.  —  The Democratic senator has been activating her forces on the home front since launching her White House bid last month — cornering some of the state's most prolific donors …

Locked Inside a Freezing Federal Jail, They United to Protest Their Conditions — Only to Face Reprisals  —  Photo illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept, Redux  —  Jordan remembers jolting awake in his cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, in the early-morning hours of Saturday, February 2.

Special counsel prosecutors say they have communications of Stone with WikiLeaks  —  Washington (CNN)Prosecutors said for the first time that they have evidence of Roger Stone communicating with WikiLeaks, according to a new court filing from special counsel prosecutors.