NSC official on leave pending investigation  —  Andrew Peek, the senior director for European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, has been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related investigation, people familiar with the situation tell Axios.

‘Brazen and unlawful’: Trump team attacks House impeachment effort in first formal response  —  President Donald Trump launched his first formal attack on the House's effort to remove him from office on Saturday, calling the Democrats' impeachment case against him fatally flawed and …

Trump, who wanted a TV legal team, is ‘distracted’ by impeachment trial, source says  —  (CNN)A source close to the White House who speaks to Donald Trump regularly said the President has appeared “distracted” by the impeachment trial that begins on Tuesday, telling people around him Friday night …

'Once this is over, we'll be kings': How Lev Parnas worked his way into Trump's world — and now is rattling it  —  Last Sunday, a New York lawyer posted photographs of the shining dome of the U.S. Capitol on Twitter, announcing that he had just visited Washington to give Congress contents …

Warren claims she is the only person running with executive experience  —  NEWTON, Iowa — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she was the only White House hopeful who has spent any time in the executive branch on government at an Iowa rally, seemingly forgetting about a number of her rivals.

Puerto Rico governor fires emergency director after aid is found sitting in warehouse  —  Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced fired the island's emergency management director on Saturday, after a video showing aid sitting unused in a warehouse went viral on social media.

Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: Like Joe Biden, I Once Stuttered, Too.  I Dare You to Mock Me.  —  The retired pilot responds to recent comments from the president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on the way the former vice president talks.  —  Mr. Sullenberger is a retired pilot, safety expert and public speaker.

Biden charges Sanders camp ‘doctored video’ to attack him  —  INDIANOLA, Iowa — Joe Biden accused Bernie Sanders' campaign Saturday of issuing a “doctored video” to attack him over Social Security, a false claim that ratcheted up the tension between the two campaigns in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses.

Statement from HM The Queen  —  Following many months of conversations and more recent discussions, I am pleased that together we have found a constructive and supportive way forward for my grandson and his family.  —  Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved members of my family.

Two billion reasons Bloomberg could unseat Trump  —  Michael Bloomberg is willing to spend $2B on himself — or another Dem — to unseat Trump  —  It's only money.  —  That's the word coming from Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign, which is spending hundreds of millions of dollars …

How five members of Joe Biden's family got rich through his connections  —  Political figures have long used their families to route power and benefits for their own self-enrichment.  In “Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite,” one particular politician …

Background Press Call  —  MR. GIDLEY: Thank you very much.  Good afternoon, everyone.  Thanks for taking the time to join this background call regarding impeachment.  —  The ground rules are as follows: Information on this call is on background, and can attributable to “sources close to the President's legal team.”