CNN poll: Sanders leads as Buttigieg grabs momentum in New Hampshire  —  Buttigieg and Sanders both claim victory in Iowa  —  (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders heads into the New Hampshire primary still holding a lead over his top rivals for the Democratic nomination, but with Pete Buttigieg …

Trump used Philly girl's story to attack ‘failing government schools.’ But she's at one of the city's most desired charters.  —  President Donald Trump turned a Philadelphia fourth grader into a poster child for the school-choice movement Tuesday when he told the nation that thousands of students were …

Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman in Post-Acquittal Purge  —  Emboldened by his victory and determined to strike back, the president removed Mr. Sondland as ambassador to the European Union after the White House earlier on Friday dismissed Colonel Vindman.

Meet the 71-year-old staging a one-man protest in his Trump-loving retirement community  —  For most of his life, Ed McGinty kept his political beliefs to himself.  —  Raised Irish Catholic in Philadelphia, the 71-year-old retired real estate broker has always been a Democrat, just like his parents before him.

Amy Klobuchar  —  Jamelle Bouie (7/10) — Klobuchar sounded confident and aggressive, willing and able to go after her competitors.  Her defense of experience, in particular, was strong.  More and more, she looks like a real alternative for moderate Democrats.

Bloomberg gets key endorsement from Michigan congresswoman, who says he will be president  —  WASHINGTON — Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is pulling out all the stops to win Michigan's March 10 presidential primary and on Saturday picked up what could be a watershed endorsement …

Thousands of Hmong and Lao Americans face deportation under Trump proposal  —  In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Rep. Betty McCollum calls the plan ‘unconscionable’  —  Advocates warn that a Trump administration proposal to deport thousands of Hmong and Lao Americans back to Laos …

Facebook and IRS Prepare for $9 Billion U.S. Tax Court Fight  —  Government challenges social-media giant's transactions with its Irish subsidiary  —  Facebook Inc. FB .70% and the Internal Revenue Service will square off in a U.S. Tax Court case that could cost the social-media giant …

Donald Trump Definitely Learned His Lesson  —  He knows exactly who he's dealing with now.  —  We should have expected that a speech tasked with unpacking “our Country's VICTORY over the Impeachment Hoax!” would be crazy.  —  But none of us could have possibly predicted just how crazy it turned out to be.

Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian who enlivened the game show “To Tell the Truth” and played a crotchety merchant on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” was hit and killed by a car in Los Angeles, authorities said.

VA chief Wilkie sought to dig up dirt on woman who complained of sexual assault, agency insiders say  —  The Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general is reviewing a request from a top House leader to investigate allegations that VA Secretary Robert Wilkie sought to dig up dirt …

Iowa Democratic Turnout Prompts Concerns About Voter Enthusiasm  —  Some in the party wonder if state has become more conservative as turnout falls short of the 2008 record  —  Democratic turnout for this week's Iowa caucuses fell well below expectations, leading some in the party to wonder …

UK foreign secretary: Britain wants trade deal with Japan within the year  —  Dominic Raab says talks with Tokyo to begin before spring.  —  Britain is seeking an “ambitious” free-trade deal with Japan by the end of the year, according to U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.

McConnell and the GOP Senate are accomplices to Trump's wrongdoing  —  Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, is speaker of the House of Representatives.  —  For more than 200 years, our republic has endured, not only because of the wisdom of our Founders and the brilliance of our Constitution …