“It looks weak”: Dems fume at their party's response to Maduro capture … - Party leaders have raged at Trump for bypassing Congress and leaving them in the dark about the operation to capture Maduro, which involved striking several military targets in Venezuela's capital city.

Health care, funding and more: 5 things to watch when the Senate returns  —  The Senate is staring down multiple flash points in the coming months as lawmakers head into a year colored by electoral politics but with plenty of policy fights on the horizon.  —  Lawmakers wrapped up a grueling year …

Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Talk of Athens … It was a splashy arrival.  Kimberly Guilfoyle, the new United States ambassador to Greece, landed in Athens on the private jet of a multimillionaire Greek American businessman.  She caused a sensation at a Thanksgiving week dinner in a partly sheer black evening dress.

For Trump, the Epstein Cover-Up Beats the Truth  —  As one of her first acts as Attorney General, Pam Bondi wrote a letter to the new head of the FBI, Kash Patel, demanding that the “full and complete Epstein files” be delivered to her office by the next day — Feb. 28.

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as South Korean president visits China  —  This recording was made using enhanced software.  —  Summary  —  Missiles launched  —  North Korea fired ballistic missiles from Pyongyang to the East Sea on Sunday.  —  South Korean, Chinese presidents meeting

HHS escalates Minnesota fraud fight, prompting fear among daycare providers  —  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is escalating the Trump administration's attacks on Minnesota by freezing all federal funding to the state's childcare providers.