Russian Roulette: President Trump last June ordered White House lawyer Don McGahn to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and backed off only when McGahn threatened to resign, the NY Times reports. This morning in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said, “Fake news, …

The Russia Thing: President Trump says he’s willing to testify under oath in front of the Special Counsel investigating Russian election influencing. “I’m looking forward to it, actually,” Trump told reporters at the White House. His announcement sort of ends …

School Shooting: Two teenagers are dead and 12 other people wounded after a 15-year-old boy opened fire with a handgun at a rural Kentucky high school. Two of the wounded were hit in the head. The shooter was captured and …

Tsunami Alert: Residents of Alaska were moving to higher ground overnight after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake off Kodiak Island triggered a tsunami warning that reaches all the way down into the State of Washington. No wave has yet been reported, …

The Shutdown: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to take a vote today at noon to see whether he can end the government shutdown. As of last night, there didn’t seem to be an agreement that would allow that to …

Hashtag Government: Republicans and Democrats spent a lot of energy yesterday pinning the blame on each other for the government shutdown with Twitter hashtags. President Trump offered “#DemocratShutdown,” which just doesn’t sing.  The Democrats are pushing “#TrumpShutdown.” The Republicans are …

The Shutdown: Good morning. The federal government is shut down after the Senate failed to pass a bill to keep it running. It’s Saturday, so you might not notice. President Trump was up early this morning furiously tweeting blame. “This …

Chaos Theory: The House has approved a short-term spending bill to keep the government running, but in the Senate at least a dozen Democrats have said they’re against it, enough to kill the bill. With about 14 hours to go, a …

Politics: Congress has until midnight tomorrow to pass a spending bill and avoid a government shutdown. In the mix of issues is border security, a solution for the younger illegal immigrants known as Dreamers, and the Children’s health Insurance Program. …

Summoned: President Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has been subpoenaed by the Special Counsel to testify in front of a grand jury, according to several news outlets. He’s being called to answer questions about possible links or collusion between …