Counter Intelligence: Testifying before the House Intelligence Committee, FBI Director James Comey repudiated President Trump’s claim that his phones were tapped last fall on the orders of President Obama. Comey also confirmed that the FBI is investigating any possible links …

The Russia House: FBI Director James Comey is expected to tell the House Intelligence Committee today that there’s no evidence to support President Trump’s claim that his phones were tapped last year on the orders of President Barack Obama. Rep. …

Hermit Kingdom: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, told Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to chill out on North Korea and “come back to the right track of a negotiated settlement.” Tillerson has announced that negotiations with North Korea are over, …

Saber Rattling: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in Seoul yesterday that open negotiations with North Korea about nuclear weapons are over and that the Trump administration would take pre-emptive military action military action “if they elevate the threat of …

The Boy Cried Wolf: On any other day, the lead story might have been President Trump’s budget plan for dramatic changes in government priorities, but yesterday the Senate Intelligence Committee said that Trump’s claim that his phones were tapped on …

Stayed: For the second time, President Trump has been jammed at the basket on his travel, immigration and refugee ban for six predominantly Muslim countries. A federal judge in Hawaii yesterday placed a stay on Trump’s travel ban that had …

Blizzard: Much of the East Coast is blanketed with snow as a blizzard stretches all the way from Washington DC to Maine and north to Montreal. A blizzard warning is in effect for eight states. As many as 80 million people …

Skyfall: Just a day after Daylight Savings Time kicked in bringing the promise of spring, a late-winter blizzard is expected to hit the East Coast tonight and tomorrow, bringing a foot or more of snow in some areas. The storm …

Econ 101: The economy added a healthy 235,000 jobs last month, dropping the unemployment rate just a tick to 4.7 percent and increasing the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week. Although the Trump administration has …

Ban the Ban: Hawaii and the State of Washington are leading a pack of states suing to block President Trump’s latest order banning travel from six predominantly Muslim countries. They argue that the new order is only a slight rewrite …