POLITICAL CHILL: Donald Trump spent the first morning of his New Hampshire primary campaign in a New York courtroom for the opening of the second defamation suit brought against him by former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.   A nine member jury …

POLITICAL CHILL: It was four below zero when Iowa Republican voters met for their caucuses and Donald Trump froze out his opponents, taking 51 percent of the vote.   Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had a big victory, of sorts, finishing second with …

THE BIG CHILL: The temperature in Des Moines, Iowa this morning was 10 below zero, causing political analysts to speculate endlessly on what will be the effect of the weather on turnout for tonight’s Iowa Caucuses, the opening of the presidential …

ANOTHER ONE DOWN: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie quit his bid for president yesterday in which he failed to knock Donald Trump out of the race. As of yesterday, Christie had 3.6 percent of the likely Republican vote to Trump’s …

ORANGE ALERT: Lawyers arguing presidential immunity for Donald Trump told a federal appeals panel that a president could be criminally charged only if impeached and convicted first, even if he had ordered the assassination of a political rival. A lawyer for the …

LOOSE SCREWS: United Airlines found loose bolts on so called “door plugs” on their Boeing 737 Max 9 jets, similar to the panel that blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight last week, indicating a manufacturing oversight.   The plug is a panel installed …

TRUMPFANIK:  New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who’s been mentioned as a possible running mate for Donald Trump, is following the former president’s lead in referring to the people jailed over the January 6th insurrection as “hostages.”   Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” …

ORANGE ALERT: The Supreme Courts yesterday agreed to hear argument on whether Donald Trump should be allowed on the Colorado primary ballot the same day Biden brought out his verbal guns and said Trump is a danger to democracy. “Democracy is …

WIDER WAR: A US strike yesterday in Baghdad that killed a militia commander linked to Iran may have risked widening regional conflict growing from the Israel/Hamas war. This comes as the Biden administration is trying to get Israel to reduce the violence. …

IRAN: Two explosions yesterday in Iran killed 84 people and wounded 280 walking in a procession to honor Iran’s late former top military general, Qassim Suleimani.    So far no one is taking responsibility or declaring a motive for the attack.   State media …