The State of Disunion:President Trump insulted his Democratic opponents at lunch then called for political unity last night.   He said in his State of the Union message, “We must reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution, and embrace the boundless …

Blackface:Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is facing demands for his resignation after someone dug up his 1984 medical school yearbook featuring on Northam’s page a picture of a man in blackface next to someone in a hooded Ku Klux Klan robe.  …

The Gun Beat: In a surprising attempt at gun control, President Trump yesterday said he ordered the Justice Department to ban all “bump stocks” and devices that allow a legal semi-automatic rifle to fire on full auto like a machine …

Missed Message: The FBI admitted yesterday that it fumbled a Jan 5th tip from someone who knew the accused Parkland, Fla. shooter, reporting that Nikolas Cruz owned a gun and might attempt a school shooting. The bureau said it failed …

Now This: The television advertising extravaganza known as Super Bowl LII kicks off at 6:30 Eastern time. That’s “52” for those of you who never studied Julius Caesar. The NFL has lost millions of viewers in recent years and the …

The American President-elect: Donald Trump, in an interview recorded Friday with Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes, said he was unaware of the incidents of racial and ethnic hatred across the country since he was elected president on Tuesday. The interview …

Take a Leap: It’s Leap Day, one extra day in a Leap Year. February 29th. The Envelope: Even with the biting humor of host Chris Rock, last night’s Oscars were a self-conscious apologia for having no non-white actors nominated for …

The Polling Booth: Hillary Clinton ran away with the South Carolina Democratic primary, setting herself up to crush Bernie Sanders next week on Super Tuesday. The vote was 73.5 percent Clinton, 26 percent Sanders. More than half the Democratic voters …

South of the Border: The elusive Mexican drug dealer Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as “El Chapo,” has been re-captured six months after his elaborately executed escape from Mexico’s most secure prison. Guzmán was taken after a ferocious gun battle in …

Bibi Rebuilds: After winning the national election Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to build a governing coalition that shrugs off some of its most extreme conservatives, but also some of the center left members of Parliament who pushed …