Turmoil at the National Security Council, From the Top Down – WASHINGTON – These are chaotic and anxious days inside the National Security Council, the traditional center of management for a president’s dealings with an uncertain world. – Three weeks into the Trump administration

As Flynn falls under growing pressure over Russia contacts, Trump remains silent – White House national security adviser Michael Flynn is under increasing political pressure and risks losing the confidence of some colleagues following reports that he misled senior administration officials The Spy Revolt Against Trump Begins – Intelligence Community pushes back against a White House it considers leaky, untruthful and penetrated by the Kremlin – In a recent column, I explained how the still-forming Trump administration is already doing serious harm to America’s longstanding global intelligence partnerships.

Trump friend says Priebus is ‘in way over his head’ – One of President Trump’s longtime friends made a striking move on Sunday: After talking privately with the president over drinks late Friday, Christopher Ruddy publicly argued that Trump should replace his White House chief of staff.

To my mind, any talk about the “objective truth” is particularly rich when coming from a man who obsessively pushed a conspiracy theory involving Sarah Palin’s uterus and made Trig Trutherism a thing. Sullivan’s disgusting, ends-justify-the-means obsession with the personal family life of Sarah Palin breached every ethical and journalistic boundary known to the cosmos.

Woman falls to her death at World Trade Center’s Oculus – A woman trying to grab a hat dropped by her twin sister fell to her death from an escalator at the World Trade Center’s soaring Oculus transit hub on Saturday. – The 29-year-old Kearny, NJ resident, identified by law enforcement sources

One must wonder if attorney Elura Nanos has a mouse in her pocket when, after just 17 days in office, she is cheering for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. “Impeachment seems a major potential, and the only question is whether we’ll have to wait until the midterm elections to see it happen,” she penned in an anti-Trump piece for LawNewz .

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Yemen Raid Had Secret Target: Al Qaeda Leader Qassim Al-Rimi – Exclusive: Top al-Qaeda Leader was Target of U.S. Raid in Yemen, Sources Say 2:40 – The Navy SEAL raid in Yemen last week had a secret objective – the head of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, who survived

Does Trump Want to Lose the EO Battle in Court? Or is Donald McGahn Simply Ineffectual (or Worse)? – I’m starting to believe that either Donald Trump wants courts to strike down the Immigration Executive order, or that his White House Counsel is incompetent or ineffectual.

Melania sues Mail Online a third time for claiming she was an escort – More On: – Melania Trump has filed her third defamation lawsuit against the Mail Online over an August 2016 article that accused her of having once been a prostitute, arguing for the first time that the story ruined her

That MSNBC Interview Was Not the First Time Kellyanne Conway Referred to the “Bowling Green Massacre” – Conway used the same wording in a conversation with Cosmopolitan.com on Jan. 29. – Kellyanne Conway took to Twitter on Friday to walk back her comments on MSNBC’s Hardball

I Was on the National Security Council. Bannon Doesn’t Belong There. – In his first weeks in office, President Trump has outlined plans to reorganize the White House’s National Security Council. This is in keeping with tradition: New presidents regularly reconfigure the council to fit

Former CIA chief: Trump’s travel ban hurts American spies – and America – Michael V. Hayden, a principal at the Chertoff Group and visiting professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, was director of the National Security Agency from 1999 to 2005 and the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006 to 2009.

In his own words: Imam Hassan Guillet’s address at Quebec City funeral for 3 mosque victims – Read his English address at Friday’s funeral of Ibrahima Barry, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Azzeddine Soufiane We are here to celebrate Khaled, Aboubaker, Abdelkrim, Azzedine, Mamadou, Ibrahima.

Two-thirds of Britons believe Trump is ‘threat to international stability’ – Over half surveyed believe US president is untrustworthy and that UK state visit should be cancelled, new poll finds – Britain’s verdict on Trump? Improve non-US allies and be prepared – Read more

A former FBI employee pleaded guilty to a four-year scheme where he stole nearly $21,000 of government funds by fabricating and paying fake automotive maintenance invoices, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Timothy Johnson, who formerly managed the FBI’s fleet of cars in Washington, D.C., admitted to paying falsified invoices for things like towing and automotive services, wracking up at least $20,995 on the agency’s charge cards.

Law students and community members stood shoulder to shoulder during a candlelight vigil at UCLA’s School of Law courtyard on Monday in response to President Trump’s refugee ban, according to the Daily Bruin . The Muslim Law Students Association at UCLA organized the gathering to create what the campus newspaper is calling a “healing space.”

Law students and community members stood shoulder to shoulder during a candlelight vigil at UCLA’s School of Law courtyard on Monday in response to President Trump’s refugee ban, according to the Daily Bruin . The Muslim Law Students Association at UCLA organized the gathering to create what the campus newspaper is calling a “healing space.”

Law students and community members stood shoulder to shoulder during a candlelight vigil at UCLA’s School of Law courtyard on Monday in response to President Trump’s refugee ban, according to the Daily Bruin . The Muslim Law Students Association at UCLA organized the gathering to create what the campus newspaper is calling a “healing space.”

It’s ‘The Apprentice, Supreme Court Edition,’ as Trump Summons Finalists to White House – President Trump is bringing his top two candidates for the Supreme Court to the White House on Tuesday, adding to the tension ahead of his prime-time court announcement.

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon believes attack on Saudi frigate meant for US warship – The Iranian-backed suicide attack targeting a Saudi frigate off the coast of Yemen on Monday may have been meant for an American warship, two defense officials told Fox News. – The incident in question occurred The day’s must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.