Trump, Dems have reasons to work together, but tensions are boiling over

View in your browser     Trump, Dems have reasons to work together, but tensions are boiling over BY JORDAN FABIAN AND MIKE LILLIS Tensions between President Trump and Capitol Hill Democrats have reached a boiling point just a month into the new Congress, highlighting the gulf between the parties under divided government and dimming prospects for bipartisan action this year. Trump has become boxed in on the fight with Democrats over his demand for border wall funding, and the president has grown furious over their push forward with investigations into nearly every corner of his administration and personal finances, blasting it as “presidential harassment” that “really does hurt our country.” Read the full story here     Warren launches White House bid with call for 'structural change' BY MAX GREENWOOD Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has officially kicked off her 2020 bid for the White House, joining a Democratic primary field that promises to be among the largest and most diverse in the party’s history. Read the full story here     Trump campaign slams Warren as ‘fraud’ BY TAL AXELROD President Trump’s campaign wasted no time going after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Saturday shortly before she was expected to formally announce her candidacy for the White House in 2020. Read the full story here     Ocasio-Cortez forced to clarify Green New Deal details after rollout BY TAL AXELROD Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her aides are rushing to clarify details of her recently proposed Green New Deal (GND) after an FAQ sheet it released sparked an uproar.  Read the full story here       Trump divides Democrats with warning of creeping socialism BY ALEXANDER BOLTON President Trump hadn’t had much success dividing Democrats until he found a word that would provoke very different responses from different members of the party during his State of the Union address: socialism.  Read the full story here     Northam digs in, says he'll focus remainder of term on racial 'equity' BY RACHEL FRAZIN Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) continued to dig in on Saturday, saying he does not plan to resign but instead focus on racial "equity" in the three remaining years of his term. Read the full story here     O'Rourke rips Trump's 'lies' ahead of El Paso visit BY JOHN BOWDEN Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D) slammed President Trump's "lies" on border security and immigration reform Saturday ahead of the president's visit to El Paso, where O'Rourke previously represented. Read the full story here     Schiff questions if North Korea tried to 'flatter' Trump BY TAL AXELROD House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) questioned on Saturday if North Korea had tried to influence President Trump by flattering him ahead of a second summit set for later this month. Read the full story here     National Enquirer faces new legal woes after Bezos claims BY EMILY BIRNBAUM AND HARPER NEIDIG The publisher of the National Enquirer is facing questions about whether it violated a cooperation agreement with federal prosecutors after allegations from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos that the tabloid tried to blackmail him. Read the full story here     Alaska in lockdown over leadership stalemate BY REID WILSON   For nearly a month, Alaska’s House of Representatives has been unable to agree on who should lead the body, an impasse that has ground legislative action to a halt even as the state faces tough choices over steep budget cuts. Read the full story here     A new direction for black politics: Power at state, local levels BY ROGER HOUSE Opinion | As African-Americans are pulled into another Democratic Party election cycle, black voters may miss the opportunity to build a sustainable political foundation for the future. Read the full story here     Claims to be 'American Indian' haunt Elizabeth Warren in bid for president BY JONATHAN TURLEY Opinion | For Senator Elizabeth Warren, the promise of Ancestry.com to use DNA to “celebrate how we all came to be” must have had a distinctly loathsome meaning this week. On the day of her highly anticipated announcement as a Democratic candidate for president, Warren is facing new questions in her long standing controversy over claims of Native American ancestry. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump’s Year 3 aims for dramatic sequels to rival originals BY CATHERINE LUCEY AND JONATHAN LEMIRE As President Donald Trump prepares to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for a second time, he’s out to replicate the suspenseful buildup, make-or-break stakes and far-flung rendezvous of their first encounter. The reality star American president will soon learn if the sequel, on this matter and many others, can compete with the original. In his third year in office, Trump is starting to air some reruns. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Justin Fairfax puts Virginia Democrats in bind on impeachment BY JONATHAN MARTIN, ALAN BLINDER AND CAMPBELL ROBERTSON Justin E. Fairfax’s refusal to resign as lieutenant governor of Virginia in the face of two allegations of sexual assault has presented Democrats with an excruciating choice: whether to impeach an African-American leader at a moment when the state’s other two top leaders, both white, are resisting calls to quit after admitting to racist conduct. Read the full story here     CNN: Virginia lieutenant governor on sexual assault allegations: 'The interactions were consensual' BY SOPHIE TATUM The embattled lieutenant governor of Virginia released a statement on Saturday, denying recent allegations of sexual assault and rape as the state continues to find its top Democratic leaders embroiled in scandal. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Virginians split on Gov. Northam’s fate amid blackface scandal, poll shows BY PETER JAMISON AND SCOTT CLEMENT The Washington Post-Schar School poll found 47 percent wanting the Democrat to resign and 47 percent saying he should stay on after the emergence of a racist photo on his yearbook page. He counts higher support among African American residents — who say he should remain in office by a margin of 58 percent to 37 percent — than among whites. Read the full story here     Reuters: South Korea signs deal to pay more for US troops after Trump demand BY HYONHEE SHIN AND JOSH SMITH Officials signed a short-term agreement on Sunday to boost South Korea’s contribution toward the upkeep of U.S. troops on the peninsula, after a previous deal lapsed amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for the South to pay more. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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