The good news: I was on #SNL! The bad news: My kids now telling friends that Kate McKinnon @updatedmckinnon is their 'real' mother.

Where the GOP's loss in Hispanic support could matter most: The three big Sun Belt states with substantial Hispanic populations – Florida, Texas and California. More by @CarlPLeubsdorf >>> Read more at: miamiherald.com/opinion/us-v…

In Michigan's crucial Senate race, @AbdulElSayed's lead grows in @Suffolk_U poll. What's helping? Half of voters say they are sending a message to President Trump to change direction >>> usatoday.com/story/news/poli… via @usatoday

At the Kennedy Center, ‘Campus Closed’ >>>

'Davos for Women': Melania Trump to launch initiative for women CEOs, an exclusive by my @USATODAY colleague @SwapnaVenugopal >>> usatoday.com/story/news/poli…

Protesters begin to gather at the Kennedy Center, with a band >>>

Please join us!

In @USATODAY interview, @GovAndyBeshear declines to accede to Latino demands that @DemGovs send $10 million to the TX governor's race. despite an implicit threat to his presidential bid >>> usatoday.com/story/news/poli…

Gov. @AndyBeshearKY to @SusanPage: "I think JD Vance is a person that is using Christianity to benefit himself and not to benefit other people. "I think a Christian in the vice president's office would've pushed back against cutting SNAP benefits and not encouraged it, would push back against a big, ugly bill that's going to shutter rural hospitals." usatoday.com/story/news/poli…

The nation's newspaper >>>

Get ready to rumble? 2028 hopefuls @GovAndyBeshear and VP @JDVance have books out about faith and politics. In a @USATODAY interview, Beshear questioned if Vance was a good Christian. Vance's spokesman then called Beshear a hypocrite. There's more >>> usatoday.com/story/news/poli…

Can a moderate Dem rise amid a progressive tide? Ask @GovAndyBeshear. In an exclusive @USATODAY interview, we talked about faith, 2028, whether Vice President @JDVance is a good Christian and more >>> usatoday.com/story/news/poli…

Because how often do you see a quote from the Roman poet Juvenal? Come for the 'bread and circuses;' stay for the commentary by @CarlPLeubsdorf >>>

Heads-up: In @USATODAY's interview with @GovAndyBeshear about his new book, "Go and Do Likewise," (from @StMartinsPress) we talked about faith, politics and what voters might be looking for in 2028. Here's a teaser; the story posts tomorrow >>>

25 years later >>>

Construction at the White House, from the South Lawn >>>

We share a birthday, BTW >>>

The enduring impacts of 9/11? They are all around us. Dana Taylor and I discuss on @USATODAY's The Excerpt about the echoes of Sept. 11, 25 years later. Watch on @YouTube >>> piped.video/evAj352Nt9E?si=sfIP…

From @CarlPLeubsdorf: "Hegseth would have loved commanding a military force during the Crusades, leading an all-white, all-male army imbued with Christian fervor" >>>