Deputy NSC Advisor Pick McFarland: Treat Middle Easterners Like Kids

On Friday, Donald Trump's transition team announced that Fox News national security analyst Kathleen Troia McFarland will serve as his Deputy National Security Advisor, working under National Security Advisor-designate Michael Flynn . McFarland previously served on Gerald Ford's National Security Council and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs in the Reagan administration, from 1982 to 1985.

Family from Edenhope in Victoria win $500,000 in the Lotto

Ready, set, SPEND: First Black Friday shoppers race through the doors as retailers prepare for a post-election spending boom 'I feel incredibly blessed and thankful': Ivanka Trump shares her own Thanksgiving message with husband Jared and the kids as Donald celebrates in Mar-a-Lago Has Team Trump soured on Mitt Romney? Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway joins in criticism of 2012 GOP nominee as grassroots supporters claim he would be a terrible Secretary of State Pick up! Family refused to answer the phone for FIVE DAYS because they thought it was a telemarketera but Lotto was calling to tell them they had won A family from Victoria who thought telemarketers were harassing them for five days have discovered it was actually Tatts trying to contact them after they won the lotto.

Ivanka Trump shares her own Thanksgiving message with husband Jared

Ready, set, SPEND: First Black Friday shoppers race through the doors as retailers prepare for a post-election spending boom 'I feel incredibly blessed and thankful': Ivanka Trump shares her own Thanksgiving message with husband Jared and the kids as Donald celebrates in Mar-a-Lago Has Team Trump soured on Mitt Romney? Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway joins in criticism of 2012 GOP nominee as grassroots supporters claim he would be a terrible Secretary of State 'I feel incredibly blessed and thankful': Ivanka Trump shares her own Thanksgiving message with husband Jared and the kids as Donald celebrates in Mar-a-Lago Her father marked the holiday at a quiet dinner with friends in Mar-a-Lago after asking the country to embrace his election win.

Hot dog! Disneya s Mickey Mouse turns 88

It's Mickey Mouse's birthday! The official mascot of Disney and one of the most recognizable cartoon characters of all time turns 88 on Friday. Hey, everybody! It's my birthday and today I'm taking over Disney Twitter! YZ< -Mickey Mouse #HappyBirthdayMickey pic.twitter.com/1G6NQVCAM8 Walt Disney poses with his wife, Lillian, and one of his creations, Mickey Mouse, on the roof of Grosvenor House in London on June.

Trump’s family plan to cut business conflicts falls short

The Trump Organization has pledged to transfer control of its assets to Donald Trump's children to reduce potential conflicts posed by the president-elect's many business interests. But ethics experts say the arrangement doesn't go far enough to ensure that Trump's presidential duties don't clash with his money-making dealings.

Welcome to the Final Hours of the 2016 Election

After a bitter, eighteen-month-long election that exposed some of the nation's most painful divisions and shook its democratic institutions, Americans prepared on Tuesday morning to cast their ballots for president. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will both wake up on Election Day, Nov. 8 after whirlwind tours of the nation's battleground states from Ohio to North Carolina and Nevada to await the results.

Melania Trump pledges to combat cyber-bullying as first lady

Melanie Trump, husband of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, walks on stage to deliver a speech at the Main Line Sports Center in Berwyn, Pa., Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. In her first solo speech since the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump on Thursday called for an end to online bullying of children and teenagers, saying, it is "absolutely unacceptable when it's done with no name hiding on the internet."

Senators complain CPS still hasna t checked on 500 kids, demand plan for raising caseworkers’ pay

State senators on Wednesday vented anger over Child Protective Services' continuing failure to check on thousands of potentially vulnerable children. The lawmakers pressed Gov. Greg Abbott's CPS overseer to promise to rapidly submit a plan for immediately laying eyes on more than 500 children who the agency says are "at highest risk of being abused or neglected" but haven't been visited.

Melbourne chiropractor Adrian Oorloff plotted to have his…

The Bella of the Ball! Michelle Obama pulls out all the stops for Barack's last state dinner as she welcomes a VERY impressed Italian prime minister in a stunning custom-made Versace gown Senior Democratic strategist resigns after video surfaces showing his staff planning to incite violence at Trump rallies and discussing paying mentally ill-people to disrupt GOP events Samsung customers propose class action lawsuit against company for 'charging them monthly fees after they were told not to use exploding Galaxy Note 7s' Are you making your children fat? From cultivating an adult palate to giving them snacks BEFORE they're hungry, experts reveal the best ways to keep your kids healthy Iran sentences Iranian-American businessman and his ailing father to 10 years in prison for 'spying for the United States' 'Jackie' says University of Virginia dean did 'everything right' when she reported ... (more)