[Markos Kounalakis] Where will Trump venture for first state visit?

Barbara Streisand and Lena Dunham may be some of the higher profile "Trumpfugees" leaving the country and heading to Justin Trudeau's Canada. What is less certain is if President Donald Trump will make Ottawa his first foreign port of call -- a long-standing presidential and foreign policy tradition.

Obama to preserve his copy of CIA a Torture Reporta

President Barack Obama is archiving his copy of the entire so-called Senate Torture Report, it was disclosed Monday, suggesting the study of CIA interrogations used in secret overseas prisons would be made public in 2028. Obama provided notice of his plan to make the 6,700-page report part of the presidential record to some in Congress in a letter from his counsel W. Neil Eggleston dated Friday - two days after lawyers for the alleged Sept.

Law officers ask Obama for help policing pipeline protests

A dozen law enforcement officials in North Dakota are imploring President Barack Obama in a letter to send federal officers to help local police during protests against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline, citing costs, fatigue and a growing fear of vigilante justice. The officials asked Obama for 100 Border Patrol agents and members of the U.S. Marshals Service Special Operations Group, along with an unspecified amount of financial assistance, saying they've been "completely and utterly abandoned" by the federal government.

Conway: Trump won’t interfere with Capitol Hill investigations into Russia hacking

Donald Trump's new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway outlined Thursday, August 18, 2016 her vision of the campaign's strategy for the final stretch of the presidential race, vowing to "sharpen the message" and "win the argument every day" while... Donald Trump's new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway outlined Thursday, August 18, 2016 her vision of the campaign's strategy for the final stretch of the presidential race, vowing to "sharpen the message" and "win the argument every day" while... Donald Trump's campaign manager insisted Friday that the candidate no longer questions President Barack Obama's birthplace, though Trump himself remains silent on the issue.

Jonathan Bernstein: There’s nothing Teflon about Trump

Donald Trump won the election. That's a fact. But since then, Trump, his supporters and even some pundits are making various claims about his victory that aren't true, starting with his Orwellian assertions to have won in a landslide or even recording "one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history".

Is there an opportunity?

Some Israelis and their overseas supporters are celebrating what they see as an opportunity to firm up the fuzzy relationship between Israel and settlements in the West Bank. Some go further, and see a chance to absorb the West Bank, somehow without granting its Arab residents Israeli citizenship.

The Latest: Hollande pleads for Aleppo cease-fire

A dozen law enforcement officials in North Dakota are imploring President Barack Obama to send federal officers to help control protests against the Dakota Access pipeline. The Smithsonian says the National Portrait Gallery will put up a photo portrait of President-elect Donald Trump a week before the inauguration.

Ex-Philadelphia congressman gets 10 years for corruption

Federal prosecutors are seeking a sentence of 17 to 21 years for the former Pennsylvania congre... A dozen law enforcement officials in North Dakota are imploring President Barack Obama to send federal officers to help control protests against the Dakota Access pipeline. A dozen law enforcement officials in North Dakota are imploring President Barack Obama to send federal officers to help control protests against the Dakota Access pipeline.

McConnell will not give timeline for Obamacare replacement

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday the Senate will move to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare law shortly after Jan. 1, but declined to give a timeline for a plan to replace it. McConnell said the Senate would vote as soon as it returns from its year-end recess to repeal Obamacare.

Obama Orders Investigation Into Election-Related Hacking Attacks

President Barack Obama has directed U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct an investigation into hacking attacks related to the U.S. election and issue a report before he leaves office next month, White House counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco said. The report, which will be provided to Congress but not necessarily made public, will examine what impact hacking by Russia may have had on the election last month, Monaco said Friday at a breakfast in Washington hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

No, Big Data Didn’t Win the U.S. Election

One of the most enjoyable parts of the fallout from a big political upset is the victory dance of those who claim they brought it about. In the aftermath of Donald Trump's victory, a legend is being built around London-based Cambridge Analytica, which advised Trump's campaign using "big data" -- one of the most magical phrases in tech.

Businesses see key ally coming to White House

Yet much of corporate America appears to view Trump not as an adversary but as a powerful friend. For all his bullying stance toward some companies, businesses have been cheered by his vows to slash taxes and soften Obama-era rules that were designed to protect workers, the environment and the financial system and by his choices to lead the Labor Department and Environmental Protection Agency.

Syrian troops say they control 98 percent of eastern Aleppo

Aleppo is set to be recaptured by ... The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints defensive leader Will Smith faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter during a trial that made spectators of some of the... The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints defensive leader Will Smith faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter during a trial that made spectators of some of the... The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints defensive leader Will Smith was convicted of manslaughter on Sunday night, ending a week-long trial in which the defendant insisted he only fired because the popular... Immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, but were protected from deportation by President Barack Obama, are being warned by some advocates to make sure they are not traveling abroad ... (more)

Japan denies Chinese claim of dangerous fighter-jet conduct

Immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, but were protected from deportation by President Barack Obama, are being warned by some advocates to make sure they are not traveling abroad when... Immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, but were protected from deportation by President Barack Obama, are being warned by some advocates to make sure they are not traveling abroad when Donald Trump... The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints defensive leader Will Smith was convicted of manslaughter on Sunday night, ending a week-long trial in which the defendant insisted he only fired because the popular... A former JetBlue flight attendant accused of trying to sneak a suitcase full of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport and making a dramatic dash to escape is set to plead guilty in the case in federal... A former JetBlue flight ... (more)

CBS to Netanyahu: ‘Is Israel inching toward an anti-American Middle East bloc?’

US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the notion that Israel is entering an "anti-American bloc" in a high-stakes interview Sunday night with Lesley Stahl of CBS's 60 Minutes : Lesley Stahl: "You have a friendship with Mr. Putin, and a friendship with China.