Trump son-in-law moves to distance self from business ties

Jared Kushner, President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law and one of his closest advisers, is taking steps to distance himself from his sprawling New York real estate business in what is the clearest sign yet he is planning to take a position in the new administration. Kushner, who is married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, must clear a series of hurdles before he takes any post in Washington.

.com | Trump: Only ‘stupid’ people oppose better Russia ties

President-elect Donald Trump says "only 'stupid' people or fools" would dismiss closer ties with Russia and he seemed unswayed after his classified briefing on an intelligence report that accused Moscow of meddling on his behalf in the election that catapulted him to power. "Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing," Trump said in a series of tweets.

Philly activists look to tap anti-Trump sentiment to push progressive agenda

"We've got some unique energy now, mostly because of the disaster that happened a couple of months ago," David Scholnick, cochair of the progressive advocacy group Philly 4 Change, told about 40 activists gathered last week in the South Street bar. The subject of President-elect Donald Trump's triumph - queasy to them - did not need to be spelled out here, as they discussed what liberal causes to work on this year.

Goldman: Some things you just can’t make up

The first order of business from the power-hungry Republican members of the US House of Representatives in 2017 turned out to be not their pledge to end Obamacare or to defund Planned Parenthood, but instead their first action taken in the dark of night on January 2 was to gut their own long-standing independent ethics oversight panel! During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump announced that he had a 'secret plan' which would "end the violence in Chicago within 5 days of his taking office".

Trump tweets his anger that Kellyanne Conway interview cut short

Trump tweets his anger that Kellyanne Conway interview cut short The president-elect again lashed out at "dishonest media." Check out this story on eveningsun.com: http://usat.ly/2i7myiP President-elect Donald Trump lashed out on Twitter on Sunday against NBC's Meet the Press , saying the show edited out nine minutes of a 10-minute interview that host Chuck Todd did with Kellyanne Conway, Trump's top counselor.

Schapiro: Goodlatte is first casualty of new Congress

Bob Goodlatte, the first ethics casualty of the new Congress - and by his own hand - is supposed to be the political heir to M. Caldwell Butler, the Virginia Republican who, as a newcomer to the House of Representatives in 1974, voted to impeach President Richard Nixon for Watergate crimes.

Russians dismiss U.S. reportaccusing Putin as – one more giant fake’?

Russian commentators on Saturday dismissed, with no small amount of derision, the conclusion by U.S. intelligence agencies that President VladiA mir Putin personally ordered a campaign to sabotage the American presidential election. Few in Russia have ever accepted the notion that the Kremlin intervened to hurt Hillary Clinton and help President-elect Donald Trump, but the 14-page declassified report, lacking as it was in details, drew instant contempt from Moscow's chattering classes.

Michael Gerson: The hypocrisy behind Julian Assange’s hero turn

Donald Trump's, Sarah Palin's and Sean Hannity's embrace of Julian Assange - who has made a career of illegally obtaining and releasing documents damaging to American interests - is not just a puzzling policy shift. It is the triumph of ideology over, well, every other principle or commitment.

In emotional farewell speech, Michelle Obama praises diversity

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama stops for selfies during her annual visit to the Toys for Tots event at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Dec. 7, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS WASHINGTON First Lady Michelle Obama made an impassioned case for embracing diversity and welcoming all religious groups in a not-so-veiled message to her husband's successor two weeks ahead of Inauguration Day. In what was billed as her last formal speech before President Barack Obama leaves office, the first lady said Friday at an event honoring high school counselors that the United States belonged to people from all backgrounds and walks of life.

10 most damning findings from report on Russian election interference

The US intelligence community concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an "influence campaign" to harm Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the 2016 election. The declassified reported, released Friday, determined with "high confidence" that Russia's interference - consisting of hacking Democratic groups and individuals and releasing that information via third-party websites, including WikiLeaks - helped President-elect Donald Trump win the election.

U.S election hack: Putin’s plan was to help Trump, says US spies

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered "an influence campaign" in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election with the goal of undermining the democratic process and denigrating Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, a new, declassified intelligence report said on Friday. "We also assess Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump's election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavourably to him," it said.

In Trump’s ongoing feud about Russia, he says those opposed to better relations ‘fools’

A day after U.S. intelligence officials said Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump, the president-elect renewed his call for better Washington-Moscow relations and suggested naysayers are "fools" or "stupid people." Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing.

To celebrate inaugural or not? Trump critics are divided

In this Dec. 8, 2016, file photo, construction continues for the Inauguration and swearing-in ceremonies for President-elect Donald Trump on the Capitol steps in Washington. It's typically an unquestioned honor to participate in the inauguration of an American president.

NY Post: Hillary Gains Grassroots Support for Mayoral Run

New York City's Democratic activists are clamoring for Hillary Clinton to take on Mayor Bill de Blasio in a primary election this year, saying she'd represent the change the city needs, The New York Post reported Friday. "Hillary would have been the first female president," the Rev.