New York restaurant threatened by Pizzagate hoax callers

A popular New York restaurant has become the latest victim of a fake-news conspiracy about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a Washington, D.C., pizza joint. Roberta's, a Brooklyn restaurant known for its wood-fired pizza, received telephone calls threatening its employees, police confirmed on Wednesday.

Joe Biden, on valedictory tour, mixes emotional farewell with lingering ambition

In this image from Senate Television, Vice President Biden presides over the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 5. Vice President Biden's tribute tour reached a crescendo Wednesday in the rarest possible fashion: He barely said a word on the Senate floor. Biden, who for 36 years filled the chamber with voluble oratory, sat in the presiding officer's chair serving in his other capacity, president of the Senate, as a bipartisan collection of colleagues poured out tributes for the outgoing vice president.

‘Time’ names Donald Trump its Person of the Year

The billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star became the unlikely Republican nominee for president among a field of 17 former governors, senators and other candidates. He then shocked pollsters who had shown Hillary Clinton ahead in the general election, getting more than the 270 electoral votes needed to be named the country's next commander-in-chief.

Donald Trump is Time’s ‘Person of the Year’

Donald Trump is Time's 'Person of the Year' President-elect complained about being passed over last year Check out this story on pal-item.com: http://usat.ly/2gT3eW8 The magazine named the president-elect the year's most significant person a year after passing him over for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, drawing complains from the then-candidate. Accepting what he called the "great honor" for this year on NBC's Today show, Trump said he will wait a few more days to make his own announcement: His choice for secretary of State.

Pence claims mandate for incoming Trump administration

Vice President-elect Mike Pence claimed a governing mandate for the incoming White House, calling on Republican activists to help the Trump administration pass an ambitiously conservative agenda. The Indiana governor made little reference to still-simmering national divides in his Tuesday evening remarks before top donors of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that's working closely with Donald Trump's transition effort.

Poll: Racial vulnerability linked to youth vote choice

In this Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, supporters of President-elect Donald Trump cheer during as they watch election returns during an election night rally in New York. Among the youngest white adult Americans, feelings of racial and economic vulnerability appear to be closely connected to their support for Donald Trump in last month's election.

News Analysis: President-elect Trump will likely shake up U.S. foreign policy

President-elect Donald Trump is likely to shake up U.S. foreign policy on a number of fronts, and may take action on areas such as Russia, Cuba and the Korean Peninsula, according to experts. Trump shocked the world last month when he pulled off a surprise victory against rival Hillary Clinton and clinched the White House, proving wrong the vast majority of polls and experts who predicted that Clinton would be the next president.

Trump, the Know-Nothing Victor

At least least there's one country where elections produce swift results. Since Donald Trump's victory, the Mexican peso has collapsed, the cost of mortgages has risen in France, the European Commission has eased its demand for budget austerity, Japan feels encouraged to re-arm, Israel is hoping that the US embassy will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, opinion pollsters and proponents of campaign micro-targeting have kept their heads down, what little remained of journalistic credibility is all but gone - and the Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead.

The flag has always been yours and mine

After the elections and Donald Trump's win, when half the country was mourning and the other half was celebrating, I did not participate in any of the heated arguments on social media. It seemed that everyone was talking in circles - people who once shrugged off Hillary Clinton's email scandal as an unimportant detail were now mired in the minutiae of Trump's legal battles, and people who said Trump should not accept the election results now said that Clinton should - and, frankly, I scrolled past the majority of it for more cat videos.