Five Ways Obama Can Mess with Republicans in 2015  —  President Barack Obama knows how to get under Republicans' skin (in so many ways, but in this case we're talking about going around Congress to get things done), and he ended 2014 with a bang: A climate deal with China.  Executive action on immigration.

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Extend Run as Most Admired  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans continue to name Hillary Clinton as the woman living anywhere in the world whom they admire most, and name Barack Obama as the man they admire most.

Soldiers Relocate Wedding to Accommodate Obama's Golf Game  —  Natalie Heimel and her fiancé, Edward Mallue Jr., a pair of captains in the Army, were walking from their wedding rehearsal on Saturday at the 16th tee box at Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course in Hawaii when they were informed …

Transcript: President Obama's Full NPR Interview  —  NPR's wide-ranging interview with President Obama covers recent executive actions on Cuba and immigration, race relations in the U.S., health care, the midterm elections and extending democracy in the Middle East.

‘Traitor’ de Blasio booed at Police Academy graduation  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio was booed and heckled as he spoke to the city's newest cops Monday morning.  —  During a graduation ceremony for the latest class of graduates from the Police Academy, audience members shouted “Traitor!” …

Is the Most Powerful Conservative in America Losing His Edge?  —  Erick Erickson built his career on stoking populist rage.  But now the man who steers the Tea Party says conservative anger has grown toxic and self-defeating.  —  Photos by Audra Melton

2 Police Officers Ambushed, Shot at in ‘Unprovoked Attack’ in South Los Angeles: LAPD  —  Los Angeles police called off an intense 8-hour manhunt Monday morning that began after two officers were ambushed in an “unprovoked attack” in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood of South L.A. the previous night.

Episcopal bishop identified as driver in fatal bike crash  —  BREW EXCLUSIVE: Heather Cook, No. 2 official in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, was named in church communication  —  In an email to the clergy of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, the Right Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton …

READ: Police Chief Tells Pro-Cop Critic To Respect Protesters In Powerful Letter  —  Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson gave the perfect response Friday to a pro-cop resident who criticized his department for going soft on anti-police brutality protesters.

The Obama Recovery  —  Suppose that for some reason you decided to start hitting yourself in the head, repeatedly, with a baseball bat.  You'd feel pretty bad.  Correspondingly, you'd probably feel a lot better if and when you finally stopped.  What would that improvement in your condition tell you?

WATCH: Fox Host Wonders If Metric System To Blame For Latest Missing Jet  —  After another jetliner mysteriously went missing without a trace on Sunday, cable news hosts are yet again filling time by speculating about what could have happened to Air Asia flight QZ8501 over the Java Sea.

Politician's fingerprint ‘cloned from photos’ by hacker  —  Mr Krissler provided details of his technique at a convention in Hamburg  —  A member of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hacker network claims to have cloned a thumbprint of a German politician by using commercial software and images taken at a news conference.

Editor's Note: Executive Dysfunction  —  It's happened by this point in every modern two-term presidency: If we weren't sick of the guy to start with, we certainly are by now.  What once seemed like roguish charm, or bracing surety, or nuanced intelligence, has curdled into self-indulgence, or arrogance, or passivity.

Debbie Purdy: Right-to-die campaigner dies  —  Right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy, who won a landmark ruling to clarify the law on assisted suicide, has died.  —  The 51-year-old from Bradford had lived with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) for almost 20 years.

Mexican female bullfighter Karla de los Angeles gored  —  Mexican bullfighter Karla de los Angeles has been injured in a bullfight in Mexico City.  —  Ms de los Angeles was going in for the kill during Sunday's event when the bull tossed her over its head.

Charles Koch calls for criminal justice reform  —  Conservative mega-donor Charles Koch, better known for his support of libertarian and Republican causes, is opening his wallet on an unexpected issue.  —  Koch, according to a story published Sunday by The Wichita Eagle, plans to increase his efforts on criminal justice reform.

Conchita seeks ‘meeting of minds’ with Putin  —  Austria's superstar symbol of tolerance and respect for alternate sexuality explained in an interview with Austria's Kurier newspaper that she wanted to spend a week with Russian president Vladimir Putin, in order to better understand him.

U.S. Ends Its War in Afghanistan  —  But the flag-lowering won't end the bloodshed  —  The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan ended its combat mission Sunday, marking the formal—if not real—end to the longest war in American history.  —  American warplanes began bombing the country on Oct. 7 …

16 in '16: The new battle for the Senate  —  Republicans begin the new election cycle on defense.  —  Republicans just won the Senate majority last month.  But can they keep it?  —  A cursory glance at the 2016 Senate map shows a slew of endangered Republicans up in two years …

Bicyclist, 41, struck, killed in Roland Park  —  A 41-year-old bicyclist was struck by a vehicle and killed Saturday afternoon in North Roland Park, police said.  —  The driver of the vehicle — a 58-year-old woman — initially left but returned while investigators were still on the scene, said Det.

The Year of Unconventional Wisdom  —  Unsurprisingly, political experts were wrong a lot in 2014.  —  People who make a living predicting the political future had a rough 2014.  —  Voters had a way of not always following the script—otherwise known as “conventional wisdom” …

A man of healing, a saga of suffering  —  Allegations of child sex abuse are complicated by a legal maze in Indian country  —  He was a world-famous medicine man, a traditional healer and spiritual leader.  Followers would travel long distances to this tiny hamlet on the Great Plains …