Trump draws sharp rebuke, concerns over newly appointed chief White House strategist Steven Bannon  —  President-elect Donald Trump's decision to appoint Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist in the White House has drawn a sharp rebuke from political strategists who see in Bannon …

Trump says he's ‘fine’ with legalization of same-sex marriage  —  Donald Trump said he is “fine with” same-sex marriage but offered few specifics about his plans for the first 100 days of his administration during his first television interview since becoming the president-elect.

President-elect Trump speaks to a divided country on 60 Minutes  —  What can we expect from a Trump presidency?  60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl finds some of his campaign issues were not meant to be taken literally, but as opening bids for negotiation  —  The following script is from “The 45th President,” which aired on Nov. 13, 2016.

Sweden: Muslims brutally beat TV chef because he “looked like Mr. Trump”  —  Because, you know, Trump is supposedly going to victimize innocent Muslims, and so in protest of the possibility of that happening, innocent and peaceful Muslims are justified in victimizing innocent people.  Got it?

Where now for the Democrats?  —  What happens to Democrats in the Trump era?  —  In the 1992 presidential election, after three straight terms of Republicans in the White House, Bill Clinton  —  successfully remade the Democrats into a party of political centrists to regain the support of so-called ‘Reagan Democrats.’

CNN's ‘Unprecedented’: Trump told Christie he didn't think he'd last past October 2015  — “They always had an understanding that the first one out would probably endorse the other,” the adviser said.  —  Washington (CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's February endorsement of Donald …

Pulling Democrats Back to 'It's the Economy, Stupid'  —  WASHINGTON — The Democrats' stunning defeat in the presidential race and continued struggles in lower-level contests have jolted party leaders into concluding that their emphasis on cultural issues has all but crippled …

LEON RUSSELL'S WIFE RELEASES STATEMENT ON PASSING OF ROCK AND ROLL LEGEND  —  Leon Russell, born Claude Russell Bridges, who sang, wrote and produced some of rock ‘n’ roll's top records, passed away Sunday, Nov. 13 at the age of 74.  —  Leon's wife, Jan Bridges, released the following statement:

Ryan Plans to Phase Out Medicare in 2017  —  With all the other things we've discussed so far today, I wanted to return to one critical one.  It's not about mights or maybes or fears of what's to come.  It's about what's coming just after President-Elect Trump's inauguration.

In bizarre ‘birther’ twist, claims Trump is Pakistani  —  Report says president-elect was born as Dawood Ibrahim Khan in Waziristan before being adopted by American family  —  After years leading the false charge that President Barack Obama was born outside of the United States …