Donald Trump's Son-in-Law Could Get Key White House Role  —  Real-estate developer Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump, mulls prospect of being senior adviser or special counsel  —  President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is poised to play a powerful position in Trump's presidency …

The Clinton Campaign Was Undone By Its Own Neglect And A Touch Of Arrogance, Staffers Say  —  In key battleground states, calls for help weren't taken seriously enough.  —  WASHINGTON In the closing weeks of the presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton's staff in key Midwest states sent out alarms to their headquarters in Brooklyn.

Dems recruiting New York rep to challenge Pelosi  —  A small group of frustrated House Democrats is agitating for big changes, trying to draft Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) to challenge Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the top leadership spot in the next Congress, a handful of lawmakers familiar with the campaign told The Hill.

Viral Fake Election News Outperformed Real News On Facebook In Final Months Of The US Election  —  A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined.  —  BuzzFeed Founding Editor, Canada

Bankers celebrate dawn of Trump era  —  NEW YORK — Christmas has arrived early for Wall Street in the early days of the Donald Trump era.  —  A populist candidate who railed against shady financial interests on the campaign trail is now putting together an administration that looks like an investment banker's dream.

Hillary Clinton, in first formal talk since conceding: ‘There is common ground to build upon’  —  Hillary Clinton, in her first formal appearance since conceding the presidential election, acknowledged Wednesday that the experience has been terribly painful but urged a gathering of child advocates …

Literally Shaking  —  Until the nationwide protests of the last few days, I had no idea how bad the problem was, but our nation is drowning in drama queenery.  —  The immediate reaction of most celebrities to Trump's victory was: “THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR MY TAKE ON THE ELECTION!”

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As the Democrats Lick Their Wounds  —  Re “Where the Democrats Go From Here,” by Bernie Sanders (Op-Ed, Nov. 12): Senator Sanders may have “campaigned hard” for Hillary Clinton, as he put it, but he campaigned much harder against her in the primaries.  He was entitled to do that …

President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals …

Senate Democrats' Surprising Strategy: Trying to Align With Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats, divided and struggling for a path from the electoral wilderness, are constructing an agenda to align with many proposals of President-elect Donald J. Trump that put him at odds with his own party.

Trump's Muslim registry wouldn't be illegal, constitutional law experts say  —  The day after Donald Trump won the White House last week, the American Civil Liberties Union wrote on Twitter that if the president-elect attempts “to implement his unconstitutional campaign promises, we'll see him in court.”

GOP learning wrong lessons from Trump win, Republicans fear  —  Republican operatives spent four years warning that the party needed to diversify — or risk a blowout at the ballot box.  Donald Trump spent the campaign trafficking in divisive racial rhetoric — and he won anyway.

Is Trump's Man Steve Bannon Too Shady to Handle Secrets?  —  Donald Trump recently named Steve Bannon to be a White House chief strategist and senior counselor to the president.  It's a position that could give Bannon, the former chief of the alt-right Breitbart media outlet, access to the nation's most sensitive secrets.

Man wearing Donald Trump hat choked, pinned on subway train  —  Corey Cataldo, 24, of the Bronx, said he was riding the uptown 5 train from Union Square to Morris Park Friday, when another rider on the subway spotted his “Make America Great Again” hat and apparently didn't like it.

The NSA's Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight … They called it Project X. It was an unusually audacious, highly sensitive assignment: to build a massive skyscraper, capable of withstanding an atomic blast, in the middle of New York City.  It would have no windows …

Jesse Jackson: Obama should pardon Hillary Clinton  —  Speaking at President Gerald Ford's alma mater, The Rev. Jesse Jackson called for President Obama to issue a blanket pardon to Hillary Clinton before he leaves office, just like Ford did for Richard Nixon.

Key Republican Puts Dagger In Push To End Filibusters  —  Orrin Hatch, the most senior GOP senator, says it's vital to protect minority party rights.  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans hankering to end the filibuster so they can enact President-elect Donald Trump's agenda without interference …