Twitter suspends alt-right accounts  —  Twitter released a new set of tools on Tuesday that could finally stop the unregulated craziness that happens on Twitter.  The ‘Mute Words’ feature gives the user the ability to mute certain words, phrases, hashtags, emojis, or usernames.

Trump Says Transition's Going ‘Smoothly,’ Disputing Disarray Reports  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump denied Wednesday morning that his transition is in disarray, assailing news media reports about firings and infighting and insisting in an early-morning Twitter burst that everything is going “so smoothly.”

Sanders named to Senate leadership post  —  (I-Vt.) is joining the ranks of Senate Democratic leadership next year.  —  Sanders was named chairman of outreach during a closed-door Senate Democratic caucus meeting Wednesday morning.  —  In the role, Sanders will be in charge of reaching …

Want to keep fake news out of your newsfeed?  College professor creates list of sites to avoid  —  During the election, many people fell prey to fake news stories on social media — even the president-elect ended up retweeting fake statistics.  A professor of communication has created a list …

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 …

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 …

Man killed, woman injured in shooting outside popular Atlanta bar  —  ATLANTA - A woman says it was “senseless and horrible” that she was shot and the man she was on a first date with was killed outside a popular Atlanta bar.  —  The shooting outside Church bar left 32-year-old Mitchell Mormon Jr. dead.

Lindsey Graham Calls For Senate Investigation Into Whether Russia Hacked DNC  —  A congressional probe may cool Donald Trump's enthusiasm for warmer Russian relations.  —  Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday …

I don't want Trump to succeed.  I want him to fail spectacularly.  —  Between now and Jan. 20, when Donald Trump takes the oath of office as America's 45th president, many Americans will wish for him to be a successful president.  —  Not me.  —  I don't want Trump to succeed.

China Tells Trump That Climate Change Is No Hoax It Invented  —  Top official urges U.S. to stick with Paris Agreement pledges  —  China cites U.S. Republican leadership against climate change  —  China couldn't have invented global warming as a hoax to harm U.S. competitiveness …

The God That Failed  —  The 2000 election left a Democratic Party that was simultaneously angry, dispirited and divided.  Populists believed that Al Gore made a terrible mistake by embracing the “New Democrats”—what we then called a group of socially moderate, culturally cosmopolitan …

Could the Electoral College elect Hillary Clinton instead of Donald Trump?  —  The electoral college is a part of the Constitution.  And it's been more than two decades since we've made any amendments.  Video provided by Newsy Newslook  —  Question:  —  Can the Electoral College elect Hillary Clinton on Dec. 19?

Police officer charged in fatal shooting of Philando Castile  —  County attorney: Yanez was not justified in his use of deadly force.  —  St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez faces three criminal charges for the killing of Philando Castile, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi announced Wednesday.

Sources: 3 NBA teams stop staying at Trump-brand hotels in NYC and Chicago  —  At least three NBA teams have stopped staying at Donald Trump-branded hotels this season in part to avoid any implied association with the new president-elect, according to league sources.

Clinton to urge supporters to remain active in progressive politics  —  will use her first public appearance since conceding the presidential election to call on supporters to remain involved in progressive politics.  —  Clinton is expected to urge Americans to help children strive …

Conway: Trump committed to campaign SCOTUS list  —  President-elect Donald Trump is “committed” to only nominating a Supreme Court justice from his previously disclosed list of potential additions to the high court, his campaign manager said Wednesday.  —  As the presumptive Republican …

Pence guts roster of Trump policy teams  —  Vice-president elect Mike Pence has gutted the transition's so-called “landing teams,” the people responsible for going into federal agencies and helping to reshape them under a Trump administration, according to one source inside the transition and one downtown lobbyist close to it.

This Is How Steve Bannon Sees The Entire World  —  The soon-to-be White House chief strategist laid out a global vision in a rare 2014 talk, one where he said racism in the far right gets “washed out” and called Vladimir Putin a kleptocrat.  BuzzFeed News publishes the complete transcript for the first time.

NYC mayor: Meeting with Trump ‘substantive’ and ‘candid’  —  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) described his meeting with President-elect Donald Trump  —  on Wednesday as “substantive” and “candid,” saying it was an opportunity to relay the concerns and fears of New Yorkers.

Poll finds tempered optimism after Trump victory, but doubts about mandate … Americans emerged from President-elect Donald Trump's surprise victory in last week's election with passionate and polarized reactions, overall expressing tempered optimism about his presidency but unconvinced …

Carrie Fisher Reveals She Had an Affair With Harrison Ford on Star Wars: ‘It Was So Intense’  —  Carrie Fisher is finally going public with a secret she has guarded closely for 40 years: When she was 19, she and Harrison Ford, then a 33-year-old married father of two, had a whirlwind three-month affair …

Iowa lawmaker's ‘suck it up, buttercup’ bill targets protests  —  One Iowa lawmaker has a message for any state university that spends taxpayer dollars on grief counseling for students upset at the outcome of last week's presidential election: “Suck it up, buttercup.”