‘Hamilton’ Had Some Unscripted Lines for Pence.  Trump Wasn't Happy.  —  “Hamilton,” the hit Broadway musical about colonial rebels shaping the future of an unformed country, took an even more political turn at the end of its performance on Friday night.  —  With Vice President-elect Mike …

Inside Chris Christie's fall from grace  —  Chris Christie, once one of the Republican Party's brightest stars, was virtually assured a position in a Donald Trump administration.  As one of the first big-name politicians to endorse the Manhattan billionaire, the New Jersey governor had earned Trump's gratitude.

For foreign diplomats, Trump hotel is place to be  —  About 100 foreign diplomats, from Brazil to Turkey, gathered at the Trump International Hotel this week to sip Trump-branded champagne, dine on sliders and hear a sales pitch about the U.S. president-elect's newest hotel.

Trump's Pick for Attorney General Scoffed at ‘Too Big to Fail’  —  Sessions's remarks on BP probe hint at approach to companies  —  ‘I was taught, if they violated the law, you charge them’  —  Senator Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general …

Obama loyalists plot Trump resistance  —  President Barack Obama told his most loyal operatives that they have 10 days to get over their grief.  —  They're already ahead of schedule.  —  In the past week, Obama alumni have planned gatherings at Glascott's Saloon in Chicago (an old campaign haunt) and The Winslow in New York.

Pentagon and intelligence community chiefs have urged Obama to remove the head of the NSA  —  The heads of the Pentagon and the nation's intelligence community have recommended to President Obama that the director of the National Security Agency, Adm. Michael S. Rogers, be removed.

Trump's big infrastructure plan?  It's a trap.  —  Ronald A. Klain served as assistant to President Obama and oversaw the team implementing the American Recovery and Renewal Act from 2009-2011.  He was an adviser to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign.  The views expressed here are solely his own.

Democrats on the brink  —  The American left is in danger of learning precisely the wrong lesson from defeat  —  AGHAST at the defection of millions who voted for Barack Obama in 2012 but for Donald Trump in 2016—notably working-class whites in the Midwest—the left wants the Democratic Party …

A lot of you have asked what we're doing about misinformation, so I wanted to give an update.  —  The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously.  Our goal is to connect people with the stories they find most meaningful, and we know people want accurate information.

Protesters in Washington D.C. clash with white nationalists at conference celebrating ‘year of Donald Trump’ (WARNING: GRAPHIC) … A white nationalist conference held at a federal building in Washington, D.C., in celebration of “the year of Donald Trump” ignited violent clashes between protesters …

Teen grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis shot dead in Englewood over gym shoes  —  Jovan Wilson, 15-year-old grandson of Rep. Danny Davis and son of Stacey Wilson, was shot and killed Nov. 18, 2016, in his home in Englewood.  (Alyssa Pointer / Chicago Tribune)

Poll Finds Disunity in EU Ranks, ‘Things Are Going in the Wrong Direction’  —  The number of people who believe being an EU member is good for their country has fallen to 53%, according to the latest “Parlemeter” poll, commissioned by the European Parliament.

With National Security Choices, Trump Builds Team to Bulldoze Status Quo  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump's remarkable appointments on Friday served notice that he not only intends to reverse eight years of liberal domestic policies but also overturn decades of bipartisan consensus …