Exclusive!  Brandon Victor Dixon on the Hamilton Fam's Speech for Mike Pence: ‘I Hope He Remembers Us’  —  Hamilton is already the revolutionary hit heard round the world, but at the November 18th evening performance, history truly had its eyes on this cast.

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.

McCain warns Trump on torture, waterboarding  —  Republican Sen. John McCain issued a fiery warning to President-elect Donald Trump on the subject of torture Saturday.  —  “I don't give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do.  We will not waterboard,” …

Donald Trump Pauses Transition Work to Meet with Indian Business Partners  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump met in the last week in his office at Trump Tower with three Indian business partners who are building a Trump-branded luxury apartment complex south of Mumbai …

Jeff Sessions as Attorney General: An Insult to Justice  —  In 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions, then a United States attorney from Alabama, to be a federal judge.  The Republican-controlled Senate rejected Mr. Sessions out of concern, based on devastating testimony by former colleagues, that he was a racist.

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.

‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Front Runner for DOD  —  The retired 4-star Marine Corps general who memorably said “it's fun to shoot some people” is a leading candidate to become Team Trump's Secretary of Defense.  —  Teams of lawyers on Capitol Hill wrestled on Friday with how to allow retired 4-star …

Federal judge at citizenship ceremony: If you don't like Trump, then leave  —  A federal judge this week said at a U.S. citizenship ceremony that anyone unhappy with President-elect Donald Trump  —  should go to a different country.  —  “I can assure you that whether you voted …

Donald Trump, America's first independent president  —  Viewed through any conventional lens, President-elect Donald Trump's candidacy was improbable from start to finish.  Today, two things about his victory seem to be in sharper focus: one, that Trump's victory might best be understood …

Students Burst Into Laughter When Corey Lewandowski Says ‘Mexico Will Pay for the Wall’  —  During a Q&A session following a speech at the Oxford Union this week, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was confronted by one questioner over her belief that Donald Trump is a bigot and liar, and his answer led to mocking laughter.

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 …

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 …

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.

Fox News' Eric Bolling talking to Trump team about Commerce gig  —  Fox News host Eric Bolling has discussed the possibility of taking a position in Donald Trump's administration, two sources with knowledge of the discussions tell POLITICO.  —  The position being discussed is in the Department of Commerce …