Donald Trump at The New York Times: Live on Twitter  —  Trump gets asked about his commitment to first amendment, says, “I think you'll be happy.”  — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016  —  Open up the libel laws?  Trump says someone told him, “You know, YOU might be sued a lot more.' I said …

Activists Urge Clinton Campaign to Challenge Election Results in 3 Swing States  —  Hillary Clinton is being urged by a group of prominent computer scientists and election lawyers to call for a recount in three swing states won by Donald Trump, New York has learned.

Democrat Harold Ford Jr. emerging as potential Trump pick  —  Former Democratic Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. is emerging as a possible contender for transportation secretary, or another Cabinet post, in Donald Trump's budding administration.  —  The telegenic Ford — who served five terms …

Politico Editor RESIGNS After Publishing Home Addresses Of Alt-Right Icon Richard Spencer, Advocating For ‘Baseball Bats’  —  National editor at Politico Michael Hirsh resigned after publishing the home addresses of alt-right figurehead Richard Spencer Tuesday morning and advocating for serious violence.

Trump Foundation admits to violating ban on ‘self-dealing,’ new filing to IRS shows  —  President-elect Donald Trump's charitable foundation has admitted to the IRS that it violated a legal prohibition against “self-dealing,” which bars nonprofit leaders from using their charity's money to help themselves …

Democratic presidential electors revolt against Trump  —  At least a half-dozen Democratic electors have signed onto an attempt to block Donald Trump from winning an Electoral College majority, an effort designed not only to deny Trump the presidency but also to undermine the legitimacy of the institution.

Donald Trump Personally Blasts the Press  —  The fantasy of the normalization of Donald Trump—the idea that a demagogic candidate would somehow be transformed into a statesman of poise and deliberation after his Election Day victory—should now be a distant memory, an illusion shattered.

Judge blocks Obama rule extending overtime pay to 4.2 million U.S. workers  —  A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million salaried workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president's signature achievements for boosting wages.

Kanye West — Dr. Says He Tried to Assault Staff ... Warned of Violence Against Cops  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kanye West's personal physician is the one who called 911, warning the dispatcher Kanye was not violent but would become violent when police arrived to help him.

Britain to Trump: ‘No vacancy’ for Farage as ambassador  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday dismissed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's unprecedented expression of support for Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage to be made British ambassador to Washington, saying pointedly that there is no vacancy for the job.

CNN Guest Drops ‘N’ Word in Live, On-Air Smear of Bannon  —  The mainstream media's transparent quest to tarnish President-Elect Trump's image by insisting his adviser and former Breitbart executive Stephen Bannon is a bigot has reached absurd new levels.  —  CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin asserted …

Donald Trump says that if the president does it, it's not illegal  —  Keep on draining that swamp.  —  Since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump encouraged foreign diplomats to stay at his hotels, pressed British politicians to oppose a wind farm that could block the view from his golf course …

Exclusive Interview: How Jared Kushner Won Trump The White House  —  It's been one week since Donald Trump pulled off the biggest upset in modern political history, and his headquarters at Trump Tower in New York City is a 58-story, onyx-glassed lightning rod.  Barricades, TV trucks and protesters frame a fortified Fifth Avenue.

Major Advertising Technology Company Bars Breitbart News for Hate Speech  —  AppNexus takes a stand as bigger rivals, Google and Facebook, face scrutiny over their handling of ‘fake news’  —  AppNexus Inc., a major advertising technology provider, has barred Breitbart News from using …

Notre Dame football team placed on academic probation; 2012, 2013 wins vacated  —  The Notre Dame football team has been placed on probation by the NCAA, and the team's wins from the 2012 and 2013 seasons will be vacated.  —  It all stems from an academic scandal involving a student athletic trainer.

Mitt Romney Leads Donald Trump's Picks for Secretary of State  —  President-elect leans toward the former governor but advisers' tug of war delays decision  —  President-elect Donald Trump is leaning toward asking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to be his secretary of state, according to people familiar with the deliberations.

Report: Driver Asked Kids ‘Are You Ready To Die’ Before Crashing Bus In Chattanooga  —  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WWJ/AP) - Parents of some of the children who survived a deadly school bus crash in Chattanooga are starting to shed some light on the moments leading up to the crash, which killed five kids and injured more than 20 others.

Draft Washington Post Column Claimed Trump Said He Was “Sexually Attracted” To His Teenage Daughter  —  The line appeared in a draft of Richard Cohen's syndicated column, but vanished prior to publication.  —  Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen wrote that President-elect Donald Trump once asked …

Living in Trump's Soviet Union  —  I grew up in a dystopia—will I have to die in one, too?  —  When my parents lived in the Soviet Union, having a Jewish-looking “physiognomy,” as it was called, proved a daily liability.  Standing in line for eggs or milk or ham, one could feel the gaze …

Who's The New Philippine Envoy?  The Man Building Trump Tower Manila  —  Audio will be available later today.  —  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has had a strained relationship with the U.S. since taking office in June, mainly because of U.S. criticism of his controversial — and often brutal — war on drugs.

NYC woman may lose arm after hit with grenade at Dakota Access pipeline protest site  —  The sobbing father of a Dakota Access Pipleline protester described Tuesday how his daughter's arm was torn to pieces by a concussion grenade tossed at the unarmed woman.

Obama grants 79 more commutations to federal inmates, pushing the total past 1,000  —  President Obama granted commutations to another 79 federal drug offenders Tuesday, pushing the number of inmates he has granted clemency to past 1,000.  —  Obama's historic number of commutations was announced …

‘Suicide bomber’ squirrel hospitalizes Chicago politician who spoke out against squirrels  —  Howard Brookins Jr., the alderman for Chicago's 21st ward, had publicly spoken out about a toothy menace plaguing the city's garbage carts: urban squirrels, which in Brookins's view were “aggressive …