Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say  —  The flood of “fake news” this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing Democrat Hillary Clinton …

Trump Tower security may take over 2 floors — and cost millions  —  More On:  —  The Secret Service is in negotiations with the Trump Organization to take over two vacant floors in the gilded 68-story Fifth Avenue tower, law enforcement sources told The Post.

First U.S. service member killed in Syria fighting the Islamic State  —  A U.S. service member was killed by an improvised explosive device in northern Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon announced in a statement.  —  The service member was killed near Ayn Issa, a town roughly 35 miles northwest …

Republicans Divided Between Romney and Giuliani for Secretary of State  —  WASHINGTON — Rival factions of Republicans are locked in an increasingly caustic and public battle to influence President-elect Donald J. Trump's choice for secretary of state, leaving a prominent hole …

Antarctic Sea Ice Has Not Shrunk In 100 Years  —  Antarctic sea ice had barely changed from where it was 100 years ago, scientists have discovered, after pouring over the logbooks of great polar explorers such as Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.  Experts were concerned that ice …

Massachusetts college won't fly US flag on campus  —  Hampshire College, a liberal arts school with about students 1,400 in Massachusetts, will no longer fly the U.S. flag on its campus.  —  “We hope this will enable us to instead focus our efforts on addressing racist, misogynistic …

Licensing Laws Continue to Drain U.S. Economy  —  How might politicians address voter anger at vanishing economic opportunity for working people that helped push unexpected numbers of Americans to Donald Trump's corner on election day?  Immigration and trade have dominated the discussion thus far …

Brexit can be stopped, insists Tony Blair as he rules out return to frontline politics  —  Britain's exit from the EU could be blocked, Tony Blair has said, as he ruled out a return to frontline politics because there is “too much hostility” towards him.  —  The former Labour prime minister …

Trump expected to tap billionaire investor Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary  —  Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor considered the “king of bankruptcy” for buying beaten-down companies with the potential to deliver profits, is expected to be President-elect Donald Trump's choice for commerce secretary …

New Yorker profile: Flynn broke ‘stupid’ rules during Army career  —  Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn routinely broke rules and security measures during his career with the Army, he told The New Yorker for a new profile.  —  Flynn, Donald Trump  —  's newly named national security adviser …

Campaign: Stein has raised enough for Wisconsin recount  —  Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein has raised enough money for a recount in Wisconsin, her campaign said early Thursday.  —  Donations totaled at least $2.7 million in less than one day, according to a fundraising page on her web site.

Republicans claim 43 voters are ineligible felons.  Many of them aren't.  —  Larry Smith got an odd phone call last week: Someone had filed to throw out his vote, claiming he was a felon serving an active sentence.  —  Smith, who lives in Stokes County, is no felon.

Muslim kindergarten student assaulted by teacher at CMS elementary school, civil rights group claims  —  The nation's largest Muslim civil rights group called Wednesday for an investigation into what it said were assaults by a female teacher on a Muslim kindergarten student at a Charlotte-Mecklenburg elementary school.