Trump: Cancel Boeing's Air Force One contract  —  Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the cancellation of a Defense Department contract with Boeing to build the next generation of presidential aircraft, decrying the deal as too expensive.  —  “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force …

Poll: Trump's Carrier deal is wildly popular  —  Donald Trump's first major action as president-elect — the deal he and Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck last week with Carrier Corp. — is earning high marks from American voters, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows.

Senate Dems, powerless to stop Trump nominees, regret ‘nuclear option’ power play  —  (CNN)Senate Democrats are eager to make Donald Trump pay a political price for nominating staunch conservatives to fill out his Cabinet, hoping to exact revenge for the GOP's stubborn opposition to President Barack Obama's nominees.

Trump slammed as ‘diplomatic rookie’ by Chinese state media  —  Chinese state media warned the U.S. that “messing up China-U.S. relations won't help ‘make America great again,’” a direct response to President-elect Donald Trump  —  's call with Taiwan's president over the weekend.

Half of Detroit votes may be ineligible for recount  —  One-third of precincts in Wayne County could be disqualified from an unprecedented statewide recount of presidential election results because of problems with ballots.  —  Michigan's largest county voted overwhelmingly …

Flynn under fire for fake news  —  As Donald Trump's national security adviser, retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn will have to advise the president of the veracity of foreign and domestic threats, separating those that require immediate policy action from propaganda or misinformation.

Secret Service advertised as hot ‘new amenity’ at Trump Tower  —  The U.S. Secret Service is the hot, new “amenity” in the Trump Tower, where desperate brokers are trying to lure well-heeled clients into the building on Fifth Avenue that has served as President-elect Donald Trump's home …

Top Dem super PAC launches anti-Trump war room  —  A top Democratic super PAC is launching a war room aimed at making President-elect Donald Trump  —  's life miserable as he prepares to enter the White House.  —  Liberal political operative David Brock, a close ally of former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton

Missouri governor-elect's wife robbed at gunpoint; three suspects arrested  —  Three teenagers were in custody Monday night after the wife of Missouri Governor-elect Eric Greitens was robbed outside a St. Louis restaurant.  —  Greitens said in a statement that his wife Sheena was “safe …

Tucker Carlson Drop Kicks Smug College Student Over Trump, Environment...  Ok college students, take a knee.  I know on campus, in your safe space, you hear a lot about Faux News or Fox Noise or whatever the kids are calling it these days.  You may even think you're smarter than Tucker Carlson …

The Democrats' Days of Rage and Denial  —  Their self-delusion in defeat is as predictable as a sunrise.  —  It's not often that “go die in a fire” is given as an option in an ultimatum, but Professor David Faris, writing in The Week, has urged congressional Democrats to grab a torch:

Quote from Clinton concession the most retweeted political tweet of the year  —  's concession speech was the most retweeted political tweet of the year, Twitter announced on Tuesday.  —  The tweet from Clinton's account was retweeted more than 635,000 times as of Tuesday morning.

Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste  —  The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews …

Middle-Market Woes Inspire Starbucks's Bet on Luxury Coffee  —  As core clientele loses spending power, chain readies push into realm of $12-a-cup java  —  About 25 years ago, Starbucks Corp. decided to become a public company on the bold idea that customers across the country would pay more than $1 for a cup of coffee.

MERKEL'S U-TURN Angela Merkel calls for Germany BURKA BAN saying ‘the full veil is not appropriate here’ in astonishing U-turn  —  The German Chancellor made the announcement at a party conference having recently declared she will stand for re-election  —  ANGELA Merkel today completed …