Official: Russia's Ambassador To Turkey Dead After Gunman Attack  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's ambassador to Turkey has died after being shot in Ankara, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.  —  A gunman opened fire on Russia's ambassador to Turkey at a photo exhibition on Monday.

Love it or hate it, here's the statement I'll issue after the Electoral college vote today.  —  Statement by Democratic Elector David Bright  —  Dec. 19, 2016  —  If my vote today could have helped Secretary Clinton win the presidency, I would have voted for her.

Transcript And Video: NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama  —  In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Steve Inskeep asks President Obama about Russian interference in the U.S. election, executive power, the future of the Democratic party and his future role.

Trump private security force ‘playing with fire’  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — President-elect Donald Trump has continued employing a private security and intelligence team at his victory rallies, and he is expected to keep at least some members of the team after he becomes president, according to people familiar with the plans.

Bill Clinton: Trump knows how to get ‘angry, white men to vote for him’  —  President-elect Donald Trump “doesn't know much,” former President Bill Clinton told a local newspaper earlier this month, but “one thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him.”

UK prof: Singing a Beach Boys' tune got me punished for ‘sexual misconduct’  —  The University of Kentucky has punished me in a “sexual misconduct” case, in part, for singing a Beach Boys tune covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks.  —  Under Administrative Regulation 6:1, Discrimination and Harassment …

How Republics End  —  Many people are reacting to the rise of Trumpism and nativist movements in Europe by reading history — specifically, the history of the 1930s.  And they are right to do so.  It takes willful blindness not to see the parallels between the rise of fascism and our current political nightmare.

Merrick Garland Will Be On The Bench — But Not The Supreme Court — In January  —  President Obama announces Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court on March 16.  —  Judge Merrick Garland will not be joining the US Supreme Court after months of Senate inaction on the nomination.

Gov. Pat McCrory calls for special legislative session to repeal HB2  —  Following a surprise move by the Charlotte City Council, Gov. Pat McCrory said Monday he would call a special session to consider repeal of House Bill 2.  —  The governor's statement came in a rapidly unfolding series …

In Poland, a window on what happens when populists come to power  —  WARSAW — The Law and Justice Party rode to power on a pledge to drain the swamp of Polish politics and roll back the legacy of the previous administration.  One year later, its patriotic revolution, the party proclaims …

Megyn Kelly: ‘Fox was not without sin’ in 2016 campaign coverage  —  In the tour for her new book “Settle For More,” Fox News host Megyn Kelly has spoken at length about a certain progression over her career.  After claiming that she was sexually harassed in the mid-2000s by Fox News chief Roger Ailes …

A dad was awakened by his toddler's crying.  He found a stranger holding her in the living room.  —  Around 2:30 a.m. last Thursday, a father in Tempe, Ariz., awoke to the sounds of his 2-year-old daughter crying, so he left his bedroom to check on her.  —  In his living room …