Obama Said to Use 1953 Law to Block Drilling in Arctic, Atlantic  —  Obscure statute would grant permanent protection to areas  —  Restrictions on new oil leases may provoke legal challenge  —  President Barack Obama is preparing to block the sale of new offshore drilling rights …

Yep, Comey's Decision Was Just as Bad As You Thought  —  Apart from the question of its impact on the 2016, we now have confirmation of just how bad a decision, how unjustified a decision James Comey made when he rocked the presidential election a week before election day.  Every bit as bad as you thought.

Trump's Sons Might Be the Ones to Sink Him  —  Plus, his national security advisor met with an Austrian far-right leader.  —  The Center For Public Integrity, which is probably hiring at a frenzied pace at the moment, would like you all to sing along.  —  Gimme the beat, boys …

How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists  —  To die-hard fans, Apple Inc.'s Macintosh sometimes seems like an afterthought these days.  —  Mac upgrades, once a frequent ritual, are few and far between.  The Mac Pro, Apple's marquee computer, hasn't been refreshed since 2013.

Poll: Women Should Be Punished for Abortions, Say 39 Percent of Trump Voters  —  In an online survey, 39 percent of 2,000 self-identified Donald Trump voters reported that they thought women should be punished for seeking abortions if the procedure is ever banned in the U.S. A full 60 percent …

Russia Missing from Trump's Top Defense Priorities, According to DoD Memo  —  Meanwhile, Pentagon brass say Moscow is the No. 1 threat to the United States.  —  A Pentagon memo outlining the incoming Trump administration's top “defense priorities” identifies defeating the Islamic State …

The head of Trump's inauguration explains what's going on with Andrea Bocelli  —  Donald Trump did not ask his friend Andrea Bocelli to perform at his inauguration, the chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee said Tuesday in response to reports that the singer turned the president-elect down.

Trump plots two-for-one assault on Obama regs  —  is setting out to gut the Obama administration's regulations, starting with a mandate that would slowly chip away at the number of rules on the books.  —  In a video message mapping out his first 100 days, Trump said he would issue …

This Deep Sea Fisherman Posts His Discoveries on Twitter and OH MY GOD KILL IT WITH FIRE  —  Roman Fedortsov is a deep sea fisherman in Russia.  And he's been taking photos of OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT?  —  Seriously, I just took a quick three-minute scroll through Fedortsov's Twitter page …

Lena Dunham: 'I still haven't had an abortion, but I wish I had'  —  Actress Lena Dunham announced during the most recent episode of her podcast “Women of the Hour” that she wishes she had undergone an abortion in order to combat “stigma around this issue.”  —  Dunham said that …

Wild cards add drama to Trump's West Wing picks  —  Donald Trump's transition team is planning to announce a number of key senior White House staff appointments imminently, but — perhaps befitting a president-elect who grew his fame on reality television — there is suspense around a few big names and positions.

Exclusive: Families of Orlando nightclub shooting victims sue Facebook, Twitter and Google  —  Mourners embrace outside the wake for Pulse shooting victim Javier Jorge Reyes in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 15, 2016 (Reuters)  —  Families of the victims of the Orlando gay nightclub shooting …

Russian diplomat 'found dead from gunshot wounds hours after ambassador's death'  —  WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Petr Polshikov was reportedly discovered with a bullet wound to his head at his flat in Moscow's Balaklavsky Prospekt

The Scientific Basis of Guideline Recommendations on Sugar Intake: A Systematic Review FREE  —  Jennifer Erickson, RD (*); Behnam Sadeghirad, PharmD, MPH (*); Lyubov Lytvyn, MSc; Joanne Slavin, PhD, RD; Bradley C. Johnston, PhD … Abstract  —  Background:

Ex-U.S. Attorney Yang Is Trump's Top Contender for SEC  —  Debra Wong Yang is now a partner at law firm Gibson Dunn  —  She was part of team that absolved Christie in bridge scandal  —  President-elect Donald Trump is considering nominating ex-U.S. attorney Debra Wong Yang to run …

TRUMP'S PICK FOR INTERIOR SECRETARY WAS CAUGHT IN “PATTERN OF FRAUD” AT SEAL TEAM 6  —  A Montana lawmaker tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be secretary of the interior committed travel fraud when he was a member of the elite Navy SEAL Team 6, according to three former unit leaders and a military consultant.

Roger Ailes calls The News to complain, seek apology for ‘Gropey old men’ headline  —  Former Fox News chief Roger Ailes called the Daily News' MediaBlast Monday — to complain about a headline.  —  “I was hoping you would be a gentleman and apologize,” Ailes said, citing MediaBlast's Sunday column …

Murkowski: House chose party over policy  —  By:  —  Alaska Journal of Commerce  —  Post date:  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski accused House leaders of forgoing negotiations on her overarching energy policy bill to begin holiday celebrations early.  —  Still steaming more than a week …

Luxury Travel Group Gives Trump's DC Hotel a Brutal Review  —  Before the Trump International Hotel opened, Donald Trump liked to brag that the business he and his family built inside the Old Post Office would be “one of the great hotels of the world.”  —  But according to a year-end list …

SoundCloud  —  In this episode, stories of reproductive choice.  We hear from a woman with no children, a mother of ten children, and everything in between!  —  Ms. Dunham, you lack wisdom, maturity, compassion, and perspective.  I've observed this in you for some time.

Inside the Desperate, Year-Long Hunt to Find Donald Trump's Rumored Apprentice Outtakes  —  Throughout the election, both the media and the Clinton camp were obsessed by outtakes from the reality show, amid allegations of hair-raising things said by the now president-elect.

Catholic surprise: another way Trump is remaking the GOP  —  You only think you know what won the election for Donald Trump.  —  Hillary's corruption?  The betrayal of the American Dream?  Vladimir Putin?  Wrong.  Wrong.  Wrong.  Let me tell you the real story, and the person behind it.

A Tangerine Wig and a Tightrope Walk: Alec Baldwin as Donald J. Trump  —  It takes seven minutes.  —  A dusting of Clinique Stay-Matte powder in honey.  A hand-stitched wig.  Eyebrows glued up into tiny peaks.  The rest is left to Alec Baldwin: the puckered lips, a studied lumbering gait …

Schumer fires video unit staff  —  Incoming Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer cleaned house last week in the Senate Democrats' internal video department, firing nearly all its employees amid plans to revamp the unit with a new digital operation aimed at creating viral social media content.

FedEx discount for NRA members draws LGBT, anti-gun activist ire  —  A coalition of gay-rights and gun-control activists is taking on FedEx Corp. for discounts it offers to members of the National Rifle Association, targeting the global shipper during the peak of the holiday season.  (Antonio Gravante)