Ivanka Trump Accosted by Passenger on JetBlue Flight (PHOTO + UPDATE)  —  Ivanka Trump — Accosted by Passenger on JetBlue Flight  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Ivanka Trump just had a bumpy start to her Xmas holiday ... an out-of-control passenger on her flight began verbally berating her and “jeering” at her 3 kids.

Trump team asked State Department for info on women's issues programs, sparking fears of another witch hunt  —  The Trump transition team instructed the State Department to turn over all information Wednesday about “gender-related staffing, programming, and funding,” setting off alarm bells among …

Jewish Family Flees Home After Breitbart Runs Story On Canceled Christmas Play  —  A Jewish family has temporarily left its Lancaster County, Pennsylvania home, citing fear of retribution after coming under fire from conservative news outlets that blamed it for the cancellation of an elementary school production of “A Christmas Carol.”

I goofed earlier, so to clarify, draining the swamp is in, Donald J. Trump is going to do it, and the alligators should be worried.  #DTS

The attorney general could have ordered FBI Director James Comey not to send his bombshell letter on Clinton emails.  Here's why she didn't.  —  Twelve days before the presidential election, FBI Director James B. Comey dispatched a senior aide to deliver a startling message to the Justice Department.

Kellyanne's Brutal Response to Whether She'll Have Time to Be Special Counselor  —  Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway did not immediately accept a role in his administration because she needed time to consider whether she could both serve the president and care for her family.

Exclusive: Sen. Corker's Height, Business Dealings Hurt His Secretary Of State Chances  —  Republican Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker was reportedly a contender to become President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state, but internal documents provided by a Trump confidant reveal …

USA TODAY poll: There's a clear Democratic front-runner for 2020  —  WASHINGTON — On the theory that it's never too early to launch the next campaign, the new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll has identified an overwhelming front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

Trump Inauguration Panic: Mark Burnett Throws ‘Hail Mary’ Staff Shake-Up (Exclusive)  —  “Trump is very unhappy,” a person with knowledge of the situation tells TheWrap  —  Donald Trump is so displeased with his team's inability to lock in A-list talent for his inauguration events next month …

Obama to Dismantle Visitor Registry Before Trump Can Revive It  —  The Obama administration is dismantling a dormant national registry program for visitors from countries with active terrorist groups — a program that President-elect Donald J. Trump has suggested he is considering resurrecting.

Putin urges Russian nuclear weapons boost  —  Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for the country to reinforce its military nuclear potential and praised the army's performance in its Syria campaign.  —  In a speech that recapped military activities in 2016 …

Trump names RNC strategist Spicer to press secretary  —  has named Republican National Committee strategist Sean Spicer to be his press secretary, the transition team announced in a statement Thursday.  —  In addition, Hope Hicks was named assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Communications …

Trump Vineyard Seeks More Foreign Workers  —  The Virginia wine producer is the latest Trump family business to seek foreign guest workers for US jobs.  —  Eric Trump and his father, Donald Trump  —  Mark Wilson / Getty Images  —  As Donald Trump prepares to assume the presidency …

Sen. Harry Reid: Biggest Regret Was Iraq War Vote  —  Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during during a ceremony to unveil his portrait, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Washington.  —  U.S. Sen. Harry Reid service in Congress ends after 34 years on January 2.

What it takes to get a meeting with Trump  —  Carl Paladino, the upstate New York developer and local political gadfly, was interested in catching up with Donald Trump in early December, so he rang up the president-elect's private security guard.  The next day, on Dec. 5 …

The resolution being considered at the United Nations Security Council regarding Israel should be vetoed.  —  As the United States has long maintained, peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties, and not through the imposition of terms by the United Nations.

Democrats aim to launch comeback with Cabinet showdown  —  Senate Democrats are approaching the January confirmation battle over Donald Trump's Cabinet as a chance to launch their political comeback and expose the president-elect as a fraud.  —  Lawmakers know they're unlikely, at best …