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.

Jewish family leaves Lancaster County in fear after being blamed for cancellation of Hempfield elementary Christmas play  —  A Hempfield elementary school is under fire for ending its longstanding production of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol,” and a Jewish family has fled the county …

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 …

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 …

Why Hillary Clinton is still losing supporters  —  More From:  —  ROCKVILLE, Md. — Democrats' belief that new information revealed after Donald Trump's election — as when the reports of Russian interference spurred calls on the left for a revote or, failing that, for “faithless” …

As Democrats ponder their future, Joe Biden makes a plea for a focus on the middle class  —  Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign rally in Virginia on the eve of the November election.  After his speech, Biden remarked backstage on the lack of apparent enthusiasm for the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.

Carter is only former president to RSVP for Trump's inauguration  —  One month out, Jimmy Carter is the only former president to RSVP to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, while Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are putting off their decision until the new year.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

Democrats' long road back to hope and change  —  Progressive road rage is getting in the way of Democratic leaders pulling themselves out of the ditch.  Despite six years of historic political setbacks, there is little self-reflection from a party that seemed to be on the verge of becoming a permanent majority just eight years ago.

The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is Building an Algorithmic Model From its Employees' Brains  —  Bridgewater wants day-to-day management—hiring, firing, decision-making—to be guided by software that doles out instructions  —  Deep inside Bridgewater Associates LP, the world's largest hedge-fund firm …

How States Can Reduce Income Inequality  —  Since the late 1970s, income gains in the United States have largely gone to the richest households, while many middle- and lower-income Americans haven't shared in the nation's growing prosperity.  Though the causes of rising inequality …

Why the white working class votes against itself  —  Why did all those Economically Anxious™ Trump voters reject policies that would have helped relieve their economic anxiety?  —  Maybe they believed any Big Government expansions would disproportionately go to the “wrong” kinds of people — that is, people unlike themselves.

U.S. government begins asking foreign travelers about social media  —  NEW YORK — The U.S. government quietly began requesting that select foreign visitors provide their Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts upon arriving in the country, a move designed to spot potential terrorist threats …

World's first solar panel road opens in Normandy village  —  Route in Tourouvre-au-Perche cost €5m to construct and will be used by about 2,000 motorists a day during two-year test period  —  France has opened what it claims to be the world's first solar panel road, in a Normandy village.

Trump's Nuclear Weapons Tweet, Translated and Explained  —  The last time the United States declared its nuclear weapons policy, in 2010, it required a year of deliberation and a fussed-over 64-page report to set it out.  President-elect Donald J. Trump appears to have done so in only 140 characters …