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 …

Israelis called Trump to weigh in ahead of UN Security Council vote  —  Washington (CNN)The Israeli government reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlement activity, a senior Israeli official told CNN.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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” …

Berlin Christmas market attack suspect killed in Milan shootout  —  (CNN)The Berlin Christmas market attack suspect Anis Amri has been killed in Milan, according to Italian state police.  —  The suspect was killed in a shootout in Sesto San Giovanni — a town near Milan — just after 3am local time …

Populism, Real and Phony  —  Authoritarians with an animus against ethnic minorities are on the march across the Western world.  They control governments in Hungary and Poland, and will soon take power in America.  And they're organizing across borders: Austria's Freedom Party …

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.

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.

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 …