Actress Carrie Fisher is in critical condition after a ‘cardiac episode’ on flight from London to L.A.  —  Actress Carrie Fisher, shown in 2007, was taken to a hospital Friday after a “cardiac episode” on a flight from London to Los Angeles.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Rockettes Union Calls Boycotting Inauguration ‘Invalid’  —  BroadwayWorld has obtained and confirmed the authenticity of an email sent from the American Guild of Variety Artists to what appears to be Rockettes in its membership as a response to the announcement that some Rockettes …

U.S. Abstains as U.N. Security Council Votes to Condemn Israeli Settlements  —  UNITED NATIONS — Defying extraordinary pressure from President-elect Donald J. Trump and furious lobbying by Israel, the Obama administration on Friday allowed the United Nations Security Council to adopt …

On Paladino's ‘wish list’ for 2017: Obama dead of mad cow disease  —  When Artvoice asked Buffalo developer and School Board member Carl Paladino what he wanted to see happen in 2017, he didn't filter his responses — and the controversial, crude answers are causing a firestorm on social media.

North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy  —  In 2005, in the midst of a career of traveling around the world to help set up elections in some of the most challenging places on earth - Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, Lebanon, South Africa, Sudan and Yemen, among others - my Danish colleague …

Trump seemed to call for more nuclear weapons.  His aides say he didn't mean it.  He says he did.  —  Donald Trump often talks about trying to keep America's adversaries scrambling to sort out his true intentions by being deliberately vague — and sometimes contradictory — in his public comments.

Putin to Democratic Party: You lost, get over it  —  MOSCOW — Russia's President Vladi­mir Putin has a message for the White House and Democratic leaders who accuse him of stealing their victory: Don't be sore losers.  —  That was how Putin answered a question Friday about whether Russia interfered …

Was Barack Obama Bad for Democrats?  —  President Obama will be remembered as a thoughtful and dignified president who led a scrupulously honest administration that achieved major changes.  —  People argue over whether his impatience with politicians and Republican intransigence denied …

Trump's driver's license casts doubt on height claims  —  Donald Trump and his doctor claim he's 6-foot-3, but his New York driver's license says he's actually an inch shorter.  —  A copy of Trump's license, obtained by POLITICO through an open-records request, lists the president-elect at 6-foot-2.

How the Obama Coalition Crumbled, Leaving an Opening for Trump  —  It is entirely possible, as many have argued, that Hillary Clinton would be the president-elect of the United States if the F.B.I. director, James Comey, had not sent a letter to Congress about her emails in the last weeks of the campaign.

Trump Names Jason Greenblatt Representative for International Negotiations  —  Trump Organization's chief legal officer advised campaign on U.S.-Israel relations  —  President-elect Donald Trump has named Jason D. Greenblatt, the Trump Organization's chief legal officer …

Why Did Planned Parenthood Supporters Vote Trump?  —  A series of maddening focus groups suggest Clinton made it easier for voters to reconcile themselves to Trump.  —  Shortly before the election, Politico and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health surveyed voters on health care policy.

The Democrats Turn on Obama  —  The rising stars of the Democratic Party have been airing criticisms of President Obama lately, covering them with only the thinnest of veils.  The Wall Street Journal reports: … Obama is truly the great uniter.  First he united the Arabs and Israelis …

GOP Wants Trump to Trim ACA Benefits, Say Congress Aides  —  Trump White House could limit insurance benefit requirments  —  Essential health benefits cover drugs, mental care, wellness  —  Facing a years-long wait before they can fully implement a planned repeal of Obamacare …