Defying U.N., Israel Prepares to Build More Settlements  —  JERUSALEM — Undeterred by a resounding defeat at the United Nations, Israel's government said Monday that it would move ahead with thousands of new homes in disputed areas and warned nations against further action, declaring that Israel does not “turn the other cheek.”

Trump adviser on lack of star power at inauguration: ‘This is not Woodstock’  —  Donald Trump's inaugural committee is having no problems finding celebrities to attend his inauguration because that's not who the committee is looking for, Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn said Tuesday.

Sorry, Liberals.  Bigotry Didn't Elect Donald Trump.  —  Donald J. Trump won the white working-class vote over Hillary Clinton by a larger margin than any major-party nominee since World War II.  Instead of this considerable achievement inspiring introspection, figures from the heights of journalism …

Who Will Do What Harry Reid Did Now That Harry Reid Is Gone?  —  Nevada's departing senator would have fought Trump with a ruthlessness perhaps no other Democratic leader has.  —  Harry Reid was searching for someone to take a stand.  It was a Tuesday morning in early December …

Thanks to no-drama Obama, American leadership is gone  —  If Dec. 7, 1941, is the day that Franklin D. Roosevelt said “will live in infamy,” then Dec. 20, 2016, has got to be a close second.  No Americans died that day as they did at Pearl Harbor, but the American Century …

In North Carolina, Some Democrats See Their Grim Future  —  In the end, even Phil Berger, the powerful Republican leader of North Carolina's Senate, couldn't stop the debacle.  A state law that effectively banned legal protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people …

Progressives Have Let Inner Cities Fail for Decades.  President Trump Could Change That.  —  When Donald Trump described the “devastating” conditions in America's inner cities, emphasizing poor schools and lack of jobs, he was widely denounced for portraying our urban centers in a demeaning …

Full interview: Incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Last week it was announced that Barrington native Sean Spicer was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be the new White House press secretary and communications director.

Trump rewards big donors with jobs and access  —  More than a third of the almost 200 people who have met with President-elect Donald Trump since his election last month, including those interviewing for administration jobs, gave large amounts of money to support his campaign and other Republicans this election cycle.

Senior Facebook Employee Arrested For Allegedly Soliciting Unprotected Sex From Underage Girl  —  Dov Katz, the head of computer vision at Oculus VR, was arrested near Seattle on December 21 for allegedly soliciting sex from an underage girl.  According to charging records …

US Government Can Legally Access Your Facebook Data (And Now We Know How)  —  The end of the year is approaching, and data concerning government abuses of power has begun pouring in.  —  According to Facebook's Global Government Requests Report, government's requests for Facebook account data rose 27 percent in the first half of 2016.

Seven migrants arrested after a sleeping homeless man was set on fire on Christmas Eve at a Berlin subway station  —  Seven migrants have been arrested after a homeless man was set on fire on Christmas Eve at a Berlin subway station.  —  The men, aged 15 to 21, are suspected of torching …

Obama Says He Would Have Defeated Trump for a Third Term  —  HONOLULU — President Obama expressed confidence that, if he had run for a third term, he would have defeated Donald J. Trump, according to an interview released Monday with David Axelrod, his friend and former adviser.

The meals your parents made for you are now too calorific for modern lifestyles  —  Globalisation has been a health disaster, creating a generation of people who expend so little energy each day that they no longer need to eat the same calories as their parents, a new study by the London School of Economics suggests.

The Latest: Trump Taps Bossert as Homeland Security Aide  —  The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):  —  President-elect Donald Trump is tapping an experienced national security adviser to serve as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism.

‘Abandoned’ in New Jersey, Chris Christie Returns to a Changed Landscape  —  Chris Christie's job approval is at a career low.  —  Nearly three-quarters of New Jersey voters, and half his fellow Republicans, said in a recent poll that he should have been a defendant in the trial …

Fight at Beachwood Place mall ends with officers using pepper spray to disperse crowd  —  Shoppers stand outside the Beachwood Place mall on Monday evening after officers were called to the scene for a disturbance.  (Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com)  —  BEACHWOOD, Ohio — Officers used pepper spray …

Drexel Condemns Professor's Tweet  —  University issues statement on Christmas Day over post that said “all I want for Christmas is white genocide.”  Update: Professor criticizes response to “satirical” comment.  —  Drexel University issued a statement on Christmas Day to condemn a tweet …