Iconic Star Wars Actress Carrie Fisher Dies at 60: ‘She Was Loved by the World and She Will Be Missed Profoundly’  —  Carrie Fisher, the actress best known as Star Wars' Princess Leia Organa, has died after suffering a heart attack.  She was 60.  —  Family spokesman Simon Halls released …

Belief in conspiracies largely depends on political identity  —  Belief in conspiracy theories depends largely on which side of the spectrum you fall on … Sometimes it seems that Americans will believe anything.  And what we know as true or not true these days can depend on our political point of view.

A Rockette Speaks Out  —  Amidst the media storm about the pressure to perform at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, one dancer breaks rank for an exclusive MarieClaire.com interview about the turmoil behind the scenes.  —  The dancer next to Mary was crying.

‘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 …

Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump disagrees with the entire US Senate on Russia  —  Graham: Trump disagrees with US Senate on Russia  —  Watch Jim Sciutto's full interview with Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain on CNN's “The Situation Room” at 5 p.m. ET.  —  (CNN)Two of the Senate's …

SC GOP lawmaker pulls gun and punches woman in head because she caught him cheating: police  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  South Carolina Republican state Rep. Chris Corley was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly beating a woman who reportedly caught him “cheating.”

Obama's other DNC moment: His credit card got declined  — President Barack Obama lost the Democratic primary for Illinois' 1st congressional district in 2000  —  The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.

Obama labor chief: Trump team's agency inquiries ‘illegal’  —  Labor Secretary Tom Perez says President-elect Donald Trump  —  's transition team's inquiries into government agencies are against the law.  —  “Those questions have no place in a transition.

Alt-Right in Civil War After Prominent Leader Disinvited From Pro-Trump ‘DeploraBall’  —  The “alt-right” erupted in a civil war Monday after one of the movement's leaders banned another from appearing at the pro-Donald Trump “DepolaBall” for his history of flirting with Nazism.

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 …

Lin-Manuel Miranda on President Trump: 'I Know What I'm Going to Fight for in the Years to Come'  —  Should Lin-Manuel Miranda take home an Oscar this year for one of his eligible songs from the Disney animated film Moana, “How Far I'll Go” and “We Know the Way,” he'll achieve what only 12 …

Farewell for 12/27/2016  —  Even the best things come to an end.  After enjoying a quarter of a century of writing this column for Creators Syndicate, I have decided to stop.  Age 86 is well past the usual retirement age, so the question is not why I am quitting, but why I kept at it so long.

It's Not About the Economy  —  ELKHART, Ind.—This city once had the highest unemployment rate in the nation.  Now, though, it's booming.  The once-shuttered factories of the recreational vehicle industry, which is concentrated here, are full of workers, their parking lots packed …

These coal country voters backed Trump.  Now they're worried about losing Obamacare.  —  Last night, CNN aired a terrific segment on people from coal country who voted for Donald Trump — but are now worried that his vow to repeal Obamacare will deprive them of crucial protections that enable them to stay afloat financially.

Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case (updated)  —  Amazon's Echo devices and its virtual assistant are meant to help find answers by listening for your voice commands.  However, police in Arkansas want to know if one of the gadgets overheard something that can help with a murder case.

The Empire Strikes Back  —  We thought women would break new ground in 2016.  We were wrong.  —  Like many journalists who write about the intersections of gender and politics, I was asked to draft an essay in advance of election night about the meaning of Hillary Clinton's expected victory.

How Analytical Models Failed Clinton  —  Her campaign was so confident in its data that it opted not to do tracking polls in states that decided the election.  —  The Novem­ber elec­tions pit­ted Demo­crats against Re­pub­lic­ans, con­ser­vat­ives …

Fear of Trump Triggers Deep Spending Cuts by Nation's Second-Largest Union  —  An internal memo outlines plans to slash budgets by 30 percent at SEIU, the group behind the Fight for $15.  —  by  —  Subscribe Reprints  —  In a clear sign that labor unions are bracing for lean times under Donald Trump …

Top 15 Democratic presidential candidates in 2020  —  Democrats grappling with the shock of Hillary Clinton  —  are also beginning to turn their attention to 2020, and pondering who could defeat Trump as he vies for reelection.  —  Here are The Hill's initial rankings of where the potential candidates stand.

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.