Trump Promises a Revelation on Hacking  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald J. Trump, expressing lingering skepticism about intelligence assessments of Russian interference in the election, said on Saturday evening that he knew “things that other people don't know” about the hacking …

Nixon's Vietnam Treachery  —  Richard M. Nixon always denied it: to David Frost, to historians and to Lyndon B. Johnson, who had the strongest suspicions and the most cause for outrage at his successor's rumored treachery.  To them all, Nixon insisted that he had not sabotaged Johnson's 1968 peace initiative …

Manhunt underway after massacre at Istanbul nightclub, officials say  —  ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities on Sunday were hunting for the lone gunman who opened fire on a New Year's celebration at one of Istanbul's most popular nightclubs, killing dozens of people, including a number of foreigners …

Vandal Changes Famed Hollywood Sign Overnight To Read ‘Hollyweed’  —  HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Authorities say someone managed to modify the famed Hollywood sign to read “Hollyweed” in an overnight act of trespass.  —  Sgt. Trudeau of Security Services says the incident unfolded around midnight Sunday …

Trump advisers want Netanyahu to attend inauguration  —  President-elect Donald Trump's advisers want to invite Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu to the inauguration or arrange a meeting of the two leaders before then, a source close to the transition said.

The Hottest Year on Record?  A lot of hot air, more like  —  Booker's on form today: … http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/ 12/31/americas-new-president-will-put- end-obamas-flight-reality/

New York Times, Wall Street Journal editors take on Trump and the media  —  The top editors for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal expressed wariness over the incoming president-elect's respect for the First Amendment.  —  In a special NBC “Meet the Press” episode devoted …

Gingrich Says Biggest Worry About Trump Administration is That They Might ‘Lose Their Nerve’  —  Less than three weeks before the presidential inauguration, leading Trump ally Newt Gingrich said his biggest worry about the incoming administration is that they will “lose their nerve.”

Confessions of a Columnist  —  EVERY January I write a column exploring my faulty analysis and failed prophecies from the preceding year.  After last year's installment, in which I explained how I had underestimated a certain celebrity tycoon, I received a note from Trump Tower …

Van Jones: ‘The Clinton days are over’  —  Washington (CNN)The Clinton family's grip on the Democratic Party has come to an end and it's time for a new generation of leadership to lead the party, CNN political commentator Van Jones said.  —  “You have to understand, I think that the Clinton days are over …

‘This Week’ Transcript 1-1-17: Sean Spicer and Rep. Adam Schiff  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on January 1, 2017 and it will be updated.  —  JONATHAN KARL: Sean Spicer, the incoming White House communications director and press secretary, in his first Sunday show interview since …

What Happened to Rock Music?  —  The genre hasn't been this irrelevant in decades, which was only underscored by a slew of memoirs by aging rock stars.  —  Maybe, this time, rock really is dead.  In 2016, the pop charts were ruled by Justin Bieber, Drake, and Rihanna.