With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Hobble Independent Ethics Office  —  House Republicans, defying their top leaders, voted Monday to significantly curtail the power of an independent ethics office set up in 2008 in the aftermath of corruption scandals that sent three members of Congress to jail.

WikiLeaks founder: Obama admin trying to ‘delegitimize’ Trump  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says there's an “obvious” reason the Obama administration has focused on Russia's alleged role in Democratic hacks leading up to Donald Trump  —  's electoral win.

To Stop Trump, Democrats Can Learn From the Tea Party  —  Today is the first day of the 115th United States Congress.  In less than three weeks, this Congress will join with President-elect Donald J. Trump to claim a mandate they do not have for policies that most Americans do not support.

Inside Trump's strategy to remodel the Supreme Court  —  Donald Trump has narrowed his short list for his first Supreme Court pick down to roughly a half-dozen finalists but the president-elect and his top advisers are already thinking about a second selection, as they seek to quickly remodel …

Kellyanne Conway on Congressional ethics panel and agenda, Trump's info on Russia  —  Kellyanne Conway, one of President-elect Donald Trump's top advisors, weighs in on the new ethics panel, Russia's hacking of the election and repealing Obamacare.  She says that though there are some aspects …

The Snapchat Presidency of Donald Trump  —  Normal leaders come up with policy proposals in a certain conventional way.  They gather their advisers around them and they debate alternatives — with briefing papers, intelligence briefings and implementation strategies.  —  Donald Trump doesn't do that.

The Champions of the 401(k) Lament the Revolution They Started  —  The dominant vehicle for retirement savings has fallen short of its early backers' rosy expectations; longer life spans, high fees and stock-market declines  —  Herbert Whitehouse was one of the first in the U.S. to suggest workers use a 401(k).

Schumer regime promises a sharp break from Reid  —  It's been hard to tell lately that Harry Reid and Joe Manchin even belong to the same party.  When Reid attacked Donald Trump after the election, Manchin called his own party leader an “absolute embarrassment”; Reid fired back that Manchin was just …

Hitler's ‘Mein Kampf’ becomes German bestseller  —  Berlin (AFP) - The first reprint of Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” in Germany since World War II has proved a surprise bestseller, heading for its sixth print run, its publisher said Tuesday.  —  The Institute of Contemporary History of Munich …

Op-Ed Leaving for Las Vegas: California's minimum wage law leaves businesses no choice  —  The “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign on July 14, 2009.  (Sarah Gerke / Sarah Gerke)  —  Houman Salem  —  California's minimum wage jumped to $10.50 an hour at the start of the new year.

Ex-CIA agent on Spicer: ‘What the hell is that dude talking about?’  —  A former CIA operative on Tuesday slammed incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer for saying there is “zero evidence” of Russian interference in last year's election.  —  “What the hell is that dude talking about?”

Exclusive: Trump team seeks agency records on border barriers, surveillance  —  In a wide-ranging request for documents and analysis, President-elect Donald Trump's transition team asked the Department of Homeland Security last month to assess all assets available for border wall and barrier construction.

Dems, GOP get ready for showdown on Obamacare  —  The long-standing fight over Obamacare's repeal is about to become a battle over messaging.  —  Instead of doing a victory lap after they start dismantling the law in January, Republicans will not only have to rewrite a massive law …

GM defends practices after Trump tweet  —  General Motors defended its business practices on Tuesday after President-elect Donald Trump  —  ripped the carmaker for making cars in Mexico and sending them back to the United States.  —  GM, the nation's biggest automaker …

Adviser contradicts Trump: Russians hacked the US  —  Washington (CNN)A top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he thinks the Russians were involved in election-related hacking of the US — a very different view than that held by the incoming administration.

The media's hypocrisy and hyperventilating in the age of Trump  —  Facts are stubborn things.  Unfortunately in the age of Twitter journalism, too many reporters find such details to be both onerous and optional.  —  This past week, I met twice with President-elect Donald Trump attempting to secure an interview for inauguration week.

New date for Trump's press conference: January 11  —  Press secretary Josh Earnest's advice for his successor Sean Spicer  —  Presidents-elect normally answer questions at a press conference a few days after the election.  But Donald Trump has gone almost two months without holding one.