McConnell: We won't delay hearings  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday rebuffed Democratic calls to slow down rapid confirmation of Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, even after a nonpartisan federal watchdog raised “great” concerns about moving ahead with hearings for nominees without their ethics reviews completed.

How We Fool Ourselves on Russia  —  In the quarter-century since the end of the Cold War, profound grievances, misperceptions and disappointments have often defined the relationship between the United States and Russia.  I lived through this turbulence during my years as a diplomat in Moscow …

Netanyahu Caught on Tape Negotiating Mutual Benefits With Businessman  —  Sources who spoke with Netanyahu said he was surprised by evidence against him; last night it was reported Netanyahu asked U.S.'s Kerry to help Israeli Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan with visa problems.

Obama says he thinks ObamaCare will survive  —  President Obama said he thinks ObamaCare, his signature healthcare legislation, will survive.  —  “I think it will,” he said in an interview on ABC's “This Week.”  “It may be called something else.  And as I said, I don't mind.”

Four soldiers dead in Jerusalem truck attack  —  Four people killed and a dozen injured with bodies ‘strewn on the street’ after attack on promenade overlooking Old City … Four Israeli officer cadets were killed in Jerusalem on Sunday and a dozen wounded when a Palestinian attacker driving a truck ploughed into them deliberately.

Celebrities give Obama emotional farewell in video  —  Celebrities, activists and others gave an emotional goodbye to President Obama in a new video by the White House titled “Yes We Can: Your Most Memorable Moments from the Obama Presidency.”  —  The video features figures including Leonardo DiCaprio …

Graham: Republicans happy about Russian meddling are political hacks  —  (R-S.C.) on Sunday ripped Republicans who are “gleeful” about Russia's meddling in the U.S. election, saying anyone who isn't condemning the meddling is “a political hack.”  —  “Most Republicans are condemning what Russia did.

Gun silencers are hard to buy.  Donald Trump Jr. and silencer makers want to change that.  —  The federal government has strictly limited the sale of firearm silencers for as long as James Bond and big-screen gangsters have used them to discreetly shoot enemies between the eyes.

Spicer: Media doesn't treat Trump with respect, cheers on Democrats  —  The media doesn't treat President-elect Donald Trump  —  with the proper respect, the man set to be the next White House spokesman says in an interview with The Hill.  —  Sean Spicer, the longtime GOP operative …

Democrats wage anti-Trump offensive for their own gain  —  MORE FROM:  —  This is a first: Donald Trump is guilty of an understatement, of making a molehill out of a mountain.  He called the Washington furor over Russian hacking a “witch hunt” when it is actually far more sinister and dangerous.

Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track  —  WASHINGTON — During nearly two decades in the Senate, Jeff Sessions had never endorsed anyone in a presidential primary.  But last January, the Alabama Republican, afraid that his party was floundering, sent a five-point questionnaire …