A lead Republican in the fight to repeal Obamacare said Monday night that he wanted to work in a step by step manner to repeal Obamcare once a replacement was “available to the American people ”  —  Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is the chairman of the Senate's HELP Committee and has been a leading voice …

Sessions failed to disclose oil interests as required, ethics experts say  —  Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions did not disclose his ownership of oil interests on land in Alabama as required by federal ethics rules, according to an examination of state records and independent ethics lawyers who reviewed the documents.

Trump Pick Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation  —  Monica Crowley, President-Elect Donald J. Trump's pick for a top National Security Council job, plagiarized numerous passages in her Ph.D. dissertation, Politico Magazine has found.  —  An examination of the dissertation …

Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump's education pick  —  The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has postponed the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary.

Obama Watchdog in Congress Has New Target in Trump Era: Postal Reform  —  An Obama watchdog has changed his tune now that a Republican will be in the White House.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump, after an intelligence report concluded that Russia tried to help him get elected, is going after ... Meryl Streep.

Women's March on Washington Opens Contentious Dialogues About Race  —  Many thousands of women are expected to converge on the nation's capital for the Women's March on Washington the day after Donald J. Trump's inauguration.  Jennifer Willis no longer plans to be one of them.

A Troll Outside Trump Tower Is Helping To Pick Your Next Government  —  An internet troll, who was once called “the most hated man on the internet” and is banned from Twitter, is recommending candidates to serve in the Trump administration.  —  Charles “Chuck” Johnson …

Shocked waitress is left a racist note by white couple who 'don't tip black people' even after they admitted she gave them ‘great service’  —  A waitress who served a white couple at a Virginia restaurant was left a racist message instead of a tip.  —  The waitress, Kelly Carter …

White House defends Meryl Streep's anti-Trump speech  —  President Obama's top spokesman on Monday defended actress Meryl Streep's Golden Globes speech that criticized President-elect Donald Trump  —  “She clearly was delivering a thoughtful, carefully considered message that she believes in deeply …

Russia's D.N.C. Hack Was Only the Start  —  Imagine the headlines if, in 2015, Russian agents had leapt out of a van at 2 a.m. in Southeast Washington and broken into the Democratic National Committee offices using sophisticated tools and techniques to steal tens of thousands of documents …

Trump Just Dismissed the People in Charge of Maintaining Our Nuclear Arsenal  —  Between the Trump transition team's infighting, incompetence, and high-profile resignations, any decisions that signaled even a modicum of stability for the country would come as a relief at this point.

Sanders: ‘Much too early’ to say if I'll run for president again  —  (I-Vt.) said it is “much too early” for him to consider a 2020 presidential run.  —  “It is much too early to talk about that,” Sanders said during a CNN town hall Monday night.  —  Sanders, who will be 79 years old in 2020 …