OBAMA MAKING CHANGES TO CUBAN IMMIGRATION POLICY  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident, a senior administration official said Thursday.

The Bush Sisters Wrote the Obama Girls A Letter  —  Bush is the CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps  —  Malia and Sasha, eight years ago on a cold November day, we greeted you on the steps of the White House.  We saw both the light and wariness in your eyes as you gazed at your new home.

Republicans say their midnight vote was about bridge building.  Actually, it was bridge burning.  —  Republicans in the Senate voted Wednesday night on a bill that would significantly accelerate the repeal of key elements of the Affordable Care Act (commonly called Obamacare) through reconciliation.

Comey Letter on Clinton Email Is Subject of Justice Dept. Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inspector general's office said Thursday it would open an investigation into the decision in October by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to inform Congress about a new review …

President Obama Surprises Vice President Biden With Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  President Obama surprised Vice President Joe Biden with the nation's highest civilian honor - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - at a tribute event at the White House this afternoon.

Trolls decided I was taking pictures of Rex Tillerson's notes.  I wasn't even there.  —  What it's like to be at the center of a fake-news conspiracy theory.  —  There's a joke among Asian Americans that people think we all look the same.  That joke became my own personal Pizzagate late Wednesday …

'It's not partisan chowder': Legal Sea Foods dropped from inauguration menu  —  WASHINGTON — Ever since Ronald Reagan rode into this town, there's been a certain tradition here regarding seafood.  When new presidents move into the White House, the festivities include a steaming hot cup of New England clam chowder.

The only hookers in this story are the cheap, lazy journalists who ran with fake Trump sleaze to urinate on his presidency  —  President-elect Donald Trump didn't pay prostitutes to urinate on his bed in the presidential suite at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow, three years ago.

Newt Gingrich — CNN Reporter Was an Idiot ... Gotta Respect ‘Trumpism’  —  Newt Gingrich wants to start treating reporters like hockey players — when they step out of line ... they go in Donald Trump's penalty box.  —  We got Newt in D.C. where he explains his concept of “Trumpism” …

Amazon to Create More Than 100,000 New, Full-Time, Full-Benefit Jobs across the U.S. over the Next 18 Months  —  Already one of the country's biggest employers, Amazon plans to grow its full-time U.S.-based workforce from 180,000 in 2016 to over 280,000 by mid-2018

Rubio's choice: Buck Trump or back down on Tillerson?  —  Marco Rubio got tough with Rex Tillerson.  Now he has to decide if he's willing to take on Donald Trump, too.  —  The Florida senator produced quite a fireworks show this week with his grilling of a seemingly rattled Tillerson …

Here I am Again, My Friends!  —  I really hope you've missed me a lot.  Though I see they didn't let you forget my name.  The U.S. intelligence agencies have published several reports of late claiming I have ties with Russia.  —  I'd like to make it clear enough that these accusations are unfounded.

Girl's ‘suicide video’ sparks outrage online  —  POLK COUNTY, Ga. - Days after a 12-year-old girl broadcast her suicide live on a social media site; Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd said he can't stop people from sharing the video online.  —  In the video, Katelyn Nicole Davis claimed …

Remedy for Russian meddling should be new election  —  It sounds like a story lifted from the pages of a spy novel.  U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin led a cyberespionage scheme designed to help Donald Trump  —  win the presidential election.

C-Span Online Broadcast Interrupted by Russian Network  —  At 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Representative Maxine Waters was on the floor of the House of Representatives, arguing for the importance of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  —  “At this time,” Ms. Waters, Democrat of California …

Jeff Bezos is the anonymous buyer of the biggest house in Washington  —  Washington's Kalorama neighborhood just keeps getting swankier: Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has bought the former Textile Museum, a 27,000 square-foot property, intending to convert it into a single-family home …

FBI director briefed Trump on dossier: reports  —  FBI Director James Comey briefed President-elect Donald Trump  —  on a two-page summary of an unverified dossier claiming Russia had compromising information on the real estate mogul, CNN reported Thursday.

Assange agrees to extradition if US releases whistleblower  —  London (AFP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will agree to be extradited to the United States if President Barack Obama grants clemency to the former US soldier Chelsea Manning, jailed for leaking documents, the company said on Thursday.

Texas Rep. Mike Conaway: Russian hacking like Mexican singers campaigning for Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — A Texas lawmaker on the House intelligence committee says it wasn't just the Russians who interfered in last year's election.  —  Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland, is comparing the use …