Ryan confronted by cancer patient who says ObamaCare saved his life … faced some tough questions from audience members at a CNN town hall Thursday night, starting with a cancer patient who said ObamaCare saved his life.  —  Jeff Jeans said he was a lifelong Republican and small business owner …

Approval of Trump Transition Still Low as Inauguration Nears  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In Gallup polling conducted two weeks before Inauguration Day, President-elect Donald Trump continues to garner historically low approval for his transition performance, with 51% of Americans disapproving …

Chaffetz threatens to subpoena federal ethics watchdog over Trump criticism  —  House Republicans have found a subject for their opening review of conflicts of interest under Donald Trump: the federal official in charge of investigating conflicts of interest.

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.

Why did Obama dawdle on Russia's hacking?  —  “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” mutters Marcellus as ghosts and mad spirits haunt Elsinore castle in the first act of Shakespeare's “Hamlet.”  —  After this past week of salacious leaks about foreign espionage plots and indignant denials …

Krauthammer: Trump honeymoon ‘officially over’  —  Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer says President-elect Donald Trump  —  has already lost any goodwill following his White House win.  —  “The shortest honeymoon on record is officially over,” he wrote in Thursday's edition of his column.

Davos Wonders If It's Part of the Problem  —  Did the global elite's devotion to borderless capitalism sow the seeds of a populist backlash?  —  by  —  Kenneth Rogoff can pinpoint the moment he started to grow concerned Donald Trump would be the next U.S. president: It was when Rogoff's fellow attendees …

Trump: Intelligence ‘probably’ leaked ‘phony allegations’  —  struck a new blow in his war of words with the intelligence community on Friday, tweeting that the IC “probably” leaked recent reports against him “even knowing there is no proof.”  —  On Tuesday, CNN reported that Trump …

Trump's Cabinet nominees keep contradicting him  —  Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees, in their first round of confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, have one after another contradicted the president-elect on key issues, promising to trim back or disregard some of the signature promises on which he campaigned.

'It's Game of Thrones, the Apprentice, and Survivor all mixed into one'  —  Behind closed doors, Chris Christie — unceremoniously sent packing from Donald Trump's transition headquarters in Washington two months ago — is telegraphing a message to his confidants: I'll be back.

‘I JUST THREW UP’ Madonna tweets VERY racy picture in an intimate place - and Piers Morgan isn't impressed  —  The Good Morning Britain host claims to have lost his breakfast over the Queen of Pop's latest social media call to action  —  Madonna has incurred the wrath of Piers Morgan again …

Obama Kicks Cuban Refugees In The Teeth But Gives Money To Sanctuary Cities  —  As has been pointed out, Barack Obama, with one week to go in his administration decided to shut down the “wet foot, dry foot” policy for Cuban refugees.  Under the policy, that has been in place for two decades …

Marijuana reforms flood state legislatures  —  Legislators in more than a dozen states have introduced measures to loosen laws restricting access to or criminalizing marijuana, a rush of legislative activity that supporters hope reflects a newfound willingness by public officials to embrace a trend toward legalization.

Franken to oppose Sessions  —  (D-Minn.) says he will oppose Sen. Jeff Sessions  —  's nominee for attorney general.  —  “I'm going to vote against Senator Sessions,” Franken said on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Friday.  “I just don't feel comfortable that he would protect all Americans' rights.”

Robert Reich speechless after Jeffrey Lord claims Trump free to flout ethics because he won  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Robert Reich doesn't understand why Donald Trump isn't going out of his way to reassure Americans that there are no conflicts of interest in his businesses and political dealings.

Breitbart Alumni Launch ‘Populist-Nationalist’ Group  —  Patrick Howley, a former Breitbart News reporter, left the site under vague circumstances back in November.  Howley told me at the time that he was leaving of his own volition because the site had become more “controlled” …

Trump put CNN reporter in his place, Erdoan says  —  President Recep Tayyip Erdoan backed on Thursday U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's recent reaction against CNN for allegedly reporting “fake news” regarding his relationship with Russia.  —  Speaking at a meeting with local administrators …

How Putin Played the Far Left  —  In the aftermath of the U.S. intelligence community's recent report on the Russian-directed hacking of the Democratic National Committee, it's easy but misleading to conclude that the Russian government's propaganda strategy lies solely in advancing the careers …

WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages  —  Exclusive: Privacy campaigners criticise WhatsApp vulnerability as a ‘huge threat to freedom of speech’ and warn it could be exploited by government agencies  —  A security backdoor that can be used to allow Facebook and others …

GOP governors fight their own party on Obamacare  —  Republican governors who reaped the benefits of Obamacare now find themselves in an untenable position — fighting GOP lawmakers in Washington to protect their states' health coverage.  —  This rift between state and federal GOP officials …

Rex Tillerson's Jaw-Dropping Testimony Just Completely Disqualified Him  —  The former Exxon-Mobile CEO is too conflicted, too ill-prepared and too disengaged to be seriously considered for the position of secretary of state.  —  By ,  —  Rex Tillerson testifies on Capitol Hill at his confirmation hearing.

A message to my doomed colleagues in the American media  —  Congratulations, US media!  You've just covered your first press conference of an authoritarian leader with a massive ego and a deep disdain for your trade and everything you hold dear.  We in Russia have been doing it for 12 years now …

Fox News host skewers CNN after Trump takedown: 'They say payback's a b***h'  —  Fox News host Neil Cavuto took CNN to task in an on-air commentary, mocking the cable network on the heels of a headline-grabbing press conference this week during which Republican President-elect Donald Trump called CNN “fake news.”

First on CNN: Trump expected to tap longtime federal prosecutor for key DOJ post  —  (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Baltimore US Attorney Rod Rosenstein for deputy attorney general, according to people close to the Trump transition.