Intelligence Committee will investigate possible Russia-Trump links  —  Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said late Friday that his committee will investigate possible contacts between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, reversing himself one day after telling reporters …

Trump rips John Lewis: Worry about your ‘crime infested’ district  —  on Saturday morning returned fire on a top Democrat who said he was not a “legitimate president.”  —  A day after Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Trump was not legitimate, the president-elect told him to worry about his own district instead.

Ex-MI6 agent's frustration as FBI sat on Trump file for months  —  Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who investigated Donald Trump's alleged Kremlin links, was so worried by what he was discovering that at the end he was working without pay, The Independent has learned.

Armstrong Williams op-ed: Dems, not Jeff Sessions, have the real race problem  —  It is an unfortunate truth that Democrats are not the examples of diversity and inclusion as much as they claim.  —  They portray themselves as the righteous warriors of truth and conviction, and they actually believe this “truth” to be self-evident.

Trump adviser had five calls with Russian envoy on day of sanctions: sources  —  Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, held five phone calls with Russia's ambassador to Washington on the day the United States retaliated for Moscow's interference …

California's bullet train is hurtling toward a multibillion-dollar overrun, a confidential federal report warns  —  California's bullet train could cost taxpayers 50% more than estimated — as much as $3.6 billion more - according to a confidential federal report obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

Trump Open to Shift on Russia Sanctions, ‘One China’ Policy  —  President-elect Donald Trump suggested he would be open to lifting sanctions on Russia and wasn't committed to a long-standing agreement with China over Taiwan.

Democrats plot their D.C. departures for Trump inauguration  —  Many prominent Democrats and Republicans who opposed Donald Trump are fleeing Washington for the inauguration, heading far from the capital to plot anti-Trump strategy or simply avoid the pain of witnessing inauguration celebrations.

The Music Donald Trump Can't Hear  —  One of the pleasures of music-streaming services is that, day after day, they remind you effortlessly of the almost incredible wealth and beauty of American popular music—from the blues and Tin Pan Alley to jazz, R. & B., country, rock and roll, and on to hip hop—and of its strange, snaking unity.

Toby Keith, 3 Doors Down among acts announced for Trump inauguration concert  — Donald Trump's Presidential Inaugural Committee announced more acts for their inauguration festivities on Friday  — Toby Keith, 3 Doors Down, Jennifer Holliday and The Piano Guys are among those expected to perform

LuAnn de Lesseps and her new husband ‘gleaming’ on honeymoon  —  One proposal on dealing with the media that was pitched to President-elect Donald Trump's transition team calls for drug testing the White House press corps.  —  Trump's attacks on the mainstream media were a cornerstone …

YouTube removes influential conservative website's channel  —  A picture illustration shows a YouTube error logo reflected in a person's eye, in central Bosnian town of Zenica, early June 18, 2014.  (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)  —  The YouTube channel of influential conservative politics …

Commanding general of D.C. National Guard to be removed from post  —  The head of the D.C. National Guard, Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, said Friday that he has been ordered removed from his command effective Jan. 20, 12:01 p.m., just as Donald Trump is sworn in as president.

Betsy DeVos omitted $125,000 anti-union political donation from Senate disclosure form  —  President-elect Donald Trump's transition team acknowledged Friday that Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's pick for education secretary, omitted a $125,000 political donation from disclosures she submitted …

How Cruz and Trump learned to like each other  —  Ted Cruz met with Donald Trump exactly one week after Election Day.  As it turned out, Cruz's tete-a-tete with the president-elect he had spurned from the stage of the Republican National Convention just months before wasn't the most consequential meeting he would have that day.

Hungarian celeb claims Trump invited her to his room in Moscow in 2013  —  Hungarian celebrity Kata Sarka claims President-elect Donald J. Trump invited her over to his hotel room in Moscow in 2013 at a party following that year's Miss Universe beauty pageant, Hungarian online news portal …

Trump Team's Queries About Africa Point to Skepticism About Aid  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump's views of Africa have, until now, been a mystery.  But a series of questions from the Trump transition team to the State Department indicate an overall skepticism about the value of foreign aid …