Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning's Sentence  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world …

Trump set to take office without most of his Cabinet  —  When Bill Clinton was sworn into office 24 years ago, every single member of his Cabinet but one was confirmed by the Senate within two days.  When Donald Trump is sworn in on Friday, he'll be lucky to have half that many installed.

Trump wrote inauguration speech himself  —  Washington (CNN)President-elect Trump has written his inauguration address draft himself, two senior Trump transition officials told CNN Tuesday.  —  Last month, Trump told guests at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, as well as presidential historian …

Rep. Steve King: John Lewis trades on status as civil rights icon, hasn't contributed since  —  Rep. John Lewis returns to the Edmund Pettus Bridge  — Iowa Rep. Steve King said Tuesday that Georgia Rep. John Lewis trades on his status as a civil rights icon.

As GOP Pushes Repeal, Obamacare Has Never Been More Popular: NBC News/WSJ poll  —  As Republicans get closer to repealing it, President Barack Obama's federal health-care law — or Obamacare — has never been more popular, according to results from a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal.

The New Trump Defamation Lawsuit Is Daring Trump to Incriminate Himself in Court  —  LOS ANGELES—One of the women who accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct last year has filed a defamation lawsuit against the president-elect.  Summer Zervos, a former Apprentice contestant who alleged …

Attacked by Trump, Lewis acknowledges he boycotted Bush inauguration, too  —  1.3k Shares  —  Donald Trump reignited his feud with John Lewis on Tuesday, citing news reports that the Georgia congressman and civil rights icon also boycotted George W. Bush's inauguration 16 years ago.

Michael Moore on Why Donald Trump Will Build a Wall and Ban Muslims  —  Michael Moore saw this coming.  Last summer, when Hillary Clinton was enjoying a seemingly insurmountable lead over Donald Trump, the documentary filmmaker correctly predicted that the billionaire businessman would capture the White House.

How Repealing Portions of the Affordable Care Act Would Affect Health Insurance Coverage and Premiums  —  CBO reports on the estimated changes in health insurance coverage and premiums that would result from leaving the Affordable Care Act's insurance market reforms in place while repealing the law's mandate penalties and subsidies.

Trump Claims To Have Met Putin In Newly Resurfaced Interview From 2015 (AUDIO)  —  In a newly resurfaced 2015 radio interview, Donald Trump claimed that he met Russian President Vladimir Putin and that they “got along great,” contradicting his later campaign trail claims that he never met or spoke with Putin.

An open letter to Trump from the US press corps  —  Dear Mr. President Elect:  —  In these final days before your inauguration, we thought it might be helpful to clarify how we see the relationship between your administration and the American press corps.  —  It will come as no surprise …

Philly mayor: 'I'd take George W. back in a minute'  —  With just days to go before Donald Trump takes office, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney says he and his fellow mayors have no idea what to expect from the incoming administration.  —  “I'd take George W. back in a minute,” …

FALN mastermind Oscar López Rivera does not deserve President Obama's pardon  —  Rumor has it that President Obama might pardon FALN mastermind Oscar López Rivera.  He shouldn't.  —  Now 74-years old, López Rivera has served 35 years of a 55-year sentence for seditious conspiracy and weapons-related charges.

Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bidet controls  —  The Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association, a consortium of companies producing plumbing products including Toto, Panasonic, and Toshiba, has agreed to unify the iconography used on the often baffling control panels for Japanese toilets.

The Alt-Right Comes to Washington  —  East Lansing, Michigan—Lounging at the back of his tour bus in a parking lot behind the Springhill Suites, Milo Yiannopoulos, the flamboyant right-wing British provocateur known for his bleach-blond frosted tips and relentless campaign against Islam …

Republican Men Say It's a Better Time to Be a Woman Than a Man  —  To be a woman in the United States is to feel unequal, despite great strides in gender equality, according to a wide-ranging poll about gender in postelection America released Tuesday.  It's catcalls on the street …