On Twitter, Trump comes out swinging in many directions  —  President Trump lashed out Tuesday morning at threats from many directions, taking aim at the special counsel's Russia inquiry, the Federal Reserve, social media companies and undocumented immigrants in tweets that spanned more than two hours.

A.G. Underwood Announces Stipulation Dissolving Trump Foundation Under Judicial Supervision, With AG Review Of Recipient Charities  —  News from the New York Attorney General's Office  —  Attorney General's Office Press Office / 212-416-8060  —  nyag.pressoffice@ag.ny.gov

White House signals it will back down on President Trump's demand for border wall funding and avert a partial government shutdown  —  The Trump administration wants to avoid a partial government shutdown and has found other ways to get the border wall money it wants, spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Tuesday.

Penny Marshall, who played feisty Laverne in ‘Laverne & Shirley’ before directing movies, dies at 75  —  Penny Marshall, who costarred as a Milwaukee brewery worker in the top-rated 1970s and '80s sitcom “Laverne & Shirley” before becoming a director of hit movies such as “Big” and “A League of Their Own,” has died.

Martha McSally will be appointed to John McCain's Senate seat  —  Republican U.S. Rep. Martha McSally will replace retiring U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl to fill for the next two years the Senate seat long held by the late U.S. Sen. John McCain.  —  Gov. Doug Ducey's decision to appoint McSally …

Mueller Ready to Pounce on Trumpworld Concessions to Moscow  —  New court filings by Mueller's office could answer a central question of the Russia investigation: What did the Kremlin hope to get from its political machinations?  —  For more than a year, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office …

“The Staff Is Fed Up He's Acting Like a Nut”: Trump's West Wing Braces for Christmas Madness, More Departures—And Mueller  —  Javanka blocked Bannon ally David Bossie for chief of staff—but bigger problems are looming.  —  Donald Trump plans to head to Mar-a-Lago for a 16 …

Alan Dershowitz Is Lying To You  —  Alan Dershowitz, famed Harvard Law School professor and successful trial and appellate lawyer, is lying to you.  —  He's lying about American law — the subject he ostensibly teaches, the subject on which he is called upon as an expert — for partisan reasons …

Donald Trump Hates Christmas Parties  —  On Monday and Wednesday this week, Donald Trump will leave the Oval Office in the West Wing in the late afternoon and walk eastward to the White House residence, where he will meet Melania Trump.  Together, they will head downstairs at 5:15 to the Grand Foyer …

Nevada becomes first state with majority female Legislature  —  The Legislature and guests look on during Gov. Sandoval's State of the State address on Jan. 17, 2017.  Photo by David Calvert  —  Nevada will become the first state in the country to have a majority female Legislature …

Ocasio-Cortez weighs a new primary target: Hakeem Jeffries  —  Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is eyeing a new member of House Democratic leadership as a 2020 primary target: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).  —  Ocasio-Cortez, who ousted House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley earlier …

Here Are The Advertisers Boycotting Tucker Carlson's Show  —  The Fox News host is facing backlash after suggesting that immigrants make our country “poorer and dirtier and more divided” on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”  —  Fox News' Tucker Carlson is rapidly losing advertisers amid a controversy …

US pledges $10.6B aid for Central America, southern Mexico  —  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States pledged $5.8 billion in aid Tuesday for strengthening government and economic development in Central America, and another $4.8 billion in development aid for southern Mexico.

Trump Bans Bump Stocks, Saying They Must Be Destroyed Or Surrendered To The Government  —  The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a final rule that bans so-called bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly, saying tens of thousands of them around …

Trump launches unprecedented reelection machine  —  President Donald Trump is planning to roll out an unprecedented structure for his 2020 reelection, a streamlined organization that incorporates the Republican National Committee and the president's campaign into a single entity.

An unseen opioid epidemic in the nation's capital  —  America's drug epidemic is commonly associated with rural towns and suburbs.  But more people died from opioid overdoses than homicides last year in the District of Columbia as local government officials looked the other way.

An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners.  Regulators Could Have Stopped It … Greg Kelly's grandson, Caden, scampers to the tree-shaded creek behind his grandfather's house to catch crawdads, as Kelly shuffles along, trying to keep up.  Kelly's small day pack holds an oxygen tank with a clear tube clipped to his nose.

New York Times assailed for Alice Walker interview endorsing ‘anti-Semitic’ conspiracy theorist  —  Critics call it anti-Semitic, saying it places Holocaust revisionism at the center of an odious and addled worldview.  Its title has been borrowed by followers of QAnon, a conspiracy movement …

Senator Amy Klobuchar on How Democrats Can Defeat Trump in 2020  —  As she mulls a run for the Presidency, the Minnesota lawmaker advises potential candidates, “You go not just where it's comfortable but where it's uncomfortable.”  —  Whether we like it or not, the 2020 race for President is on.

Mnuchin Backs Off Trump's Promise of 10% Middle-Class Tax Cut  — Tax focus will be on technical fixes, Treasury secretary says  — Trump floated idea of middle-class relief before elections  —  The Trump administration is setting aside a middle-class tax cut and planning to focus …

A mother's leap of faith at an African airport, and a 15-year mystery  —  The story of Tom and Maya and Zainab is about trust, about listening to your heart over your mind, and about that gut feeling you have when you meet a good person.  —  And it's a story that could've gone horribly wrong.

Rising Instagram Stars Are Posting Fake Sponsored Content  —  Tapping through Palak Joshi's Instagram Stories recently, you might have come across a photo that looked like standard sponsored content: a shiny white box emblazoned with the red logo for the Chinese phone manufacturer OnePlus and the number six …

Why Vladimir Putin is a terrible strategist  —  President Vladimir Putin has carefully crafted an image as a strong man of action — one whose will and power have single-handedly restored Russia's status as a great power.  Unfortunately, this often translates into acts that are illegal, immoral and ruthless.

Right to bear ... nunchucks?  Federal judge strikes down ban on weapon as violation of Second Amendment  —  Just blame Bruce Lee.  Back in 1974, New York state decided to ban the possession of nunchucks as lawmakers feared they were becoming enticing tools of violence among hooligan children …

Washington Redskins player arrested after alleged assault at One Loudoun  —  A Washington Redskins player was arrested in Loudoun County early Tuesday after a fight at the One Loudoun development.  —  Safety Montae M. Nicholson, 23, of Ashburn, was charged with assault and battery and drunk in public following the incident.