Donald Trump's Transition Team, Or Lack Thereof, Is Causing Real Panic  —  The self-proclaimed government outsider is having trouble finding people to run the government.  —  Senior Justice Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON Donald Trump's transition team is nearing a state of stasis …

Breitbart News planning lawsuit against ‘major media company’  —  Breitbart News is preparing a lawsuit against a “major media company” over claims that it is a white nationalist website, it said in an exclusive statement to The Hill.  —  The website has been under intense scrutiny since President-elect Donald Trump

There's No Such Thing as a Good Trump Voter  —  People voted for a racist who promised racist outcomes.  They don't deserve your empathy.  —  Donald Trump ran a campaign of racist demagoguery against Muslim Americans, Hispanic immigrants, and black protesters.

Rand Paul: Will Donald Trump betray voters by hiring John Bolton?  —  Article will continue after advertisement  —  Rumors are that Donald Trump might pick John Bolton for Secretary of State.  Heaven forbid.  —  One of the things I occasionally liked about the President-elect was his opposition to the Iraq war and regime change.

Kris Kobach - Trump's attorney general?  —  WASHINGTON  —  Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state whose hardline immigration stance has caught the attention of President-elect Donald Trump, could be a candidate for attorney general.  —  Kobach, already a member of Trump's transition team …

Carson not interested in serving in Trump administration  —  Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has told President-elect Donald Trump  —  that he isn't interested in serving as secretary of Health and Human Services, a Carson ally confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday.

Colin Kaepernick has never registered to vote in any election  —  Colin Kaepernick raised eyebrows last week when he revealed that he did not vote in the presidential election amid a football season in which his protest of racial inequality gained national attention.  In fact, it would have been problematic if he had.

DNC charter requires chairman be full time  —  The Democratic National Committee's charter states that the chairman must be a full-time employee, a revelation that is raising questions about the candidacy of Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota.  —  There appears to be wiggle room in the charter …

George W. Bush laments role of ‘anger’ in politics  —  Washington (CNN)Former President George W. Bush lamented the role of “anger” in politics after the grievance-fueled victory of Donald Trump, expressing a worry that the emotional response could unfortunately “drive policy.”

‘My life goal is to assassinate Trump’: Ohio man is first to be charged for sending threatening election night tweet  —  A 24-year-old man from Ohio has been charged in a federal court after tweeting a threat to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump on election night.

Hundreds of Fraudulent Cooper Ballots Discovered, Challenged In Bladen County  —  Raleigh, N.C. - A formal protest has been filed with the Bladen County Board of Elections to challenge several hundred apparently fraudulent absentee ballots cast for Roy Cooper and other Democrats in Bladen County.

Trump ditches press pool to go out to dinner  —  left Trump Tower without his press pool on Tuesday to have dinner with his family, according to reporters.  —  The president-elect reportedly received a standing ovation and cheers upon arriving at 21 Club, a New York City restaurant …

Phil Jackson: 'I'm going to follow the plan, and if it doesn't work out, it will be evident'  —  NEW YORK — Phil Jackson says he hasn't voted for a president since 1980.  After campaigning vigorously on behalf of losing democrats George McGovern and Jimmy Carter, Jackson determined …

House Republicans unanimously back Paul Ryan for another term as speaker  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Ryan was unanimously chosen for another term as House speaker by his Republican colleagues on Tuesday as he called for his party to unite behind President-elect Donald Trump.

When Trump says he wants to deport criminals, he means something starkly different than Obama  —  In this photo taken Nov. 10, President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.  (Associated Press)

Clinton's lead in the popular vote passes 1 million  —  Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote over President-elect Donald Trump has surpassed 1 million, according to Dave Wasserman of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.  —  As the final vote counts continue to trickle in a week after Election Day …

Manhattan's Trump Place to Change Name, Use Street Addresses  —  Almost 600 residents signed petition to ‘Dump the Trump Name’  —  Presidential race was marked by offensive comments by Trump  —  The Trump Place apartment complex on Manhattan's Upper West Side is about to drop the president-elect's name after an outcry by residents.

Trump's coalition won the demographic battle.  It'll still lose the war.  —  Here's one way to think about the 2016 election.  We are witnessing a great race in this country between demographic and economic change that's driving a new America, and reaction to those changes.

Obama's job approval hits four-year high  —  President Obama's approval rating is now at 57 percent, the highest it's been in his second term, according to a new Gallup survey.  —  The previous poll, conducted in the first week of November, found his approval rating at 53 percent.