Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump  —  Dallas — I am a Republican presidential elector, one of the 538 people asked to choose officially the president of the United States.  Since the election people have asked me to change my vote based on policy disagreements with Donald J. Trump.

Trump transition official is active on white nationalist social media platform  —  Michael Flynn Jr. hopes to get his father, Trump's pick for national security adviser, to switch to Gab.  —  Michael Flynn Jr.—the son of Trump's pick for national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn …

Biden raises possibility of 2020 presidential bid  —  Vice President Biden on Monday raised the possibility of a presidential bid in 2020.  —  “I am going to run in 2020,” Biden told a group of reporters in the Capitol when asked about his political future.  “What the hell man, anyway.”

Donald Trump's Message Sparks Anger in China  —  President-elect's Taiwan call, tweets signal his approach will be more adversarial  —  The verbal confrontation between President-elect Donald Trump and the Chinese government escalated on Monday, as China responded harshly to attacks by Mr. Trump on its economic and security positions.

Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste  —  The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews …

Half of Detroit votes may be ineligible for recount  —  One-third of precincts in Wayne County could be disqualified from an unprecedented statewide recount of presidential election results because of problems with ballots.  —  Michigan's largest county voted overwhelmingly …

Trump's GOP takeover begins  —  Donald Trump's takeover of the Republican Party is underway.  —  His staffers are lining up to run for offices up and down the ballot.  Loyalists are looking to dislodge state party leaders who are perceived as insufficiently committed to the president-elect.

Freedom Caucus opposes GOP's Obamacare replacement plan  —  The Republican congressman who made his name as the instigator of John Boehner's ouster last year was set to take the reins of the House Freedom Caucus on Monday night.  —  And first up on Rep. Mark Meadows' to-do list …

Christie's approval hits record low; most say he should have been charged for Bridgegate  —  Gov. Chris Christie is just one point away from tying the record for worst approval rating of any New Jersey governor in memory.  —  And an overwhelming majority of New Jersey voters …

Kerry 'fesses up about Obama's ‘red line’  —  Secretary of State John Kerry told a painful truth on Sunday, admitting that President Obama's “red line” fiasco in Syria “cost us significantly” by leading other nations to see America as weak.  —  Obama drew the line in August 2012 …

GW Battleground Poll  —  President-elect Donald Trump and His Proposed Policies  —  Donald Trump's public image has notably improved since winning the presidency in November, according to the latest George Washington University Battleground Poll.  Read the full press release.  —  Previous Editions

Poll: Trump's Carrier deal is wildly popular  —  Donald Trump's first major action as president-elect — the deal he and Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck last week with Carrier Corp. — is earning high marks from American voters, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows.

Report buried Trump-related ‘hate crimes’ against white kids  —  MORE FROM:  —  At least 2,000 educators around the country reported racist slurs and other derogatory language leveled against white students in the first days after Donald Trump was elected president.

Why Pat McCrory Lost and What It Means in Trump's America  —  Pat McCrory's now official defeat in the race for Governor of North Carolina has real implications for the progressive movement nationally in the era of Trump.  —  The dominant reason given for McCrory's defeat will be the unpopularity of HB2 …

Deals with the devil: Vulnerable Senate Democrats rush to slam anti-Donald Trump plans  —  While many Democrats prepare to fight Trump, some facing re-election in 2018 are already willing to appease him  —  While congressional Democrats were certainly slow to come to grips with Donald Trump's election …

Tonight, my wife Sheena—the mother of my two boys, and the future First Lady of Missouri—was robbed at gunpoint not far from our home.  —  She is safe—but shaken.  We are grateful for the men and women of law enforcement.  Their response was swift and skilled, and we thank God for their presence tonight.

Rush: If done right, a gigantic infrastructure stimulus could be popular and an economic boon  —  Via the Blaze.  If you're surprised by this, you need to go back to what he said in September about Ivanka Trump's maternity leave plan. … We've spent 35 years having the “big government versus small government” fight.

New pro-Trump group takes form, with Kellyanne Conway possibly at the helm  —  Senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said in an interview Monday that she is considering leading a group being formed that will provide “a surround-sound super structure” to bolster the new administration's political and policy goals.

Why The Mainstream Media Can't Hold Trump Accountable  —  Since Donald Trump's election, the mainstream media have been by turns hysterical and condescending.  Whether it's Trump's rebuke of the cast of “Hamilton or his phone call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, the press seems …