FBI backs CIA view that Russia intervened to help Trump win election  —  FBI Director James B. Comey and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. have backed a CIA assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election in part to help Donald Trump win the presidency, according to U.S. officials.

US Defense official: Chinese warship stole US underwater drone  —  (CNN)A US oceanographic vessel Thursday had its underwater drone stolen by a Chinese warship literally right in front of the eyes of the American crew, a US defense official told CNN Friday.  —  In the latest encounter …

Read Peter Beinart and you'll vote Donald Trump  —  His reflexive reaction to my involvement in the Trump candidacy lays bare how dangerous the Jewish left is to the State of Israel.  —  The writer serves as the President of American Friends of Bet El.  He is a practicing trial lawyer …

NC legislators wrap up work on controversial bills  —  RALEIGH  —  State legislators wrapped up their work Friday on a pair of controversial bills that would deprive the incoming governor of a substantial part of his power to make appointments, and reshuffle the regulation of lobbyists, ethics complaints and elections.

G.O.P. Plans to Replace Health Care Law With ‘Universal Access’  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans, responding to criticism that repealing the Affordable Care Act would leave millions without health insurance, said on Thursday that their goal in replacing President Obama's health law was to guarantee …

No record of ‘faithless elector’ Chris Suprun as a 9/11 first responder  —  Christopher Suprun portrays himself as a hero, but now his alleged decorated past is coming into question.  Jason Whitely reports. … DALLAS - The Republican elector who has gotten national attention for refusing …

Trump keeps reveling in election win at Pennsylvania rally  —  HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump's barnstorming tour across the states that won him the White House continues to feature far more taunts of triumph than notes of healing after a bruising election.

‘Nobody Is Getting Fooled!’:  Face-Off Between Tucker Carlson, Newsweek Writer Goes Off the Rails  —  Fox News' Tucker Carlson faced off with Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald tonight and it didn't take long for things to blow up.  —  Right off the bat, Carlson made it clear …

White Nationalist Who Yelled ‘Hail Trump!’  Thinking About Congressional Run  —  It's just an idea at this point, but Richard Spencer is “taking it very seriously.”  —  WASHINGTON White nationalist Richard Spencer, riding a post-Trump wave of media fame, is entertaining the idea of running for U.S. Congress.

Here's how Republicans plan to repeal Obamacare within weeks of Trump taking office  —  In the weeks following the presidential election, there's been some debate about whether Republicans would actually go through with repealing Obamacare as opposed to getting cold feet.

Is Donald Trump a Threat to Democracy?  —  Donald J. Trump's election has raised a question that few Americans ever imagined asking: Is our democracy in danger?  With the possible exception of the Civil War, American democracy has never collapsed; indeed, no democracy as rich or as established as America's ever has.

Inmate turns down Obama clemency offer  —  A federal inmate in Texas has declined President Obama's offer for clemency, USA Today reported Friday.  —  Arnold Ray Jones applied for the president's clemency program for low-level drug offenders, and was accepted on August 3.

Our culture of purity celebrates the Virgin Mary.  As a rape victim, that hurts me.  —  This opinion piece is by the Rev. Ruth Everhart, a pastor and the author of two spiritual memoirs.  —  Church culture tends to be fixated on sexual purity year-round, but during Advent, I'm tempted to blame it on the Virgin Mary.