Ivanka Trump Accosted by Passenger on JetBlue Flight (PHOTO + UPDATE)  —  Ivanka Trump — Accosted by Passenger on JetBlue Flight  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Ivanka Trump just had a bumpy start to her Xmas holiday ... an out-of-control passenger on her flight began verbally berating her and “jeering” at her 3 kids.

Jewish family leaves Lancaster County in fear after being blamed for cancellation of Hempfield elementary Christmas play  —  A Hempfield elementary school is under fire for ending its longstanding production of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol,” and a Jewish family has fled the county …

Exclusive: Sen. Corker's Height, Business Dealings Hurt His Secretary Of State Chances  —  Republican Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker was reportedly a contender to become President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state, but internal documents provided by a Trump confidant reveal …

Trump team asked State Department for info on women's issues programs, sparking fears of another witch hunt  —  The Trump transition team instructed the State Department to turn over all information Wednesday about “gender-related staffing, programming, and funding,” setting off alarm bells among …

As Democrats ponder their future, Joe Biden makes a plea for a focus on the middle class  —  Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign rally in Virginia on the eve of the November election.  After his speech, Biden remarked backstage on the lack of apparent enthusiasm for the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.

USA TODAY poll: There's a clear Democratic front-runner for 2020  —  WASHINGTON — On the theory that it's never too early to launch the next campaign, the new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll has identified an overwhelming front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

The attorney general could have ordered FBI Director James Comey not to send his bombshell letter on Clinton emails.  Here's why she didn't.  —  Twelve days before the presidential election, FBI Director James B. Comey dispatched a senior aide to deliver a startling message to the Justice Department.

Trump Inauguration Panic: Mark Burnett Throws ‘Hail Mary’ Staff Shake-Up (Exclusive)  —  “Trump is very unhappy,” a person with knowledge of the situation tells TheWrap  —  Donald Trump is so displeased with his team's inability to lock in A-list talent for his inauguration events next month …

I goofed earlier, so to clarify, draining the swamp is in, Donald J. Trump is going to do it, and the alligators should be worried.  #DTS

Carter is only former president to RSVP for Trump's inauguration  —  One month out, Jimmy Carter is the only former president to RSVP to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, while Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are putting off their decision until the new year.

Kellyanne's Brutal Response to Whether She'll Have Time to Be Special Counselor  —  Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway did not immediately accept a role in his administration because she needed time to consider whether she could both serve the president and care for her family.

Putin urges Russian nuclear weapons boost  —  Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for the country to reinforce its military nuclear potential and praised the army's performance in its Syria campaign.  —  In a speech that recapped military activities in 2016 …

Reid: DNC was ‘worthless’ under Wasserman Schultz  —  Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid  —  tore into the Democratic National Committee (DNC), calling it a “worthless” organization that doesn't do enough to help state parties.  —  “I believe one of the failures of Democratic Party …

Trump Vineyard Seeks More Foreign Workers  —  The Virginia wine producer is the latest Trump family business to seek foreign guest workers for US jobs.  —  Eric Trump and his father, Donald Trump  —  Mark Wilson / Getty Images  —  As Donald Trump prepares to assume the presidency …

Obama to Dismantle Visitor Registry Before Trump Can Revive It  —  The Obama administration is dismantling a dormant national registry program for visitors from countries with active terrorist groups — a program that President-elect Donald J. Trump has suggested he is considering resurrecting.

What it takes to get a meeting with Trump  —  Carl Paladino, the upstate New York developer and local political gadfly, was interested in catching up with Donald Trump in early December, so he rang up the president-elect's private security guard.  The next day, on Dec. 5 …

Democrats' long road back to hope and change  —  Progressive road rage is getting in the way of Democratic leaders pulling themselves out of the ditch.  Despite six years of historic political setbacks, there is little self-reflection from a party that seemed to be on the verge of becoming a permanent majority just eight years ago.

The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is Building an Algorithmic Model From its Employees' Brains  —  Bridgewater wants day-to-day management—hiring, firing, decision-making—to be guided by software that doles out instructions  —  Deep inside Bridgewater Associates LP, the world's largest hedge-fund firm …

Why the white working class votes against itself  —  Why did all those Economically Anxious™ Trump voters reject policies that would have helped relieve their economic anxiety?  —  Maybe they believed any Big Government expansions would disproportionately go to the “wrong” kinds of people — that is, people unlike themselves.

U.S. government begins asking foreign travelers about social media  —  NEW YORK — The U.S. government quietly began requesting that select foreign visitors provide their Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts upon arriving in the country, a move designed to spot potential terrorist threats …