Senate to act this week on Obamacare repeal, McConnell says  —  The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.

ABC Enrages NFL Viewers With Anti-Trump ‘Black-ish’ Promo  —  The liberal ABC-Disney Television Network generated outrage during its televised coverage of the Houston Texans' victory over the Oakland Raiders Saturday night in the Wild Card round of the AFC Playoffs, but it had nothing to do with the football.

Ft. Lauderdale Shooting — Video of First Shots Fired  —  The Ft. Lauderdale Airport shooter walked casually through baggage claim before suddenly pulling his gun out and wreaking havoc.  —  TMZ has obtained video of the shooting ... we are only showing the seconds leading up to the first shots fired and the panic that ensued.

Globe gobbledygook memo ominous sign  —  Like Chipotle, the Cleveland Browns and the Democratic Party, the bust-out Boston Globe is trying to “reinvent” itself.  —  In a memo to his decimated staff this week, editor Brian McGrory says the Globe will no longer be the “paper of record” (as if it ever was).

“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli Suspended From Twitter After Harassing A Teen Vogue Writer  —  This is journalist Lauren Duca.  —  Last month, Duca had a massive viral hit when she penned a Teen Vogue opinion piece that argued Donald Trump had conned the American public.

Hillary Clinton Receives Ovation at ‘The Color Purple’  —  Hillary Clinton, who has kept a relatively low public profile since losing the presidential election two months ago, on Sunday showed up at the final performance of a revival of “The Color Purple” on Broadway.

Reince Priebus: 'There's No Reason' To Do Background Checks On Trump's Cabinet Picks  —  Reince Priebus, chief of staff to Donald Trump, argued on Sunday that there was “no reason” to complete background checks on the president-elect's cabinet appointments.  —  The Office of Government Ethics warned …

Tapper Grills Conway: If WikiLeaks Didn't Influence the Election, Why Did Trump Invoke Them So Much?  —  CNN's Jake Tapper had Kellyanne Conway on State of the Union, where he asked the Donald Trump adviser about the President-elect's response to the intelligence that Russia meddled with the 2016 election

From Istanbul to Moscow, cold snap wreaks havoc across Europe (PHOTOS)  —  Bone-freezing cold, heavy snowstorms, and floods have been plaguing the European continent this week, causing power outages, traffic jams, cancelled flights, and even a stream of plastic eggs with toys washing up on a German island.

Pro-Trump Californians hope his victory can fuel a GOP revival in the Golden State  —  Candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd during an April rally at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)  —  Hundreds of Donald Trump's California supporters gathered Saturday …

Obama: I didn't underestimate the threats from Vladimir Putin  —  President Obama said in an interview that he did not misjudge the potential threats of Vladimir Putin, despite the U.S. intelligence report that the Russian president personally ordered an “influence campaign” to meddle in the U.S. presidential elections.

A Secret Glimpse at Life Inside a Bureaucracy  —  More than two years ago, I shared a couple of humorous images showing the languorous lifestyle of lazy bureaucrats.  —  While those images were amusing, they didn't really capture the true nature of bureaucracy.

White Hot Rage of the Left [With Pedagogical Comment by John]  —  I've been reading a lot of Roger Scruton's work lately (long article to come), and was struck by one of his typically acute summary statements about today's academic left in Fools, Frauds, and Firebrands, which is that …

Red states mull higher taxes  —  Legislators in some of the nation's most conservative states are considering new ways to boost revenue — including tax increases — after years of deep cuts and a global commodity bust that has robbed them of billions of anticipated dollars.

UK prime minister: Trump's comments about groping women ‘unacceptable’  —  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday criticized President-elect Donald Trump  —  for the lewd comments he was heard making about women in a 2005 tape that surfaced last year.  —  “I think that's unacceptable,” May said in an interview with Sky News.

Someone is trying to take down the Drudge Report — and it's a mystery who's behind it  —  The Drudge Report, the highly trafficked conservative news website, has been knocked offline for extended periods of time over the course of the last two weeks, succumbing to large distributed denial of service attacks …

Celebrities give Obama emotional farewell in video  —  Celebrities, activists and others gave an emotional goodbye to President Obama in a new video by the White House titled “Yes We Can: Your Most Memorable Moments from the Obama Presidency.”  —  The video features figures including Leonardo DiCaprio …