In Transition: In a break with 37 years of US diplomatic policy, President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the telephone yesterday with the president of Taiwan. The US cut off formal relations with the island of Taiwan when it formally recognized …

Black Lives: Protests broke out in Charlotte, NC, last night after the local prosecutor chose to bring no charges against the police officer who shot and killed Keith Scott in September.  Police said Scott was holding a gun, although that …

Business Matters: Donald Trump announced via Twitter this morning that he is separating himself from his businesses to run the country. “Hence, legal documents are being crafted which take me completely out of business operations. The Presidency is a far …

Crash: Seventy-six people died overnight in the crash of a charter plane outside Medellin, Colombia that was carrying a Brazilian soccer team, its staff, and journalists following the team. Five or six people were reported to have survived the crash. …

Yes, He Said It: Donald Trump yesterday questioned the legitimacy of the election tweeting, “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” He …

Adiós Fidel: Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was cremated yesterday at the beginning of nine days of official mourning. His ashes will be taken on a grand farewell tour of the country before he is buried at Santiago de Cuba, …

Rum and Coca Cola: Fidel Castro is dead at age 90. The lawyer whose small band of jungle revolutionaries toppled the corrupt government of Cuba and established a communist government that has annoyed and sometimes threatened the United States, ruled …

Ree-count:  The Green Party and its defeated presidential candidate Jill Stein say they have raised $3.5 million to force recounts of the Nov. 8 election results in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, three states where Donald Trump won, but barely. Stein …

The Family Feud: It’s Thanksgiving. Television news and late night comedians have put out national security alerts about how to avoid family arguments at the dinner table. The only thing really worth arguing about is how and when to make …

In Transition: Breaking with his campaign threat and the chant of supporters who said “Lock her up!” Donald Trump said he will not push for further investigations of his former opponent. Trump told a meeting of reporters and editors at …