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Buzzfeed Editor-in-chief Ben Smith defends the decision to publish an unconfirmed memo regarding President-elect Donald Trump.

Protesters are planning to flood Washington on January 20 and 21 to take a stand on President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The protesters hope to send a strong message to the world that they oppose this commander-in-chief. They want to make it clear that Trump does not have a mandate to take America in a new direction and that he doesn't represent the values of the nation.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) discusses the details of the healthcare plan he hopes will replace Obamacare.

CNN's Gary Tuchman reports on the scandal that shocked Bishop Eddie Long's megachurch.

Sen. Rand Paul praised Georgia Rep. John Lewis Sunday as a civil rights icon, but said he's not "immune" to criticism from political opponents.

Lindsey Vonn has to settle for 13th place on her return to the World Cup circuit Sunday as young Austrian Christine Scheyer scored a shock victory in the downhill at Altenmarkt-Zauchense.

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Speaking on CBS' "60 Minutes," President Obama urged others not to underestimate President-elect Trump.

With a federal election looming in Germany, Facebook is beginning to attach warning labels to made-up stories seen by German users of the web site.

Alec Baldwin returns to "Saturday Night Live" to parody President-elect Trump's recent press conference.

Coming up this week: Trump inauguration; Time for Davos; Wilbur Ross confirmation

It's a dangerous set-up that the Central Plains of the US knows all too well, as they find themselves in the middle of cold, Arctic air blowing down from Canada and much warmer, humid air streaming in from the Gulf of Mexico.

A mosque was badly burned outside Seattle early Saturday, and police believe the fire was intentionally set.

Nearly 100 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants wrecked in the waters between Libya and Italy, the International Organization for Migration said Saturday.

Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Saturday to open a Palestinian embassy in Vatican City.

President-elect Donald Trump's victory, as well as the emergence of far-right populist parties in Europe, "have put the postwar human rights system at risk," according to Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights Watch lists Donald Trump and a rising wave of global populist leaders as a "profound threat to human rights" in their 2017 World Report.

President-elect Donald Trump harshly responded to civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis on Saturday, calling him "all talk" and "no action" after Lewis said Trump was not a "legitimate" president.

A high-school student's painting that evoked a national controversy earlier this week will be taken down after it was officially deemed to violate the House Office Building Commission's rules, according to a congressman who objected to the artwork.