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Israel will receive the first of its 50 F-35 Lightning fighter jets as it looks to boost its air superiority in the region. CNN's Ian Lee reports.

Watch Donald Trump get ready to take over the world's biggest job and a central question will likely come to mind: Is he carrying out a strategic plan months in the making, or is he largely winging it?

Defense Secretary Ash Carter made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday, where he will get an update on the push to seize the city of Mosul from ISIS, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement.

President-elect Donald Trump blasted the American intelligence community Sunday, calling its assessment that Russia interfered in the election "ridiculous."

The explosions, one large blast followed by a smaller one, occurred after a football game, CNN Turk reported.

Mary Zophres' official "La La Land" credit might list her as a costume designer, but anyone who's seen the modern-day romantic musical knows that's almost an understatement.

In the 1962 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate," a hostile government uses covert measures and secret agents in an elaborate plot to get its favored candidate elected president of the United States. The scenario seemed fanciful even at the height of the Cold War.

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was appointed prime minister-designate Sunday as the country begins picking up the pieces after a political shock.

Vice President Joe Biden wants a say in the direction of the Democratic Party as it picks up the pieces from a nightmare electoral loss this year -- and isn't willing to fully rule out a bid for the presidency if he thinks issues of economic fairness aren't being voiced.

In 1986, then-Sen. Joe Biden declared he couldn't support Jeff Sessions as a federal judge, determining the US attorney's alleged racist remarks were disqualifying.

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Saturday that Russia is trying to "is trying to break the backs of democracies."

Bryan Cranston revived his famous "Breaking Bad" character Walter White to spoof President-elect Trump's cabinet picks on "Saturday Night Live."

Jennifer Lawrence has long endeared herself to the public by being cool and down-to-earth, what with her fry eating and face planting and all manner of quirky hijinks.

CNN projects Republican John Kennedy has won Saturday's US Senate runoff election in Louisiana.

Joseph Mascolo, the actor who portrayed archvillain Stefano DiMera on the NBC soap opera "Days of Our Lives," died this week at 87 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, the network said.

Army vs. Navy football is one of the greatest rivalries in college sports.

At least 20 people have died, while 15 have sustained injuries, after a car bomb exploded in Somalia on Sunday morning.

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team slammed the CIA Friday, following reports the agency has concluded that Russia intervened in the election to help him win.

A fiery fuel tanker crash in Kenya on Saturday killed at least 33 people and injured many others, according to officials.

At least 29 people, mostly police officers, have been killed and 166 wounded in Saturday's twin bombings in Istanbul, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said in a press conference Sunday.