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Trapped in a bad dream.

We're all doomed. Unless we can figure out how to get the heck off this planet.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper submitted his letter of resignation to the House Select Committee on Intelligence Wednesday night, he said.

Beginning on January 20, President-elect Donald Trump will be accompanied at all times by a military aide carrying the nuclear "football," enabling him to order a nuclear strike at a moment's notice.

Jacqueline Fedida prays she will meet her son before she dies.

The dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy has sold for $4.8 million, breaking its own record as the most expensive personal item of clothing.

Take a look at 31 photos of the week from November 11 through November 17.

I'd long suspected Donald Trump had a great chance at winning, but that still didn't prepare me for seeing him sitting in the White House, as our next president. Not only is Trump very much what I feared him to be, but the people he's surrounding himself with are like a rogue's gallery of Bond villains.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday he had a "very candid discussion" with President-elect Donald Trump, during a brief press availability following their in-person meeting.

When it comes to piloting a plane, I have zero experience.

Geologists say a new survey shows an oilfield in west Texas dwarfs others found so far in the United States -- but the low price of oil means it will be a while before rigs start pumping, a television station reported.

As President-elect Donald Trump considers the current Supreme Court vacancy, Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and other legal giants kicked off a conference bringing together judicial conservatives from all over the country.

On the edge of the Sahara, in southwest Morocco, giant nets catch moisture from the air, turning fog into drinking water.

Volkswagen is cutting 30,000 jobs over the next three years as it tries to boost profits in the wake of a huge emissions scandal.

Try to suspend belief here and imagine if a celebrity, with zero governing experience, could become president.

A surprise decision to give former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos a hero's burial Friday has triggered further protest, according to CNN affiliate CNN Philippines.

Two Chinese astronauts have successfully returned to Earth after 30 days in space.

Megyn Kelly tells CNN's Don Lemon that Fox News is like a family that she loves, with one "weird uncle."

At rallies in the last weeks of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump told his supporters "my plan ends illegal immigration and suspends immigration from terror problem regions" and that "we will stop illegal immigration, deport all criminal aliens... and it will happen within the first week of my presidency."