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Even POTUS can't help but lose it at his own jokes.

At a CNN town hall, Sen. Bernie Sanders said that the GOP's strategy for President Obama was obstruction, but Democrats will work with President-elect Trump on any reasonable plan he proposes.

They disembarked not two-by-two, but one-by-one.

Fort Lauderdale airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago made his first court appearance Monday, during which Judge Alicia O. Valle advised him he would face three charges: performing an act of violence against a person at an airport serving international civil aviation that caused serious bodily injury; using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence; and causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm. Two of the charges carry a maximum sentence of death. Valle appointed Santiago a lawyer and set his next court date for January 17.

"There is the sense for some that it's rather like having a horse and cart when you could have a Ferrari," says Chris Black, punching a few more numbers into one of his jukeboxes.

Donald Trump is embarking on the most crucial week of his transition into the presidency -- and, as usual, he's at the epicenter of multiple controversies.

Evelyn Turner says she still has nightmares about what happened in this small Alabama city more than three decades ago. And it involves President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Jeff Sessions.

Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said Monday that he will resign from all of his professional roles in order to become senior adviser to the president.

Marissa Mayer will step down from Yahoo's board of directors if its sale to Verizon goes through, according to a company filing on Monday.

North Korea says it could launch an intercontinental ballistic missile "at any time," even as Pyongyang appeared to offer Donald Trump an avenue for future talks.

Cleveland Cavaliers star J.R. Smith spoke directly to his fans via video on Saturday to share some "very important news."

Senate Republican leaders, under growing criticism for not having their own alternative to Obamacare, are actively exploring moving more quickly to replace key elements of the law earlier in the year.

In 1997, an Alabama judge said the state's attorney general's office, then headed by Sen. Jeff Sessions, was one of the worst cases of prosecutorial misconduct he'd ever seen. CNN's Drew Griffin reports.

Condoleezza Rice, who served as secretary of state to former President George W. Bush, endorsed former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions Monday to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top Cabinet posts will be in the spotlight this week as the Senate holds a frenzy of confirmation hearings.

The State Department on Monday formally apologized for what it describes as decades of discrimination against LGBT employees and job applicants, a rare statement meant to right wrongs that preceded current Secretary of State John Kerry.

Bank of America is being accused of stiffing the FDIC, the government agency that insures people's deposits against a bank failure.

The White House lambasted Senate Republicans Monday for allowing confirmation hearings to proceed on some of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees before their government ethics vetting is complete.

Dylann Roof's federal trial is nearing its final chapter.

In my view, the media spends too much time treating politics like a baseball game, a personality contest or a soap opera. We need to focus less on polls, fundraisers, gaffes and who's running for president in four years, and more on the very serious problems facing the American people -- problems which get relatively little discussion. I hope that's what our town meeting on CNN tonight will accomplish.