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President-elect Donald Trump promised during his campaign to "drain the swamp" of Washington. And he is right that many Americans believe their capital to be inundated with lobbyists, campaign contributors and influence peddlers. But to reform Washington, Trump will have to address conflicts of interest that are already apparent in his transition team. Unless these problems are fixed, his administration will have little credibility in ethics by the time he reaches the White House -- and that will mean reform of the rest of Washington will be very difficult.

The last time I saw Miguel he gave me a copy of the US Constitution as a gift.

Three buildings bearing the name "Trump Place" took their signs down in New York City's Upper West Side after renters petitioned. The buildings are no longer owned by the Trump Organization.

On his final state tour as President of the United States, Barack Obama will visit the Acropolis, the ancient Greek monument known as the "cradle of democracy".

Donald Trump's turbulent transition already suggests that the instinctive off-the-cuff leadership style that powered his outsider campaign is a prototype of the impromptu approach he will adopt from inside the Oval Office.

Rudy Giuliani has a long record of defending and advocating for undocumented immigrants as mayor of New York City, a CNN KFile review of his public statements as mayor reveals.

Twitter has suspended the accounts of a number of people associated with the alt-right movement who advocate white nationalism and who supported President-elect Donald Trump.

Women sick of receiving unsolicited advice can now call a "mansplaining" hotline to report their condescending male colleagues.

The big news of the week has been President-elect Donald Trump's transition team. The new administration has to fill thousands of jobs, which is no small feat. While the President-elect is looking to allies and advisers to make top picks for his Cabinet, we decided to look to pop culture to put together the best fictional cabinet books, TV and movies have to offer.

Anthony Bourdain reveals his unusual but very real fear of all things Swiss.

According to Carrie Fisher there was a reason she and Harrison Ford had such chemistry in "Star Wars."

A Tennessee corrections official is out of a job after he made several inflammatory Facebook posts, including one where he said the "the KKK is more American" than President Obama and another where he hoped the First Family was hanged.

In 2015, there were 1.13 billion people living with high blood pressure worldwide, with the majority of them in low and middle-income countries.

Juan Pedro, reportedly the world's heaviest living man, has left his bed for the first time in years in order to seek treatment.

Whether it's a bonus, an inheritance, or an unexpected gift from your long-lost aunt, $1,000 can go a long way toward helping you achieve some of your financial goals.

America and Canada are the world's largest trade partners -- even larger than U.S. and China.

Americans are still signing up for Obamacare, despite President-elect Trump's promise to repeal it soon after he takes office.

Prince's companies NPG Records and NPG Music Publishing say the Jay Z multimedia company, Roc Nation, is streaming dozens of Prince songs through the Tidal music service even though it has the rights to only one of his albums.

Alaa Basatneh is Muslim and has been wearing a headscarf for the past 12 years. But these days when she goes outside, she switches to a hat.