Incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn claimed in a speech this year that most education in the Middle East takes place in Islamic religious schools called madrasas and that those schools are "hate factories."
The chances that enough electors will vote to change the outcome of the presidential election are slim, but some Hillary Clinton supporters hope there could be an electoral surprise.
Debates about Russia's involvement in the 2016 election -- and ongoing alleged hacking -- have become politicized and are putting the American people at risk, according to one counterintelligence expert.
President of The Lafayette Company and GOP strategist Ellen Carmichael said Republicans' efforts to reach out to minority voters and impoverished Americans can at times be frustrating but that she sees reasons for optimism in her party's rising stars who "really get it."
A Donald Trump supporter and former member of Congress is in Russia this week, as questions about the President-elect's policies toward Moscow roil his transition.
President-elect Donald Trump is not planning to divest from his businesses but will also not be involved with his companies when he enters the White House, the Wall Street Journal's Monica Langley told CNN's Anderson Cooper Thursday night.
Donald Trump's pick for senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council once suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin should hack former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's emails.
A US official familiar with the US intelligence assessment of the Russia election-related hacking said the understanding is that the operation was carried out with sophisticated hacking tools, the equivalent of those used by the US National Security Agency.
Ivanka Trump, President-elect Donald Trump's daughter, has been calling members of Congress about child care legislation, a transition source told CNN.
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Commerce secretary defended 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney's comments describing 47% of Americans as "dependent upon the government" and "victims" as "accurate."
Some scientists and academics are embarking on a frenzied mission to archive reams of scientific data on climate change, energized by a concern that a Trump administration could seek to wipe government websites of hard-earned research.
President-elect Donald Trump's push for greater ties to Russia will help in key administration priorities in the region, starting with ending the civil war in Syria, a transition advisor told Middle East diplomats on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama has granted a record number of clemency petitions during his time in office, but do not expect to see blanket pardons "en masse" for undocumented immigrants or nonviolent drug offenders before Donald Trump takes office next month, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Thursday.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-California, who is heading up the House probe on Russia's efforts to interfere with the US election, called the decision by the Intelligence Community -- which is run by appointees of President Barack Obama -- to delay a briefing for his panel on the issue "unacceptable."
