Josh Earnest says daily White House press briefings are symbolically and practically important. At the same time, he says the press corps shouldn't just "protect traditions for tradition sake."
Jeff Mason, president of the White House Correspondents Association, says "we haven't had as much contact as we would like" with the Trump team, but explains why he is optimistic.
1 in 5,000 calls to a bank is a fraudster trying to steal your password or pin. During the holidays, that threat is even greater. CNNMoney's Vanessa Yurkevich talks to two big banks about how they're protecting you.
Evacuations of thousands of civilians and rebels from Syria's eastern Aleppo were to resume under a new complex people-swap deal, but the plan appeared in peril after a number of buses were set on fire.
Christopher Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax, says that biased coverage of Donald Trump has many Americans seeking alternative sources. He describes how his company is seeking to capitalize.
Whether in Poland or the United States, press freedom is vital to everyone, not just journalists. Brian Stelter urges viewers to resist government efforts to de-value and de-legitimize the press.
Rick Stengel says Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded media efforts are "one of the weapons in the arsenal" of the government to "combat disinformation" from Russia and elsewhere.
