Watching Donald Trump’s news conference reaffirmed my view the president-elect is a showman without precedent or parallel in American political history.

2016 was an unusual and emotional election year. However, a presidential election should not be what defines how we as Americans connect. We have faced greater years of turmoil, starting with our fight for independence, through world wars, a Great Depression, and 9/11. Through it all, our resiliency is seen across generations. We are strong, and our nation will move forward because of our core values.

In his first live press conference since July, and first since becoming the president-elect, Donald Trump has confirmed to the public that the same Trump we got on the campaign trail will be the same Trump we see as president -- at least in the way that he interacts with the media.

After playing a historic role in the 2016 US presidential election by publishing the Clinton campaign's internal emails, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has gone on a media blitz that started with a press conference Monday and a Reddit AMA interview Tuesday.

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Confirmation hearings continued Wednesday, January 11, for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks. On deck Wednesday was arguably Trump's most controversial pick, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. The media's focus has been on Tillerson's ties to Russia after an election in which U.S. intelligence agencies say Vladimir Putin tried to influence the results.

This week, Congress began hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. Some prospective Trump appointees have drawn criticism due to either the individual’s potential business-related conflicts of interest or personal history.

On January 5, the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. heard oral argument in the case, Level the Playing Field, et. al. v. FEC. Level the Playing Field filed a lawsuit challenging the nonprofit status of the Commission on Presidential Debates on the basis that it is not nonpartisan nor does it use "objective criteria" to determine entry into presidential debates.

The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the nation's largest marijuana policy organization, released a statement Tuesday, January 10, regarding U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions' remarks on prohibition enforcement during his confirmation hearing before the Senate. Sessions is President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general, the lead law enforcement official in the Executive Branch.

In recent years, Americans' perception of US foreign policy has shifted, with 51 percent of people indicating that Asian countries are more important to US relations abroad than European Union nations. As the most populated country in Asia and the second-largest economy in the world, China plays an extremely critical role in US foreign policy.

Probablemente has escuchado acerca de los “Dreamers”, jóvenes sin un estatus legal migratorio que, gracias a una orden ejecutiva realizada por el Presidente Obama, pudieron salir de las sombras y pasar a formar parte de los estudiantes y de la fuerza laboral de Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, su sueño se podría convertir pronto en una pesadilla.