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Details: Written by STEVE PEOPLES, TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press ; Published: 26 November 2016

Kathleen "KT" McFarland is seen at her home in New York, March 6, 2006. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Fox News analyst McFarland to serve as deputy national security adviser. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Fox news analyst named deputy national security advisor

Details: Written by MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, PETER ORSI, Associated Press ; Published: 26 November 2016

Cuba's leader Fidel Castro exhales cigar smoke during an interview at the presidential palace in Havana, Cuba March 1985. Castro has died at age 90. President Raul Castro said on state television that his older brother died late Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)

A towering cold war figure the Cuban dictator was adored and reviled

Details: Written by By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press; Published: 23 November 2016

Airport worker Raquel Brito, left, speaks at a news conference at O'Hare International Airport Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in Chicago. Organizers of a Nov. 29 nationwide day of protests by hourly workers say a planned strike at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, is only a part of their push for a $15 hourly wage and union rights. The Service Employees International Union Local 1 said Monday that hundreds of workers will strike that day at O'Hare, one of the nation's busiest airports. (Mitch Dudek/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Along with O’Hare workers, thousands of fast-food workers plan to walk off their jobs Nov. 29

Details: Written by LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press; Published: 22 November 2016

Onlookers watch as President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with a security guard as he leaves the New York Times building following a meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

President-elect Trump told a top advisor that he doesn't want to further investigate Hillary Clinton

Details: Written by U.S. Department of Education; Published: 22 November 2016

U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. sent a letter today urging state leaders to end the use of corporal punishment in schools

Details: Written by LISA LERER, Associated Press; Published: 21 November 2016

Rep Keith Ellison

Howard Dean, Rep Keith Ellison, Thomas Perez among those in running for national chair

Details: Written by KYLE POTTER, AMY FORLITI, Associated Press; Published: 20 November 2016

A memorial including a photo of Philando Castile adorns the gate to the governor's residence where protesters continue to demonstrate in St. Paul, Minn., against the July 6 shooting death of Castile by St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn. Prosecutors announced Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, that Yanez has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Officer charged with second-degree manslaughter

Details: Written by DAVID KLEPPER, ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press; Published: 19 November 2016

Donald Trump

Students accused Trump of fraud over $35,000 a year programs at "phony university"

Details: Written by MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer; Published: 19 November 2016

Image made from a video provided by Hamilton LLC, actor Brandon Victor Dixon who plays Aaron Burr, the nation’s third vice president, in "Hamilton" speaks from the stage after the curtain call in New York, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. Vice President-elect Mike Pence is the latest celebrity to attend the Broadway hit "Hamilton," but the first to get a sharp message from a cast member from the stage. (Hamilton LLC via AP)

The vice-president elect was met with cheers and boos when he attended the Broadway hit show

Details: Written by NANCY BENAC, Associated Press; Published: 19 November 2016

Shadows of people standing behind Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on a large U.S. flag, viewed from backstage in Lynden, Wash., Saturday, May 7, 2016. In 2016, Americans are split over immigration, the changes wrought by globalization, the treatment of minorities and the threat of terrorism. But partisanship, long rising, has veered beyond policy disagreement. Now, roughly half of Democrats and Republicans tell pollsters they fear those in the other party. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Nothing in Trump's choices will calm fears on immigrants. Muslims and civil rights

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