Masha Gessen writes Autocracy: Rules for Survival:  “Thank you, my friends. Thank you. Thank you. We have lost. We have lost, and this is the last day of my political career, so I will say what must be said. We are standing at the edge of the abyss. Our political…

Wall Street JournalObama Heads Overseas, Where Topic of Trump Will Follow HimNew York TimesWASHINGTON — On his last foreign trip while in office, President Obama will have a lot of explaining to do. For the last year, almost as soon as the reporters left and the doors closed, world leaders …

A Washington insider who could help push Trump’s agenda through Congress and the chair of a far-right website who has been accused of peddling white supremacist rhetoric. Donald Trump has named Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff and Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist and senior …

Middle East EyeTrump adviser Walid Phares signals major US foreign policy changesMiddle East EyeTrump adviser Walid Phares signals major US foreign policy changes … The US House Judiciary Committee in February approved legislation calling on the State Department to designate the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as a foreign terrorist organisation …and …