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Trump to inherit more than 100 court vacancies, plans to reshape judiciary; Four Cabinet nominations that could blow up in Donald Trump’s face; Transition adviser's tweets add intrigue to Trump aide Jason Miller's sudden resignation; Could Trump help unleash nuclear catastrophe with a single tweet?; A mother's Craigslist plea brings her kids a Christmas they'll never forget; Trump repeating some behaviors he criticized in Clinton; The electoral college is the worst of both worlds. It's time for it to go.; Vladimir Putin may have done us a big favor; The Latest: Turkey wants more air support from coalition; A new Trump adviser introduces new — and unaccountable — conflicts; George Michael dies at 53; the singer passed away ‘peacefully at home,’ rep says; The Arctic is showing stunning winter warmth, and these scientists think they know why; Pope Francis is waging a war on Christmas. Christians should join him.; They served an abusive regime. The U.N. made them peacekeepers anyway.; A new urgency to protect survivors of childhood cancer; She was raised in dozens of foster homes. Can she keep her own son out of the system?   Most popular right now   Most Read Trump to inherit more than 100 court vacancies, plans to reshape judiciary Obama to leave office with nearly double the number of federal court vacancies Bush left. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more » Four Cabinet nominations that could blow up in Donald Trump’s face It would only take a handful of GOP turncoats to torpedo some controversial nods. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Transition adviser's tweets add intrigue to Trump aide Jason Miller's sudden resignation A.J. Delgado calls Jason Miller, who quit suddenly on Saturday, "baby-daddy" By Lenny Bernstein  •  Read more »   Could Trump help unleash nuclear catastrophe with a single tweet? Arms control experts say Trump's nuclear Tweet tells us something alarming about his temperament. By Greg Sargent  •  Opinions  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A mother's Craigslist plea brings her kids a Christmas they'll never forget Rocker Eddie Vedder sent $10,000; hundreds of people also who donated cash and gifts. By Michael S. Rosenwald  •  Read more »   Trump repeating some behaviors he criticized in Clinton Donald Trump spent the past two years attacking rival Hillary Clinton as crooked, corrupt, and weak. By Lisa Lerer | AP  •  Read more »   The electoral college is the worst of both worlds. It's time for it to go. We should complete our evolution toward democracy and elect our presidents directly. By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  Opinions  •  Read more »   Vladimir Putin may have done us a big favor The Russian leader showed us how dangerous the Internet can be. By Robert J. Samuelson  •  Opinions  •  Read more »   The Latest: Turkey wants more air support from coalition The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): By Associated Press  •  Read more » Also Popular in Politics   Trump's pick for attorney general is shadowed by race and history Sen. Jeff Sessions is a conservative stalwart and a lightning rod for civil rights activists. By Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more » •   Donald Trump plans to shut down his charitable foundation, which has been under scrutiny for months •   Jerusalem’s status won’t be as easy to settle as other real estate deals. Here’s why. •   Trump tweets praise of Putin for attack on Clinton •   Mar-a-Lago remains a top destination for charities despite concerns about Trump Also Popular in Opinions   North Carolina flushes away its chance to do the right thing The GOP-dominated legislature punts in a special session to repeal the state's notorious bathroom law. 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