RNC dismisses suggestions that its Christmas message heralded Donald Trump as a 'new King' - CNN cnn.it/2i5GBMB

Statement: Trump appoints Thomas Bossert as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism breakingnews.com/t/BhRF

Trump appoints Trump Organization VP Jason Greenblatt as special representative for international negotiations breakingnews.com/t/BhRF

Japanese Prime Minister Abe, President Obama lay wreaths at Pearl Harbor memorial - AFP bit.ly/2huwiVq

Reports: NYPD, FDNY responding to Trump Tower in New York City amid reports of evacuation - Celeste Katz Marston bit.ly/2huwaFz

NYPD: All clear at Trump Tower following the earlier suspicious package in lobby - J. Peter Donald bit.ly/2huCcFW

Japanese PM Abe at Pearl Harbor: 'I offer my sincere and everlasting condolences to the souls who lost their lives here' - Jordan Fabian

US Secretary of State John Kerry: US voted 'in accordance with our values' at UN Security Council breakingnews.com/t/SuR

Massachusetts lawmakers vote to delay opening of recreational marijuana stores by 6 months - Boston Globe bit.ly/2hp8xJp

Israeli prime minister's office denounces 'skewed' Kerry speech, says it 'obsessively' focused on settlements - AP bit.ly/2ieRImG

Sec of State Kerry: US allies 'won't be swayed or intimidated by a tweet' from President-elect Trump - NBC News nbcnews.to/2ieDwKr

Israel attorney general Mendelbilt orders criminal investigation of Prime Minister Netanyahu - Channel 10 - x.com/news10/status/…

Obama creates new national monuments in a sacred tribal site in SE Utah and in the Nevada desert - Washington Post wapo.st/2iFIkLW

Sen. John McCain says he has 'concerns' about Rex Tillerson nomination for Secretary of State - Reuters reut.rs/2hth52g

US responds to election hacking with sanctions against Russian intel services, ejects 35 operatives - New York Times nyti.ms/2htqfvj

Kremlin: US sanctions harm diplomatic relations; Russian retaliation to US measures will be 'adequate' - Reuters reut.rs/2iJSACK

Senators McCain, Graham: New new sanctions are 'long overdue,' vow to push for stronger measures - John McCain bit.ly/2iJYF2d

Trump on new Russian sanctions: Time for US 'to move on to bigger and better things'; will meet with intelligence officials next week

US President Obama to meet with lawmakers Wednesday in bid to shield Affordable Care Act from dismantling - Politico politi.co/2hCsWjo

Trump: Hacking of US Democrats could have been 'somebody else' other than Russia; 'I know things that other people don't know' - Reuters