The Ghassulian Star, discovered in Jordanian cave in 1930s, is briefly taken from East Jerusalem museum to be displayed at Israel Antiquities Authority headquarters across town

The president-elect is seemingly walking back his stances — including now saying he will solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — and his comments are dutifully reported, though it’s not clear if they truly represent a new dawn

University of Oklahoma student temporarily suspended over ‘violent, racist’ chat; police investigating threat against Muslim student in Michigan

Outsized influence of battleground states raises ‘the question of how democratic our system is,’ says one expert

Rolling back one of the policy centerpieces of Obama’s term could isolate the US, alienate international allies, and play into the Iranians’ hands

President-elect deliberates with advisers over how many nights a week he’ll have to spend in Washington

VentureBeat: While Silicon Valley was obsessing over a possible startup bubble, it didn’t realize it was actually living a different kind of bubble: the political one

Burning flags in the street is not going to win friends or influence people to join your ‘community of the good’