Where does transparency meet irresponsibility? Right at the line that BuzzFeed's editor Ben Smith approached on Wednesday and decided to step over in the name of serving citizens' best interests.
The European Union seems keen for a trade agreement with New Zealand.
There could hardly a worse time for Iran to lose its powerful moderating figure, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has died aged 82.
Jackie Kennedy brought trailblazing style, Hillary Clinton was embroiled in scandal - while Michelle Obama was "Mom-in-chief" - what lies in store for Mrs Trump?
Trump has said it would be "stupid" for the US not to develop a close relationship with Russia, despite claims it tried to influence his election victory.
While the Clinton camp has not commented the New York Times speculated: "Hillary Clinton as New York City mayor?
A young Russian woman has been placed on a sanction list by the White House for supposedly helping Vladimir Putin to interfere in the US election.
comment: In Chinese culture, this will be the year of the rooster. In the culture of political Washington, this will instead be the year of the chicken.
One of the most volatile reality TV stars in history will have a powerful role in President-elect Donald Trump's White House.
A teenager has become an internet hero for dabbing as his dad is sworn into Congress, with Speaker Paul Ryan painfully unaware of what is happening.
As Barack Obama prepares to leave office, his staff has revealed what the President's been like behind the scenes in the White House.
COMMENT: Over a summer beer, someone casually asked me what I wanted for 2017. I just as casually said "world peace."
COMMENT: Much of the setting for 1987 movie The Running Man looks eerily prophetic now that we're here for real.
Seldom has a year started with so much upheaval in prospect.
COMMENT: The night he won the US presidency, Donald Trump gave a speech that was praised for its magnanimity.
A reporter reveals how he investigated President-elect Donald Trump's claims on his donations to charity.
Trump's own staff members have contradicted him on his business plans which remain nonsensical.
"No Drama" Obama has let countless slights, many of them racist and despicable, evaporate. For Trump, however, every day is anchors away.
The Obama administration announced new measures to punish Russia for 2016 election interference including removal of 35 Russian government officials.
John Kerry, the outgoing US secretary of state, has issued a desperate final warning.
US President Barack Obama's comments about Britain's Labour Party has drawn ire across the pond.
COMMENT: Welcome to the return of an independent foreign policy.
Here are five unlikely black swan events that might catch everyone unawares in the coming year.
Sketch show at top of its game amid a bizarre political climate ripe for parody.
Every Christmas season, first ladies have visited sick children at Children's National Medical Centre.
With five of the year's Biggest Pinocchios, President-elect Trump shatters his own record.
COMMENT: It's no lie. The Oxford Dictionary's international word for 2016 is "post-truth".
Will the US collapse the moment Trump takes power in January? There are plenty of indicators the President-elect will change everything.
Donald Trump explicitly declared that he was ready for a new nuclear arms race with Russia and claimed that the United States would win it.
One might expect Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a victory lap after a lucky 2016. But Putin looks more tired than triumphant.
Donald Trump's youngest daughter Tiffany remains a mystery. But Insta snaps aside, her back story is sad and compelling.
Steve Braunias looks back on a year of thinking dangerously.