"Finally, my biggest failure of 2014: Once again not securing the disclosure of the UFO files." - Tweet by outgoing White House adviser John Podesta.


While residents of Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia shivered in bitter cold winds and braced for another snowstorm, President Obama enjoyed a California getaway including a weekend in Palm Springs and golf at two different courses under blue skies in 80-degree weather.


How Your Taxes Are Spent
A little known federal agency, the Federal Transit Authority, is buying 60 electric buses, paying nearly $1 million each, for local transit authorities in six selected states. A diesel bus costs about $300,000.