Zero Hedge | With the market certain the Fed will hike at 2pm today, there is little room for surprise.

Wall Street Journal | Thousands of civilians are still in the besieged rebel-held parts of the Syrian city.

RT | New Yorkers were taken aback by the sight of a large military plane circling the Manhattan skyline on Tuesday. There has been no official explanation of what the plane was doing.

American Mirror | The animosity towards the mainstream media was palpable in West Allis, Wisconsin on Tuesday as Donald Trump detailed the economic contraction under Presidents Obama and Clinton.

The Hill | President-elect Donald Trump early Wednesday announced plans to nominate former Texas Gov. Rick Perry as Energy secretary.

Christmas carols, food, images of Santa Claus should also be avoided so as not to offend Muslims.

Paul Joseph Watson | Christmas carols, food, images of Santa Claus should also be avoided so as not to offend Muslims.

Breitbart | A MILO event at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee on Tuesday night was interrupted by a small group of communist student protesters.

The Hill | The CEO of IBM announced on the eve of a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump that the company plans to hire 25,000 “new collar” employees.

ITV News | A 20-year-old British man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for attempting to grab a gun at a Trump rally in an alleged bid to kill the president-elect.

Sputnik | The suspension of a military operation in Raqqa by a United States-led international coalition was designed to help militants relocate to Palmyra.

RT | RT’s Murad Gazdiev looks into how MSM lies and misinformation.

Craig Murray | Obama has waged a vicious War on Whistleblowers, the details of which are insufficiently known to the public.

Information Liberation | German police say they “don’t yet know” why Christian statues are being destroyed all over the countryside of North Rhine-Westphalia.