Lawmakers are back in Washington, D.C. following the Thanksgiving weekend. Josh Kraushaar is the Executive Editor of the National Journal’s Hotline. Is there any new word of solving the fiscal cliff?

Courts are divided over searches of cellphones. Hanni Fakhoury is a criminal lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco.

Syndicated talk show host Michael Medved writes in the latest Daily Beast edition — The Unanswered Question: What About Clinton-Era Spending Rates?