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Donald Trump owes money to a German bank that’s under federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. The Deutsche Bank is a longtime business partner of the president elect, most recently providing loans to help turn the Old Post Office Pavilion in Washington, D.C., into Trump’s latest luxury hotel. That means when he is sworn in on January 20, Trump’s justice department will be entangled with his biggest lender.

President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion that the United States doesn’t need to be bound by a ‘One China’ policy has Beijing on edge. The  policy was key to the establishment of diplomatic ties between Washington and China in 1979. Observers doubt Trump will depart from that policy. What they do think, however, is that a bigger game is afoot.

The ‘most pro-LGBT’ Republican nominee ever is how supporters refer to President-elect Donald Trump. But Giovanni Guerrero isn’t feeling it. The college student, who is both a member of the LGBT community and Mexican-American, says he feels increasingly vulnerable since the election and is ‘staying in more and more lately.’

‘Lowest point it’s ever been,’ say U.S. officials about Islamic State’s fighting force. Under pressure from airstrikes and forces on the ground, the terror group is believed to have less than half the number of fighters it had at its peak. But here’s why it’s too early to write IS off.

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: Barack Obama is about to complete his second term. The president hasn’t said exactly what he plans to do next, but he can do it in style because he’s in line for a pretty nifty presidential retirement package. Here’s what U.S. presidents get once they leave the Oval Office for good.

Here comes the sun. More than 600 million people in Africa have no access to electricity but a new technology could power up their world again. The price of off-grid solar systems has plummeted to the point where consumers can spread the cost — by renting the equipment and paying for electricity only when they need it, for less than 50 cents a day.