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National forecast for Christmas Day Adam Klotz has your FoxCast.

Hoping for a White Christmas? National forecast for Monday, December 24 Snow is in the forecast for only a few spots across the country; Adam Klotz has your FoxCast.

Judge Andrew Napolitano: America at Christmas time What if Christmas is a core value of belief in a personal God who lived among us and His freely given promise of eternal salvation that no believer should reject or apologize for?

Trump should consider withdrawing from Iraq as well as Syria Trump should consider withdrawing the 5,000 US troops in Iraq as well as the 2,000 in Syria.

New York Times under fire for running uncorroborated story about President Trump's medical exemption during Vietnam War The article claims a New York podiatrist helped Donald Trump avoid military service by diagnosing him with bone spurs in 1968 as a 'favor' to avoid the draft; analysis from Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz.

Stuart Varney: Elon Musk deserves some credit not a huge helping of scorn I'm Stuart Varney and this is "My Take." Elon Musk doesn't give a hoot about what people think of him or say about him. He took a lot of heat for smoking marijuana on camera. He was ridiculed for his wild, middle of the night tweets. Lots of name calling because of his behavior. I think its time for a re-evaluation. I think its time to look at the man's achievements, rather than his public image.

Beto O’Rourke eyeing White House after losing Senate race If you’re discussing politics this holiday season, there’s a good chance the name of Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, will come up.

Farrakhan awash in federal dollars, anti-Semitic hate notwithstanding What does an anti-Semite have to do to get ostracized around here?

Charlie Kirk's biggest winners and losers of 2018 Turning Point USA founder and author of 'Campus Battlefield' makes his picks.

Why Mars mania will reach an all-time high in 2019 Among the celebrities in our solar system, Mars is by far the undisputed superstar – the Tom Hanks of planets.

After Mattis, Trump needs a very different kind of defense secretary James Mattis was an outstanding combat commander, but the president needs a strong advocate for his policies to be the next defense secretary.

Col. David Hunt: Maj. Golsteyn deserves a presidential pardon on an unjust murder charge President Trump should pardon Army Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, who has been unjustly charged with murder in the killing of a Taliban bombmaker in Afghanistan.

Fox News Breaking News Alert President Trump in Iraq for surprise visit with troops 12/26/18 11:23 AM

The government wants to double the charge and extend it to all shops in England, to cut plastic use. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2QTPNs4

France's Vinci is to buy 50.01% of the UK's second-busiest airport for £2.9bn. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2EOBpdu

A research group says Britain's black and ethnic minority staff are paid less than white counterparts. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2EKL9pj

The Dow Jones is up by nearly 5% and the technology-focused Nasdaq rises by nearly 6%. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2GFJ8gt

Chinese state sometimes acts in a "malign way", Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is reported as saying. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2V851Zj

Analysts say footfall has dropped for the third year, although London appears to have bucked the trend. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2EMk7ys

Workers at Healthcare Environmental Services are summoned to meetings at its North Lanarkshire depot. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2SnpyqS

The alert level of Anak Krakatau is now up to the second highest possible after several eruptions. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2ESuO1Z

One conservation group warns that the move shows "a troubling disregard for international rule". from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Lxrs5u

Kids love the mess and parents love the prices - but can slime keep selling? from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2QRJdCK

High tech gadgets to give your morning the jump start it needs Give your morning the jump start it needs with these high tech refreshing drink machines including the Drinkpod Countertop Cold and Hot Water Cooler, Nespresso Essenza Mini, Hamilton Beach Professional All-Metal Drink Mixer and the Jura E8 Fully Automatic Espresso Machine.

Facebook tops the list of least-trusted tech companies Last week, the latest in a long string of Facebook privacy scandals came to light: According to a report in The New York Times, the company skirted its own privacy rules to give more than 150 companies, including Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify, special privileges to its users' data.

Morgan Wright: State actors such as Russia and China are the biggest threat to our cyber security, not everyday hackers Senior fellow at the Center for Digital Government weighs in on the uptick of cyber security hacks in 2018.

Facebook’s lonely conservative takes on a power position After more than a year of research and discussion, Facebook Inc. FB -0.71% late this summer shelved a project called “Common Ground” that tried to encourage users with different political beliefs to interact in less-hostile ways. One reason: fears the proposed fix could trigger claims of bias against conservatives, according to people familiar with the decision.

Amazon quietly developing a plan to fight back against President Trump in the new year, insiders say Company hoping to be less dependent on USPS in the future as its mega-deal is targeted by the president; Gillian Turner reports.

New iPad Mini 5, 10-Inch iPad for 2019, report says Apple hasn't updated the iPad mini since 2015, when it first released the fourth-generation model, so it stands to reason the Cupertino tech giant will probably give its smallest tablet a refresh soon.

An explosive device wounded a police officer and a civilian when it detonated outside a church in central Athens early on Thursday, police and state media said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2AkZwgO

Indonesia on Thursday raised the alert level for the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano to the second-highest, and ordered all flights to steer clear, days after it triggered a tsunami that killed at least 430 people. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2TcFqwl

Germany would strongly oppose any move to station new medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe if a key Cold War-era arms control treaty is scrapped, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told DPA. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EMvJkq

Ten people suspected of planning imminent suicide attacks in the New Delhi region will appear in court in the capital on Thursday, India's federal counter-terrorism agency said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2rUBAMC

President Donald Trump made a surprise Christmas visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday, his first trip to a conflict zone nearly two years into his presidency and days after announcing a pullout of American troops from neighboring Syria. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EQQFYj

(This December 1 story is refiled to fix typographical errors in paragraphs 16 and 22.) from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2CCbBA5

Iraqi political and militia leaders condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday as a violation of Iraq's sovereignty, and lawmakers said a meeting between Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was canceled due to a disagreement over venue. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EP276B

A Chinese court will try a Canadian citizen on drugs charges on Saturday, a government-run news portal said, in a case that could further test already difficult relations between Beijing and Ottawa. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GRjkOu