T-minus 41 days till Inauguration Day.

What we're watching

1. Following the rebel victory in Syria over the Assad regime, President-elect Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin that “this is his time” to start making cease-fire deals with Ukraine.
2. After a few weeks under the radar as other nominees were on the hot seat, Tulsi Gabbard is facing renewed scrutiny over her past sympathies for Assad.
3. Democratic governors got together on Friday and Saturday in Los Angeles to discuss how they plan to “Trump-proof” their states going into the second Trump administration.
4. Trump said on “Meet the Press” that he plans to end birthright citizenship in the United States on day one of his presidency “through executive action,” though he did not go into specific details.