Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, has been Trump's only defense secretary and will leave in February. The move came just a day after Trump announced a military pullout from Syria, a move Mattis objected to. Sources say more Pentagon officials could be planning to resign. In a resignation letter, Mattis said he would leave so Trump could have someone in the job who more closely agreed with him. He also threw a jab at the president for not being 'clear-eyed' about 'malign actors' like China and Russia. http://clc.am/VYtpCg

Terrifying moment father-of-two, 40, is tragically killed after being hit by a stray bullet at a Christmas party with family, home in Miami last Saturday 😱 http://clc.am/l3q7zg

US high school wrestler has his dreadlocks forcibly CUT OFF before a match on the orders of a white 'racist' referee who was previously body slammed for hurling the N-word in an argument over homemade wine 🙈

Thousands march to presidential palace in Hungary in fresh protests against new 'slave law' that nearly doubles how much overtime employees can work http://clc.am/ZBllDg

Clearly Gatwick Airport didn’t have an effective system – which seems astonishing. And as a result, upwards of 110,000 passengers were forced to sleep on airport floors.

Authorities made a three-pronged effort to bring the drone down, as Gatwick said it was confident the 'military measures' in place would keep passengers safe

'There is nothing I can do': Trump blames Dems for shutdown which leaves 800,000 government workers without pay and federal services suspended in dispute over $5BILLION border wall fund http://clc.am/tTia5w

What is THAT? Alien sea creature's mass of tentacles baffles locals after washing up on an Australian beach #wtf? #wow

Donald Trump has blasted the government shutdown which began at midnight as a 'Democrat shutdown'.

Robber caught on NANNY CAM brutally attacking a New Jersey woman in front of her terrified three-year-old loses his appeal against his life sentence http://clc.am/NX8UOA

Heavy rain and strong winds disrupt pre-holiday travel plans with 300 flight cancellations and 5,000 delays across the US

Christmas in HELL: From makeshift trees to Santa's gifts to the troops... colourised photos reveal how US soldiers made the most of festivities during WWII #wow http://clc.am/_TWddA 🎄

omg! #guns

Definitely New York & California Legal! 🤣 #guns

#guns and #fools!!! Don’t be this guy, there is nothing funny about a ND! 😂

Model-aircraft loving double glazing fitter, 47, and his wife, 54, are released and are no loner suspects over Gatwick chaos as police find damaged drone and airport offers$70,000 reward

More than 220 dead as tsunami strikes Indonesia: Giant wave wipes out pop concert killing two band members as hundreds are injured and villages destroyed after Krakatoa volcano erupts