A.M. Headlines

(CBS News): "Obama lights the national Christmas tree"

(CBS News): "Washington welcomes release of detained American"

(Huffington Post): ""Third Way op-ed writer says Elizabeth Warren's backing of Social Security plan was the 'final moment'"

(New York Times): "New York’s junior senator, doggedly refusing to play the part"

(Charlie Cook): "Can Democrats recover from the Obamacare catastrophe?"