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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Former ambassador to Russia: Putin wanted ‘revenge’ against Clinton — Russia interfered in the U.S. elections to get revenge against Hillary Clinton — , a former U.S. ambassador to the Kremlin said Sunday. — Michael McFaul, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014 …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Donald Trump Ties C.I.A. Reports on Russian Meddling to Democrats' Shame — WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that he did not believe American intelligence assessments that Russia had intervened to help his candidacy …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump vs. Congress on Russian hacking — Influential senators from both parties amplified calls for an independent investigation of Russian meddling in the U.S. election, setting up a clash with President-elect Donald Trump over U.S. policy toward Russia and potentially his pick for secretary of state.
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
TRUMP: I'm a ‘smart person,’ don't need intelligence briefings every single day — President-elect Donald Trump brushed off concerns that he's not participating in the traditional daily intelligence and national security briefings that presidents hold every day.
Fox News:
Trump: Claims of Russian interference in 2016 race ‘ridiculous,’ Dems making excuses — President-elect Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with “Fox News Sunday,” decried as “ridiculous” the CIA's reported assessment that Russia intervened in the election to boost his candidacy …
armed-services.senate.gov:
McCain, Graham, Schumer, Reed Joint Statement on Reports That Russia Interfered with the 2016 Election
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Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Priebus denies report RNC was hacked
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
FBI and CIA give differing accounts to lawmakers on Russia's motives in 2016 hacks
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Bipartisan Senate Group Calls for Probe of Russian Hacking in US
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Steve Coll / New Yorker:
Rex Tillerson, from a Corporate Oil Sovereign to the State Department — The news that President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Rex Tillerson, the chairman and chief executive of ExxonMobil, as his Secretary of State is astonishing on many levels.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rand Paul threatens to block Bolton nomination — Sen. Rand Paul is threatening to block President-elect Donald Trump's likely pick of John Bolton as the No. 2 in the State Department. — The Kentucky Republican, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, could stop …
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Rick Perry Said to Be Trump's Top Candidate for Energy Secretary — Democratic Senators Manchin, Heitkamp also under consideration — President-elect met with contenders at Army-Navy game — Donald Trump has narrowed his search for energy secretary to four people …
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Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Christie turned down several jobs in Trump administration, sources say — TRENTON — President-elect Donald Trump offered Gov. Chris Christie numerous positions in his incoming administration, but the New Jersey governor turned them down, two sources with knowledge of Trump's transition efforts told NJ Advance Media.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
McMullin: ‘Trump is not a loyal American’ — Former conservative independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin on Saturday accused President-elect Donald Trump — of not being “a loyal American.” — McMullin, a former CIA operative and House GOP aide, made the comment …
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Fox News:
Exclusive: Donald Trump on Cabinet picks, transition process — This is a rush transcript from “Fox News Sunday,” December 11, 2016. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. — CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: I'm Chris Wallace. — Today, the Trump way.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump says ‘nobody really knows’ if climate change is real — President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that “nobody really knows” whether climate change is real and that he is “studying” whether the United States should withdraw from the global warming agreement struck in Paris a year ago.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Biden: Trump ran ‘most vicious’ campaign he's ever seen … said Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump — ran “the most vicious campaign” he has ever seen. — Speaking to Jake Tapper on CNN's “State of the Union,” Biden estimated that only 10 percent of Americans could explain Hillary Clinton
Richard Rainey / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
John Kennedy defeats Foster Campbell for Louisiana's open U.S. Senate seat — Donald Trump thanks supporters and rallys for John Kennedy in Baton Rouge rally — Donald Trump and US Senate candidate John Kennedy wave to supporters during a Get Out the Vote rally Friday, December 9 …
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
Louisiana Republican wins final unsettled U.S. Senate race
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