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Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him — (CNN)Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump …
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These Reports Allege Trump Has Deep Ties To Russia — A dossier, compiled by a person who has claimed to be a former British intelligence official, allege Russia has compromising information on Trump. The allegations are unverified, and the report contains errors.
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
John McCain passes dossier alleging secret Trump-Russia contacts to FBI — Senator John McCain passed documents to the FBI director, James Comey, last month alleging secret contacts between the Trump campaign and Moscow and that Russian intelligence had personally compromising material on the president-elect himself.
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About that Explosive Trump Story: Take a Deep Breath — This afternoon, CNN reported that President Barack Obama and President-Elect Donald Trump had been briefed by the intelligence community on the existence of a cache of memos alleging communication between the Trump campaign and Russian officials …
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Michael Cohen: ‘It Is Fake News Meant to Malign Mr. Trump’ — Donald Trump and his lawyer on Tuesday night denied allegations in an explosive, unverified dossier that describes a purported Russian operation to compromise Trump. — Trump tweeted that the document, which was referred …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Yikes: Intel chiefs told Trump Russia claims to have compromising personal and financial information on him; Update: CNN video added; Update: Memos leaked to BuzzFeed — Quite a bombshell from Jake Tapper and CNN. It suuuure is interesting that this is dropping the night …
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Intelligence chiefs briefed Trump and Obama on unconfirmed claims Russia has compromising information on president-elect — A classified report delivered to President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump last week included a section summarizing allegations that Russian intelligence services …
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Laura Mills / Wall Street Journal:
Russia Says It Has No Compromising Material on Trump — Russia denied it has compromising material on Donald Trump, calling a dossier of unverified allegations an “absolute fabrication” and an attempt to damage U.S.-Russian relations.
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Brendan Kirby / LifeZette:
Fake News: BuzzFeed Runs ‘Unverifiable’ Trump-Russia Claims
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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Read the letter Coretta Scott King wrote opposing Sessions's 1986 federal nomination — The widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. urged Congress to block the 1986 nomination of Jeff Sessions for federal judge, saying that allowing him to join the federal bench would …
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BuzzFeed:
Letter Written By MLK's Widow That Blasted Jeff Sessions Is Missing
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Where Sessions broke with Trump
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New York Times:
Trump Pushes Republicans for Immediate Repeal of Obama Health Law — President-elect Donald J. Trump pressed Republicans on Tuesday to move forward with the immediate repeal of the Affordable Care Act and to replace it very quickly thereafter, saying, “We have to get to business.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
In a new interview, Trump reveals he has no idea what's going on with Obamacare
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
The GOP Dream Of O'care Repeal Now Hinges On Coming Up With Replacement
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama's farewell message on democracy: ‘Show up. Dive in. Stay at it.’ — Not long ago, President Obama had expected to use his farewell address to the nation to celebrate his administration's achievements before handing them off to a Democratic successor.
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President Obama's Farewell Address: Full Video and Text
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
President Obama's farewell speech transcript, annotated
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
What to watch for at Tillerson's confirmation hearing — Rex Tillerson enters his secretary of state confirmation hearing Wednesday as Donald Trump's highest profile pick to face GOP resistance, giving the former ExxonMobil CEO little leeway for missteps if he wants to win quick confirmation.
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Buzzfeed's Trump report takes ‘fake news’ to a new level — MORE FROM: — So the website BuzzFeed decided to publish a series of memos that have been floating around for months alleging all kinds of terrible things about Donald Trump. — Some of those terrible allegations have to do with efforts …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Dark Magic of Kellyanne Conway — If you happened to watch CNN on Friday morning, you saw a brutal exchange about Russian hacking between a righteous anchor with steam coming out of his ears and a right-wing operative with ice in her veins. — “Chris Cuomo bulldozes Kellyanne Conway …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
CBC: 'We may just have to kick somebody's ass' over painting removal — A spat between black lawmakers and Republicans over a painting on display in the Capitol got uglier Tuesday after multiple GOP lawmakers removed the painting for the second time in a week — and the chairman …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Will Trump Avoid a Constitutional Crisis? — In 1785, when Benjamin Franklin, then the U.S. Ambassador to France, was set to return home, King Louis XVI presented him with a snuffbox decorated with a diamond-encrusted painting of the king. While gift-giving of this sort was common in European diplomacy …
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Trump's Lawyer Says Untrue Tweets Were Hyperbolic, Gets Libel Suit Thrown Out — One of Donald Trump's lawyers just successfully got a libel lawsuit against the president-elect thrown out of court. And you're never going to believe how he did it. The lawyer successfully argued …
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New York Times:
Dylann Roof Is Sentenced to Death in Charleston Church Massacre — CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann S. Roof, the impenitent and inscrutable white supremacist who killed nine African-American churchgoers in a brazenly racial assault almost 19 months ago, shocking the world over the persistence …
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CNN:
Dylann Roof jury: Death penalty for Charleston church shooter
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
Jury sentences Dylann Roof to death for Charleston church slayings
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. says Trump asked him to lead commission on ‘vaccine safety’ — President-elect Donald Trump asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a proponent of a widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism, to chair a new commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, Kennedy said Tuesday.
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David M Jackson / USA Today:
Trump asks vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. to lead study on vaccine safety
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