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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Open to Shift on Russia Sanctions, ‘One China’ Policy — President-elect Donald Trump suggested he would be open to lifting sanctions on Russia and wasn't committed to a long-standing agreement with China over Taiwan.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Intelligence Committee will investigate possible Russia-Trump links — Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said late Friday that his committee will investigate possible contacts between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, reversing himself one day after telling reporters …
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump open to removing Russia sanctions — on Friday said he would be open to lifting sanctions on Russia if he feels satisfied by the relations between the two countries. — “If you get along and if Russia is really helping us, why would anybody have sanctions if somebody's doing some really great things?”
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump rips John Lewis: Worry about your ‘crime infested’ district — on Saturday morning returned fire on a top Democrat who said he was not a “legitimate president.” — A day after Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Trump was not legitimate, the president-elect told him to worry about his own district instead.
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Dukakis: Trump needs to apologize to Clinton — Former Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis said in an interview Friday that President-elect Donald Trump — needs to get off Twitter and apologize to Hillary Clinton — “I mean he ought to be ashamed of himself for this kind of stuff …
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The Huffington Post:
Something Happened In A Classified Comey Briefing That Has Democrats Fuming — Dems said they were “disappointed” and “outraged.” — Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats raged against FBI Director James Comey …
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The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz confronted Comey about Russian hacking
Wasserman Schultz confronted Comey about Russian hacking
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Democrats plot their D.C. departures for Trump inauguration — Many prominent Democrats and Republicans who opposed Donald Trump are fleeing Washington for the inauguration, heading far from the capital to plot anti-Trump strategy or simply avoid the pain of witnessing inauguration celebrations.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Fifth Democrat announces boycott of Trump's inauguration
Fifth Democrat announces boycott of Trump's inauguration
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The Independent:
Ex-MI6 agent's frustration as FBI sat on Trump file for months — Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who investigated Donald Trump's alleged Kremlin links, was so worried by what he was discovering that at the end he was working without pay, The Independent has learned.
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Armstrong Williams / The Hill:
Armstrong Williams op-ed: Dems, not Jeff Sessions, have the real race problem — It is an unfortunate truth that Democrats are not the examples of diversity and inclusion as much as they claim. — They portray themselves as the righteous warriors of truth and conviction, and they actually believe this “truth” to be self-evident.
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Page Six:
LuAnn de Lesseps and her new husband ‘gleaming’ on honeymoon — One proposal on dealing with the media that was pitched to President-elect Donald Trump's transition team calls for drug testing the White House press corps. — Trump's attacks on the mainstream media were a cornerstone …
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Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times:
California's bullet train is hurtling toward a multibillion-dollar overrun, a confidential federal report warns — California's bullet train could cost taxpayers 50% more than estimated — as much as $3.6 billion more - according to a confidential federal report obtained by the Los Angeles Times.
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Reuters:
Trump adviser had five calls with Russian envoy on day of sanctions: sources — Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, held five phone calls with Russia's ambassador to Washington on the day the United States retaliated for Moscow's interference …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
First sign of enhanced U.S.-Russia relations under Trump: An invite to Syria talks
First sign of enhanced U.S.-Russia relations under Trump: An invite to Syria talks
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Top Trump aide in frequent contact with Russia's ambassador
Top Trump aide in frequent contact with Russia's ambassador
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Frank MacEachern / Westport Daily Voice:
Cops: Greenwich Republican Insulted Town Worker, Then Pinched Her Groin — GREENWICH, Conn. — A well-known Greenwich Republican called a town worker “nothing but a bloodsucking lazy union employee” and later reached in from behind to place his hand between her legs and pinch her in the groin area …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
The Man Who Became Donald Trump — The code name for the operation was “Royal Water,” English for the Latin-named “Aqua Regia” acid, which is powerful enough to dissolve gold. — That was how the small group of Hillary Clinton aides clued in to the top-secret identity of the man …
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
The Music Donald Trump Can't Hear — One of the pleasures of music-streaming services is that, day after day, they remind you effortlessly of the almost incredible wealth and beauty of American popular music—from the blues and Tin Pan Alley to jazz, R. & B., country, rock and roll, and on to hip hop—and of its strange, snaking unity.
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Toby Keith, 3 Doors Down among acts announced for Trump inauguration concert — Donald Trump's Presidential Inaugural Committee announced more acts for their inauguration festivities on Friday — Toby Keith, 3 Doors Down, Jennifer Holliday and The Piano Guys are among those expected to perform
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James Rogers / Fox News:
YouTube removes influential conservative website's channel — A picture illustration shows a YouTube error logo reflected in a person's eye, in central Bosnian town of Zenica, early June 18, 2014. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic) — The YouTube channel of influential conservative politics …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Modern Language Association files complaint after we report …
Modern Language Association files complaint after we report …
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Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Betsy DeVos omitted $125,000 anti-union political donation from Senate disclosure form — President-elect Donald Trump's transition team acknowledged Friday that Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's pick for education secretary, omitted a $125,000 political donation from disclosures she submitted …
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