Mon Jan 9, 2017 AT 11:39 AM EST
The Senate Judiciary Committee will start a two-day hearing beginningJan. 10 to consider the nomination of President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. As Senate Republicans prepare for this as well as the confirmation process of the first half dozen nominees for Trump’s Cabinet in hearings scheduled for Jan. 11, Democrats are coordinating efforts to stall the process, reports the Washington Examiner.
- Politico: Conway Accuses Meryl Streep of ‘Inciting People’s Worst Instincts’
- WashTimes: Jeff Sessions Shunned, Slandered by Longtime Senate Democrat Collaborators
- Politico: New Clinton Email Files Detail FBI-State Tussle Over Benghazi Message
- Daily Caller: Tech Founder: Middle America Is Too ‘Violent, Stupid And Racist’ For New Jobs
- Politico: Conservatives Plan $10 Million High Court Ad Campaign
Fri Jan 6, 2017 AT 1:22 PM EST
CNN reports that the dispute between Donald Trump and the US intelligence community over allegations of Russia’s election-related hacking may finally reach a climax behind closed doors on Friday as Trump sits down with James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence along with other agency heads.
- The Hill: Conway: Trump Plan for Mexico to Pay for Wall Hasn’t Changed
- Daily Caller: FBI Claims DNC ‘Inhibited’ Its Investigation of Stolen Emails
- Politico: Trump Restores Power of Israeli Ambassador
- WashExaminer: NAACP Protest of Sessions ‘a Fundraising Gimmick’
- WashTimes: IRS Prioritized Obamacare Over Taxpayer Customer Service, IG Report Says
Thu Jan 5, 2017 AT 12:00 PM EST
Trump is weighing slimming down the Office of the Director of National Security (ODNI) and cutting CIA staff in Washington in favor of placing more personnel overseas, reports The Wall Street Journal.
- Independent: Declassified Intelligence Report On Russian Hacking to Be Made Available to Public
- WashTimes: Obamacare Cracks Show As 13 Dems Say They Could Vote To Reform Health Law
- Reuters: Massachusetts Sheriff Offers Prison Inmates to Build Trump’s Wall
- The Hill: Gingrich on Chicago Torture Video: ‘We Are Right on the Edge of a Terrible Period’
- Politico: Trump Labor Meeting Worries Progressives
