Wed Jan 11, 2017 AT 11:36 AM EST
Incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus attacked as “offensive crap” and “garbage” a newly reported document alleging that Russians might have had compromising information on President-elect Donald Trump. “[It’s] offensive crap that we shouldn’t even be talking about,” Priebus said Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” program, reports The Washington Times.
- The Hill: Trump’s Press Conference: 5 Things to Watch For
- Independent: Donald Trump Stories in Explosive Document Were Invented by 4chan, Users Claim
- WashExaminer: Tillerson Testimony: Says Obama Gave ‘Green Light’ to Moscow
- Politico: Ukrainian Efforts to Sabotage Trump Backfire
- NBC: Army Leaker Chelsea Manning on Obama’s ‘Short List’ for Commutation
Tue Jan 10, 2017 AT 11:41 AM EST
As his confirmation hearings open Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, faces major efforts to discredit him as being a racist; they are as diverse as NAACP protests and an unprecedented, historic move planned by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), to testify against his colleague. And yet, as Townhall reports, the day before Sessions’ first confirmation hearing, a group of black religious leaders from the Frederick Douglass Foundation and Family Research Council’s Watchmen on the Wall arrived on Capitol Hill to proclaim support for him.
- Politico: Giuliani: Dems Opposing Sessions Are ‘Intellectually Dishonest’
- WashExaminer: How Protesters Plan to Wreck Donald Trump’s Inauguration
- Politico: McCain, Graham to Unveil Bipartisan Russia Sanctions Bill
- Daily Caller: FBI Warned Clinton Emails Were Vulnerable To ‘Foreign Government Espionage’ In 2015
- WashPost: A Convicted Killer Became the First US Inmate to Get State-Funded Gender-Reassignment Surgery
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
