By Aaron Blake – The Washington Post.
The big, overarching reason that President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t want to accept the conclusions of the intelligence community about Russia’s alleged hacking is pretty simple: It would call into question whether he would … Read more »
By Ed O’Keefe and Sean Sullivan – The Washington Post.
A top ethics official has warned that plans to confirm Donald Trump’s top Cabinet choices before background examinations are complete are unprecedented and have overwhelmed government investigators responsible for the … Read more »
By Aaron Blake – The Washington Post.
Report on Russian hacking released after Trump briefing
The U.S. intelligence community released an unclassified report on Russia’s alleged effort to influence the 2016 election on Friday afternoon, shortly after briefing a skeptical … Read more »
By Fareed Zakaria – The New York Times.
Put his campaign rhetoric, tweets and appointments all together, and we’re getting a sense of U.S. foreign policy under Donald Trump. The president-elect has consistently signaled that he wants to be accommodating … Read more »
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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition staff has issued a blanket edict requiring politically appointed ambassadors to leave their overseas posts by Inauguration Day, according to several American diplomats
Editorial Board – The New York Times.
What plausible reason could Donald Trump have for trying so hard to discredit America’s intelligence agencies and their finding that Russia interfered in the presidential election? Maybe he just can’t stand anyone thinking … Read more »
By Paul Krugman – The New York Times.
On Thursday, at a rough estimate, 75,000 Americans were laid off or fired by their employers. Some of those workers will find good new jobs, but many will end up earning less,
By Ellen Nakashima and Karoun Demirjian – The Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/top-us-cyber-officials-russia-poses-a-major-threat-to-the-countrys-infrastructure-and-networks/2017/01/05/36a60b42-d34c-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_hacking-10am:homepage/story&utm_term=.b2fb6c4b258c… Read more »
By Aaron Blake – The Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/05/republicans-are-about-to-feel-obamas-pain-on-obamacare-and-he-knows-it/?utm_term=.21dfacc6f53f… Read more »
By Frank Bruni – The New York Times.
Donald Trump rightly reprimanded House Republicans on Tuesday for their move to disembowel the Office of Congressional Ethics, but let’s not be duped or dumb. This was like a crackhead dad fuming … Read more »
