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• 11 times VP Biden was interrupted during Trump's electoral vote certification

  06-01-2017 23:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Vice President Joe Biden presided over a joint session of Congress Friday, where members officially tallied electoral votes from the 2016 presidential election. President-elect Donald Trump's 304 electoral votes weren't counted without incident, however. During the course of the certification, House Democrats tried to object to electoral votes from multiples states, with Biden gaveling them down for failure to follow the rules.
  
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• Factbox: U.S. intel report on Russian cyber attacks in 2016 election

  06-01-2017 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A declassified report by U.S. intelligence agencies said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an effort to help Donald Trump's electoral chances by discrediting Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign. The following quotes are some highlights of the report, which was drafted by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency, and released on Friday: - "Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential
  
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• EPA head's top regret: failing to connect with rural America

  06-01-2017 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Among the millions of rural Americans who voted for incoming president Donald Trump, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's legacy of hard-nosed regulation earned it a reputation as a jobs killer - a fact that outgoing EPA Director Gina McCarthy says could prove to be one of her biggest regrets. "We tried to change the outreach and messaging in rural America in a number of ways, but ... has it changed the rhetoric that people hear? It hasn't," McCa
  
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• Trump downplays Russian meddling in election despite intel report

  06-01-2017 23:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he had a "constructive meeting and conversation" with the country's top intelligence officials who briefed him on alleged Russian election-related hacking.
  
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• Intel report: Russia tried to influence election

  06-01-2017 23:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A report released Friday by the US intelligence community found that Russia tried to influence the outcome of the election by boosting President-elect Donald Trump and harming Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Facebook hires former CNN anchor Campbell Brown for news role

  06-01-2017 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former CNN reporter, anchor and host Campbell Brown is joining Facebook Inc to lead its news partnerships team, an appointment aimed at repairing the online social media company's troubled relationship with the traditional media. Brown announced the move in a post on her Facebook page on Friday. Facebook has come under scrutiny for its role in disseminating what became known as 'fake news' during last year’s U.S. presidential election, which had a negative effect on the businesses of more
  
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• Trump Electoral college win certified despite Democratic objections

  06-01-2017 22:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump was formally certified as the winner of the presidential election Friday, after handful of congressman tried to object during the tally of Electoral College votes, a desperate gambit quickly squashed by Vice President Joe Biden.
  
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• Democrats want strong response to intel report on 2016 election

  06-01-2017 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The top Democrats on the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees said on Friday a report on Russian activity related to the 2016 U.S. election should inspire a strong response to prevent a repeat. "The strength of America's democracy will be measured, in part, on how we respond, and the steps we take to develop a robust and proactive cyber strategy," said Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate panel. Representative Adam Schiff, his counterpart on the House pane
  
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• Obama says Sanders' supporters helped undermine Obamacare

  06-01-2017 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama said on Friday that criticism from the left wing of his own Democratic Party helped feed into the unpopularity of Obamacare, his signature healthcare reform law. Obama has been spending part of his last two weeks in office urging supporters to speak out against plans by Republicans - who will soon control both the White House and Congress - to dismantle the 2010 Affordable Care Act. At a town hall event with Vox Media, Obama acknowledged the politics have been stacked agai
  
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• U.S. intel report says Putin directed cyber campaign aimed at helping Trump

  06-01-2017 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered "an influence campaign" in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election with the goal of undermining the democratic process and denigrating Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, a new, declassified intelligence report said on Friday. "We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump," the report said. "We also assess Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election
  
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• Trump to order anti-hacking plan within 90 days of taking office: statement

  06-01-2017 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump said he had a "constructive" meeting with members of U.S. intelligence agencies on Friday and plans to appoint a team to give him a plan to combat cyber attacks within 90 days of taking office on Jan. 20. "While Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organizations including the Democrat National Committee, there was absolutely no effec
  
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• First days of 2017 bring new 'bathroom bills'

  06-01-2017 21:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the first days of 2017, legislators in five states have introduced so-called "bathroom bills" restricting access to public accommodations.
  
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• Donald Trump’s Statement After Intelligence Briefing on Hacking

  06-01-2017 21:28 via nytimes.com
  The president-elect acknowledged that Russia and other countries were involved in cyberattacks against U.S. targets, including the Democratic National Committee.
  
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• Trump says hacking did not affect U.S. election outcome

  06-01-2017 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that the outcome of the 2016 U.S. election was not affected by cyber attacks after intelligence agencies briefed him on their conclusion that Russia had staged cyber attacks during the campaign. Having hours earlier dismissed the controversy as a "political witch hunt," Republican Trump later issued a statement whose main aim appeared to be to deflect questions about the legitimacy of his Nov. 8 victory over Demo
  
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• ‘It Is Over’: Democrats’ Efforts to Deny Trump Presidency Fail

  06-01-2017 21:15 via nytimes.com
  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. turned back their challenges with a stoic message, pounding his gavel without hesitation. “It is over,” he said.
  
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• Anarchists threaten to disrupt Trump inauguration, police say ready

  06-01-2017 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anarchist groups have threatened to shut down Republican Donald Trump's swearing-in as U.S. president, but police in Washington said on Friday they believe the thousands of security officers assigned to the event will be able to head off any disruption. Dozens of activist groups plan to protest the Jan. 20 inauguration of the New York real estate developer, whose supporters are counting on him to fulfill a host of controversial campaign promises including bu
  
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• Trump Insists Mexico Will Pay for Wall After U.S. Begins the Work

  06-01-2017 20:58 via nytimes.com
  President-elect Donald J. Trump made the comments after Republicans in Congress started discussing ways to include money for the barrier in spending bills.
  
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• Obamas to host one final White House bash

  06-01-2017 20:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Their East Room parties have been known to stretch into the wee hours of the morning, and on Friday, the Obamas plan to wrap up their term in similar fashion, hosting celebrities and friends for a final blowout.
  
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• U.S. Congress certifies Trump's Electoral College victory

  06-01-2017 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Doina Chiacu and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Friday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Republican Donald Trump his victory in the contentious 2016 presidential election after a raucous half-hour joint session punctuated by Democratic challenges. The Republican businessman, whose presidential campaign was his first bid for public office, garnered 304 electoral votes, compared with 227 won by his Democratic challenger, Hillary Clinton, according to the
  
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• Congressman removes Capitol Hill painting depicting police as pigs

  06-01-2017 20:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter took matters into his own hands this week and personally removed a painting depicting police officers as pigs hanging on Capitol Hill.
  
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• Mattis, Trump team clashed over Pentagon appointment

  06-01-2017 20:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Trump transition team clashed with former Gen. James Mattis, the President-elect's choice for secretary of defense, over the transition selecting a secretary of the Army without his input, several sources told CNN.
  
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• Trump orders Obama's political ambassadors out by Inauguration Day

  06-01-2017 19:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has told all ambassadors who are political appointees of President Barack Obama to vacate their overseas posts by Inauguration Day, refusing to provide even brief grace periods for special cases, several senior State Department officials and American diplomats said.
  
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• Ex-Republican Party head Barbour to lobby U.S. for Ukraine

  06-01-2017 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mike Stone and Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Haley Barbour, former Republican Party leader and Mississippi governor, has been hired by the Ukrainian government to lobby U.S. politicians, according to documents filed this week. The hiring of Barbour and his lobbying firm BGR Group comes at a time when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's public embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin has increased worries in Washington that the new administration may side with Russia in the Ukrainian
  
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• White House says it did not leak material used in NBC report

  06-01-2017 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House said on Friday material used in an NBC report about alleged Russian hacking to influence the 2016 U.S. election was not leaked by the White House. President-elect Donald Trump said earlier on Friday that he would ask congressional committees to investigate NBC's receipt of top secret information. "I certainly feel confident in saying that is not material that was leaked to the public by the White House," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters at a daily briefing.
  
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• Trump on Russia hacking allegations: 'This is a political witch hunt'

  06-01-2017 19:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The declassified public version of the Intelligence Community's review of the election-related hacking will be released as soon as Friday afternoon, a US official told CNN.
  
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• Political 'witch hunt'

  06-01-2017 19:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The declassified public version of the Intelligence Community's review of the election-related hacking will be released as soon as Friday afternoon, a US official told CNN.
  
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• Donald Trump on Russia hacking allegations: 'This is a political witch hunt'

  06-01-2017 19:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The declassified public version of the Intelligence Community's review of the election-related hacking will be released as soon as Friday afternoon, a US official told CNN.
  
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• Democrats to challenge Trump's Electoral College victory

  06-01-2017 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Democratic lawmakers planned to challenge President-elect Donald Trump's Electoral College victory on Friday in a largely symbolic move that is unlikely to gain traction in the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress but exposes lingering dismay over a contentious election campaign. The electoral votes were to be opened before a joint session of Congress in what is considered a formality for most presidential elections. While Trump, who is set to take office on Jan. 20, garnered more than the 2
  
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• Republicans face early stumbling blocks on Obamacare repeal

  06-01-2017 18:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Republicans are unanimous in their desire to "repeal and replace" President Barack Obama's signature health care law -- but they are already flirting with not having the 50 votes needed to pass the bill in the Senate.
  
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• Trump calls Russian hacking controversy a 'witch hunt': NYT

  06-01-2017 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump dismissed a controversy over Russian hacking during the 2016 U.S. election campaign as a "political witch hunt," the New York Times reported on Friday before U.S. intelligence agencies were to brief him on the matter. The 12:30 p.m. (1730) briefing coincides with deep tension between U.S. intelligence agencies and Republican Trump, who has disparaged their conclusions that Russia staged cyber attacks to interfere in the election by
  
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• Hospital Confirms Eric Trump Helped Raise $16.3 Million for It

  06-01-2017 18:15 via nytimes.com
  An official at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee said the Eric Trump Foundation had helped raised the money over the past decade.
  
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• Declassified intel report on Russia hacking to be released Friday afternoon

  06-01-2017 18:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The declassified public version of the Intelligence Community's review of the election-related hacking will be released as soon as Friday afternoon, a US official told CNN.
  
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• West African leaders to take 'major decision' on Gambia, Nigeria says

  06-01-2017 17:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  West African leaders will take a "major decision" on the political impasse in Gambia at a meeting in Ghana on Saturday, a spokesman for the Nigerian presidency said on Friday. The West African ECOWAS bloc said last month it would take all necessary steps to uphold the result of a Dec. 1 election in Gambia, where veteran President Yahya Jammeh says he will not step down after losing to Adama Barrow. ECOWAS has placed standby forces on alert in case Jammeh attempts to stay in power after his manda
  
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• Trump calls storm over Russia hacking 'political witchhunt': NYT

  06-01-2017 17:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump called the controversy over Russian hacking during the 2016 presidential campaign a "political witchhunt" on Friday in an interview hours before he was to receive a U.S. intelligence briefing on the topic. "China, relatively recently, hacked 20 million government names,” Trump told the New York Times, referring to the Office of Personnel Management breach in 2014 and 2015. "How come nobody even talks about that? This is a political witch
  
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• Hillary Clinton to speak at State Department event on Tuesday, January 10

  06-01-2017 17:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton will speak at the ceremonial opening of a new exhibition bearing her name next Tuesday at the State Department, Clinton spokesman Nick Merill told CNN Friday.
  
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• Hillary Clinton to speak at State Department event

  06-01-2017 17:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton will speak at the ceremonial opening of a new exhibition bearing her name next Tuesday at the State Department, Clinton spokesman Nick Merill told CNN Friday.
  
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• Obama challenges GOP to spell out Obamacare alternative

  06-01-2017 17:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama challenged Republicans on Friday to spell out their plan for replacing his signature health law, insisting he's open to new ideas, but casting doubt on what his political rivals can muster.
  
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• Woman prosecuted by Sessions calls him racist

  06-01-2017 17:19 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Evelyn Turner says she still has nightmares about what happened in this small Alabama city more than three decades ago. And it involves President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Jeff Sessions.
  
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• Socialist outsider eyes poll-defying win of French presidential ticket

  06-01-2017 16:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - A French socialist outsider who wants to legalize cannabis and give all adults welfare payments of 600 euros a month has jumped into the political spotlight after a poll showed a surge in his support two weeks before a presidential primary. Benoit Hamon, an admirer of U.S. left-winger Bernie Sanders, is currently ranked a distant third by most pollsters in the race to run for president in the name of the Socialist Party. Both still trail former prime minister Manu
  
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• Sen. Tom Cotton: GOP needs an Obamacare alternative before repeal

  06-01-2017 16:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rep. Tom Cotton said Republicans need to have an alternative to Obamacare before repealing President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
  
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• Conway: Stop trying to 'delegitimize' Trump victory

  06-01-2017 16:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway on Friday rejected the intelligence community's assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, saying "conclusive evidence" has not yet been provided to the President-elect.
  
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• Trump's aides say president-elect open to Russian hack info

  06-01-2017 16:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's top aides said he would have an open mind on Friday when he is briefed on what U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded were Russian cyber attacks during the 2016 election campaign, despite rising tensions between the president-elect and the nation's spy agencies. Trump has been dismissive of findings that Russian hackers worked on his behalf and spokesman Sean Spicer told ABC News that Trump has "a healthy skepticism of everything." Spicer and Kellyanne Conway, who will be a cou
  
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• Donald Trump to meet spy chiefs as tension over hacking grows

  06-01-2017 14:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The feud between Donald Trump and the US intelligence community will play out out behind closed doors Friday when the President-elect is given a briefing on allegations of election-related hacking by Russia.
  
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• Woman prosecuted by Jeff Sessions can't forgive

  06-01-2017 13:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Evelyn Turner says she still has nightmares about what happened in this small Alabama city more than three decades ago. And it involves President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Jeff Sessions.
  
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• Michelle Obama delivers her final speech as first lady

  06-01-2017 12:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  After eight years of garden harvests, dance performances, and awards ceremonies, First Lady Michelle Obama delivers her final set of formal remarks at the White House on Friday.
  
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• Democratic leader Schumer emerges as Trump's newest punching bag

  06-01-2017 12:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump, who insulted rivals during his 2016 campaign with nicknames such as "Crooked Hillary" and "Little Marco," has a new nemesis: U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, a man he derides as a "clown." The rhetorical banter that erupted between the two New Yorkers this week centered on a fight over Republican plans to dismantle Obamacare, an effort that Trump has put at the top of his domestic agenda. Just two weeks before he i
  
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• Supreme Court wars escalate

  06-01-2017 12:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court wars escalated this week when Democrats signaled they are ready to fight for the seat they believe should have gone to Merrick Garland, and already the prospect of the nuclear option is being discussed.
  
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• Donald Trump's power broker

  06-01-2017 12:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Chase Manhattan Bank had seen enough.
  
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• Senators flex influence with razor-thin majority

  06-01-2017 12:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Senate's razor-thin balance of power -- 52 Republicans and 48 Democrats -- means that just a few senators can tip the scale on whether a bill passes -- and some lawmakers are already embracing their potential influence.
  
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• Le Pen plan raises franc questions over France's euro debt pile

  06-01-2017 11:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By John Geddie LONDON (Reuters) - Should France ditch the single currency under a president Le Pen, redenominating nearly 2 trillion euros of government bonds in "new francs" could be legally straightforward, but hundreds of billions of corporate debt would be left in limbo. The crux of the issue is that the sovereign debt is subject to French laws that could be changed by the government to prevent a currency switch triggering a default, while a large chunk of the 1 trillion euros ($1.1 trillion
  
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