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Washington Post: Donald Trump’s big press conference transcript

President-elect Donald J. Trump held a news conference on Jan. 11, his first since the November election. He was introduced by his incoming press …
Washington Post

RFE/RL: Former Georgian ruling party on verge of split

Just three months after failing to regain power in Georgia’s parliamentary elections, the opposition United National Movement (ENM) is on the verge of …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Trump’s pick to be top diplomat breaks with him in key ways

WASHINGTON – Rex Tillerson’s foreign policy doesn’t sound a lot like Donald Trump’s. At his confirmation hearing on Jan. 11, the former Exxon Mobil …
Associated Press

New York Times: How a sensational, unverified dossier became a crisis for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON – Seven months ago, a respected former British spy named Christopher Steele won a contract to build a file on Donald J. Trump’s ties to …
New York Times

Financial Times: Dollar retreats after Trump press conference

The dollar gave back early gains against its main rivals and US stocks saw volatile trading as participants appeared somewhat disappointed at a lack …
Financial Times

Associated Press: Lowest temperatures in decades in parts of Eastern Europe

BUCHAREST, Romania – Authorities dug out stranded residents as heavy snow blanketed Eastern Europe on Jan. 11 and people struggled with travel delays, …
Associated Press

Politico: Key moments from Tillerson’s confirmation hearing

Rex Tillerson’s secretary of state confirmation hearing has gotten off to a rocky start, with Florida Republican Marco Rubio declaring some of his …
POLITICO

Washington Post: Fact-checking President-elect Trump’s news conference

President-elect Donald Trump finally held a news conference, but as is typical, he often made claims that have been repeatedly debunked or …
Washington Post

New York Times: 10 key moments and more from Trump’s news conference

President-elect Donald J. Trump made an important concession about Russia. He criticized American intelligence officials. He sparred with reporters …
New York Times

New York Times: Trump says ‘I think it was Russia’ that hacked the Democrats

President-elect Trump conceded for the first time that Russia was behind the hacking of Democrats during the presidential election, saying at a news …
New York Times

Reuters: Former MI-6 spy known to US agencies is author of reports on Trump in Russia

Christopher Steele, who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, is a …
Reuters

New York Times: In rocky hearing, Rex Tillerson tries to separate from Trump

WASHINGTON – Rex W. Tillerson on Jan. 11 told a Senate committee weighing his nomination as secretary of state that he would push back hard against …
New York Times

The Guardian: What is in the Trump-Russia dossier John McCain passed to the FBI?

What does the dossier which John McCain passed to FBI chief James Comey say? It says Vladimir Putin’s Russia has been “cultivating, supporting and …
The Guardian

EurActiv: Former Eastern EU leaders warn Trump on Russia

Seventeen leaders of EU member states, among which only Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is still in office, wrote to President-elect Donald …
EurActiv.com

New York Times: Tillerson says American leadership must be asserted, not merely renewed

The hearing on Rex W. Tillerson’s nomination as secretary of state is underway on Capitol Hill. Mr. Tillerson, the longtime chief executive of Exxon …
New York Times

Associated Press: Trump blasts intel agencies over report on Russia ties

NEW YORK – Hours before his first news conference as president-elect, Donald Trump on Jan. 11 blasted U.S. intelligence agencies, blaming them for …
Associated Press

CNN: US sends troops to Germany, message to Putin

Four thousand US soldiers have arrived in Germany as part of permanent troop rotations to Europe that the Pentagon said are meant to send a clear …
CNN

The Time: Donald Trump’s many, many business dealings in one map

As he prepares for his inauguration on Jan. 20, Donald Trump faces an unprecedented ethical quagmire, according to government watchdogs. The …
The Time
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