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Russia would prove a golden opportunity for criminals looking to cash in on a black market. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Beltway Confidential

Putin’s war on tobacco would be a gift to terrorists

Guy Bentley · January 11, 2017 10:42 pm

The chief of the Office of Government Ethics on Wednesday lambasted President-elect Trump's newly announced conflicts of interest plan as "meaningless." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Government ethics chief calls Trump’s conflicts of interest plan ‘meaningless’

Anna Giaritelli · January 11, 2017 10:36 pm

Yes, Donald Trump is going to be the president in nine days. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

I think the election broke Politico’s Playbook

Becket Adams · January 11, 2017 10:31 pm

The Anti-Defamation League is criticizing President-elect Trump for referencing Nazi Germany to make a political point. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Anti-Defamation League: Trump’s Nazi comment ‘diminishes the horror of the Holocaust’

Anna Giaritelli · January 11, 2017 10:27 pm

Mylan CEO Heather Bresch reflected Wednesday on what she learned from months of public outrage over her company's dramatic price increase for the EpiPen allergy shot. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

What Mylan’s CEO learned from the EpiPen outrage

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 11, 2017 10:26 pm

Liberal political advocacy group Common Cause is starting a fundraising campaign to stop the confirmation of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as the next U.S. attorney general. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Common Cause fundraises to block Sessions’ confirmation

Ryan Lovelace · January 11, 2017 10:17 pm

Reporters hit Trump for blowing off CNN reporter

Eddie Scarry · January 11, 2017 10:11 pm

Secretary of state-designate Rex Tillerson also said the border crisis could be mitigated by providing foreign aid to Central American countries. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Tillerson: Trump’s border policies ‘are yet to be developed’

Joel Gehrke · January 11, 2017 9:40 pm

Democrats push to tax ‘excessive’ employee pay

Pete Kasperowicz · January 11, 2017 9:35 pm

BuzzFeed began selling "failing pile of garbage" merchandise just hours after President-elect Trump dissed the news and entertainment website. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

BuzzFeed selling ‘failing pile of garbage’ products after Trump diss

Caitlin Yilek · January 11, 2017 9:31 pm

"I have had no unclassified briefings because I've not received my clearance yet," said Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson. (Graeme Jennings/

National Security

Tillerson avoids tying Trump’s hands on Russia

Joel Gehrke · January 11, 2017 9:08 pm

Ivanka Trump said she will take the time to settle her three young children in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ivanka: ‘I will take a formal leave of absence from the Trump Organization’

Alex Pappas · January 11, 2017 8:46 pm