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President-elect Trump said his opponents are out to get him by focusing on Russia's hacking of top Democrats' emails prior to his election victory in November. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump accuses opponents of ‘political witch hunt’ over Russian hacking

Kyle Feldscher · January 6, 2017 4:36 pm

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said the engine of a B-52 bomber "disintegrated" mid-flight over North Dakota. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

National Security

Air Force secretary: B-52 engine ‘disintegrated’

Jacqueline Klimas · January 6, 2017 4:30 pm

Kentucky Lieutenant Gov. Jenean Hampton will meet with President-elect Trump on Friday, following his highly anticipated intelligence briefing on Russia's election-related cyberactivity. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

National Security

Trump to meet with Kentucky lieutenant governor after intel briefing

Gabby Morrongiello · January 6, 2017 4:25 pm

WATCH LIVE: President Obama talks Obamacare in his final interview in the White House

Washington Examiner Staff · January 6, 2017 4:21 pm

Noonan said the Inauguration Day will be unusual and that reporters and media executives will have to capture the mood fairly. (Screenshot)

Peggy Noonan to media: Don’t make inauguration coverage ‘another scandal’

Eddie Scarry · January 6, 2017 4:20 pm

Democrats still mourning the outcome of last month's election have added a new step to their grieving process: leveling charges of racism against those who support the constitutional method of electing the president. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)

Beltway Confidential

Will Democrats conduct Electoral College theater today — again?

Timothy P. Carney · January 6, 2017 4:14 pm

A top Democrat in the House criticized Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, over a report on a leaked memo from California prosecutors recommending legal action against Mnuchin's bank for breaking foreclosure laws. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Top House Democrat seizes on leaked prosecutor’s memo about Mnuchin bank

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2017 3:52 pm

Bonjean (right) will serve as a communications adviser focused on defending Trump's appointments against Dem attacks. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Trump team taps GOP consultant Bonjean for confirmation fight

Sarah Bedford · January 6, 2017 3:44 pm

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker complained that FBI and national intelligence officials "were told not to come" to his classified hearing on Thursday regarding cyberattacks and the harassment of U.S. diplomats.

National Security

Senators complain that Obama team is leaking intel while withholding info from Congress

Joel Gehrke · January 6, 2017 3:38 pm

President Obama wrote in an op-ed that Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare is "simply put, irresponsible — and could slowly bleed the health care system that we all depend on." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama calls repeal of healthcare law ‘irresponsible’

Robert King · January 6, 2017 3:37 pm

Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders on Friday said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is "unfit" to be the next attorney general. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

Sharpton: Sessions a ‘nightmare’ attorney general candidate

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2017 3:25 pm

Trump said he fully expects the Islamic State to attack the Vatican, and said it's just a matter of "when." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Washington Secrets

Hello? Trump still answering his cellphone, callers not screened

Paul Bedard · January 6, 2017 3:14 pm