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Comey diagnoses the dangerous disease in Trumpland Trump's contagious lies infect everyone around him with totalitarian obedience. Check out this story on thecalifornian.com: http://bit.ly/2nFuLyd Is there a link between President Trump's breathtaking allegation that former president Obama wiretapped him in Trump Tower and the Russian plot to sway the American election against Hillary Clinton? Both matters were the subject of long-awaited congressional testimony by FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency chief Admiral Michael Rogers.

Democratic pressure to oppose Trump roils Capitol Hill

In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., questions Defense Secretary-designate James Mattis on Capitol Hill in Washington during Mattis confirmation hearing before the committee. Gillibrand, one of a handful of Senate Democrats seen as potential candidates for president in 2020, has won praise from liberal bloggers for voting against nearly all of President Donald Trump's picks.

Trump’s Pentagon pick: Putin trying to – break’ NATO

Defense Secretary-designate James Mattis listens to questions from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., about his views on women and gays serving in the military, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Defense Secretary-designate James Mattis listens at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017.

Confirmation hearings to give Democrats a platform

In this Nov. 29, 2016 photo, Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is shown while meeting with Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A failed voting fraud prosecution from more than 30 years ago is likely to re-emerge as a contentious issue during Jeff SessionsA' confirmation hearing for attorney general.

Trump’s choices get mixed reviews

Donald Trump's move to pack his administration with military brass is getting mixed reviews, as Congress and others struggle to balance their personal regard for the individuals he's choosing with a broader worry about an increased militarization of American policy. No fewer than three combat-experienced retired Army and Marine leaders, with multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, are on tap for high-level government jobs normally reserved for civilians.

Trumps picks women, including a critic for cabinet

Trump's one-time presidential rival, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, appeared to be next in line for the nod -- reportedly as housing secretary -- after he posted on social media that an announcement was imminent President-elect Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, in Bedminster Township, New Jersey on November 18, 2016. AFP PHOTO The 70-year-old property tycoon also told the Times that he is "seriously, seriously considering" appointing widely respected retired Marine general James Mattis as his defence secretary.

Romney Had – Far-Reaching’ Conversation With Trump, With Marine Corps …

UPDATE : Romney under "active consideration" for secretary of state position, according to The Wall Street Journal . President-elect Donald J. Trump also met with Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of DC's public schools, who would invite a fight with teachers unions should she be selected as education secretary : Trump also met with well-known education activist Michelle Rhee and her husband, Kevin Johnson, mayor of Sacramento; Betsy DeVos, another education activist; and with retired Marine Corps Gen.

Cavendish honors D-Day after Utah Beach Tour de France win

Britain's sprinter Mark Cavendish puts on the overall leader's yellow jersey after the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 188 kilometers with start in Mont-Saint-Michel and finish in Utah Beach,... . Britain's Mark Cavendish, center, sprints towards the finish line ahead of Germany's sprinter Marcel Kittel, right, to win the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 188 kilometers with start in Mont-... .