The Latest: Burr praises intel officers amid hacking dispute

President Barack Obama's chief of staff Denis McDonough will have lunch Friday with President-elect Donald Trump's incoming chief of staff, Reince Priebus. McDonough has invited Priebus to dine at the White House along with former White House chiefs of staff.

Despite claims, Iowa State expert does not run focus groups

A prominent Iowa political scientist who goes by the nickname "Dr. Politics" has routinely made misleading claims suggesting he has gleaned unique political insight from a focus group, when he actually just discusses issues with acquaintances and contacts, The Associated Press has found. Iowa State University professor Steffen Schmidt, who is frequently quoted about the Iowa caucuses and writes guest columns in Iowa's largest newspapers, has written repeatedly about how his focus group astutely informed his views on issues such as Hillary Clinton's emails, the fallout from overseas terrorist attacks and Democrats' struggles.

Clinton: Russian Hacking And James Comey Cost Me The Election

The New York Times reported that Hillary Clinton is still sour about losing to President-elect Donald J. Trump, blaming FBI Director James Comey for informing Congress of reviewing new emails found on the laptop of top aide Huma Abedin and Russia for attacking the country through cyber attacks: Hillary Clinton on Thursday night attributed her defeat to a convergence of two "unprecedented" events: the release of a letter by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, shortly before the election, and what she called an "attack against our country" by the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin.

Obama vows retaliation for suspected Russian hacking

President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America's election process, an accusation the Kremlin has vehemently denied. Amid calls on both sides of the political aisle on Capitol Hill for a full-bore congressional investigation, including assertions President Vladimir Putin was personally involved, Obama said in an interview that anytime a foreign government tries to interfere in U.S. elections, the nation must take action "and we will at a time and place of our own choosing."

The First 100 Days – An Anti-Corruption Agenda

You can view the complete video of the event here . We had a tremendous line up: Congressman Jim Jordan , who is a member of both the Judiciary Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee; Edwin Meese III, former United States Attorney General and Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow Emeritus at The Heritage Foundation; Mark Krikorian, Executive Director for the Center for Immigration Studies; Andrew McCarthy, Senior Fellow for the National Review Institute and former chief assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York; and Ramona Cotca, senior attorney at Judicial Watch.

Trump ‘has case to answer’ on Russian hacking during US election

Donald Trump had people around him who had quite a lot to do with Russia or Ukraine, former British ambassador to Moscow Sir Andrew Wood said It is "almost impossible" that Donald Trump would not have known about Russian hacking during the US presidential election, a former ambassador to Moscow said as Barack Obama vowed that America would respond to the action. The outgoing president said the US would react at a "time and place of our choosing" to the hacking of Democratic officials' emails in the run-up to the election.

US elector demands briefing on Russia election interference

Weeks after Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election to Donald Trump, some of her loyal supporters have not given up hope. Clay Pell, a vocal supporter of the Democrat during her long campaign and one of the 538 members of the Electoral College, said the process has been tarnished by Russian interference.

Dems to use hearings on Trump picks to court working class

Determined to hold around two dozen Senate seats in 2018, Democrats will use the coming series of confirmation hearings to try to distinguish themselves from President-elect Donald Trump's billionaire nominees and convince working-class voters who elected him that he's not on their side. While Democrats have little leverage to stop the Republican's picks in the Senate, they still plan a fight.

The American Election: White Women as Decoys

American punditry and the public intellectual industry, which includes columnists, commentators, are monopolized by White males, whether they be of the Right, Left or Middle. This is unfortunate because no group, whether the brightest and the best, is omniscient and so those who are concerned about the political direction of the country are deprived of points-of-view that might view events differently.

Chicago mayor releases 1000s of emails from private accounts

The city of Chicago released thousands of email messages from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's personal accounts on Wednesday as part of a settlement with a government watchdog organization. Emanuel's office said it was making public any messages pertaining to city business that were sent to and from Emanuel dating to 2011, when the former White House chief of staff took office.

For Trump White House, diplomatic security challenges remain

Donald Trump hammered rival Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign for failing to prevent the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, when she was secretary of state. Soon he'll be the one responsible for protecting America's diplomats, but he's offered virtually no insight into how he'll do that.

Obama Vows Action Against Russia For Hacking DNC Emails

"I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections ... we need to take action." "I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections ... we need to take action," Obama said in an interview with NPR, to be broadcast Friday .

Nation-Now 26 mins ago 10:55 p.m.Obama threatens retaliation against Russia for election hacking

DECEMBER 14: US President Barack Obama speaks during the annual My Brother's Keeper event at the White House, December 14, 2016 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON - President Obama promised to retaliate against Russia for its attempts to undermine the U.S. elections process, saying that the United States would take action "at a time and place of our own choosing."