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Ash Carter Says Putin Is Making It Harder for U.S. to Work With Russia
Outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said Russia has done nothing to help defeat Islamic State forces in Syria and has adopted a strategy of “explicitly thwarting the U.S.” elsewhere. 220
Obama Condemns GOP Plan to Repeal Health Law
President Barack Obama, in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, condemned the Republican plan to repeal and later replace his signature health law, calling it a reckless strategy that will jeopardize access to health care for tens of millions of Americans. 63
Trump Hints at Request for Border Wall Funds from Congress
Trump appeared to acknowledge he may ask Congress for money to build a border wall, a move that would undermine his vow that Mexico would pay for it. 865
Comey to Brief Trump on Russian Hacking Friday
FBI Director James Comey will join Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and others in giving President-elect Donald Trump a classified briefing about what U.S. agencies have concluded about alleged Russian hacking efforts. 402
U.S. Spending More on Specialty Drugs Under Medicare
Federal spending on a Medicare program for people with high drug costs has ballooned over the past five years, largely due to the soaring costs of expensive specialty medications, a new government report has found.
Intelligence Chief Defends Finding Russia Meddled in Election
Top American intelligence officials reaffirmed and broadened their accusations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election at a Senate hearing, rejecting President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestions that their conclusions on the matter could be faulty or false. 2921
Toyota Draws Trump’s Ire for Mexican Plant
Donald Trump in a tweet criticized Toyota’s plans to build a $1 billion plant in Mexico and threatened a tax on imported Corollas. 500
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