With Hearings Imminent, Partisan Fight Escalates Over Trump Cabinet
Democrats are demanding that Republicans slow consideration of picks for the new administration until they can review background checks, as the G.O.P. faces major pressure to quickly confirm them.
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Listen: Trump hush money sentencing hearing
President-elect Trump was sentenced in his hush money conviction on Friday, but faced no punishment by a judge during a hearing in New York in which he appeared virtually with one of his defense ...The Hill - 29m -
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The fight over robots threatening American jobs
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