Almost every nominee directly contradicts Trump’s campaign promises at least once – and some do several times – on everything from Russia to climate change.
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Trump’s Pentagon pick: Putin trying to ‘break’ NATO
James Mattis says the history of U.S.-Russian relations is short on successful efforts at lasting cooperation, something President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to pursue.
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Trump’s CIA nominee takes tough stand on Russia
Rep. Mike Pompeo says the agency confronts the ‘most complicated threat environment the United States has faced in recent memory.’
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Trump’s tweet undoes L.L. Bean’s effort to avoid political spotlight
His message in support of donor Linda Bean and the company – the target of a group’s call for a boycott – draws national attention.
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Republican-led Senate takes first step to repeal ‘Obamacare’
A nonbinding Republican-backed budget measure passes this morning, easing the way for action on subsequent repeal legislation as soon as next month.
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Our View: L.L. Bean boycott would harm the wrong people
Board member Linda Bean’s conservative political views shouldn’t outweigh the good the company does.
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Top spy officials felt obliged to report allegations about Donald Trump in the controversial Russian dossier
They knew a security firm’s file with supposedly sensitive data on the incoming president had already been widely circulated in Washington, D.C., even to news organizations.
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President-elect Trump will shift some assets to trust
The incoming president will retain ownership of his company and his sons will manage the trust.
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Trump acknowledges Russian hacking, calls report of compromising information ‘fake news’
In his first news conference since his election, the president-elect denies that Russia has compromising personal and financial information about him.
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Tillerson, in secretary of state confirmation hearing, calls Russia a ‘danger’
It’s a stark turnaround for an oil baron who staked billions of dollars on Russia’s crude bonanza and was honored by Russia with its Order of Friendship.