WP: Paul Ryan widens the crack between Hill Republicans and Donald Trump

WP: Paul Ryan widens the crack between Hill Republicans and Donald Trump

By Amber Phillips January 13 at 11:53 AM Just a week after the election, the cracks were starting to show between Trump and Republicans on some pretty major issues. Now that the election is over and it’s time for Republicans to govern, they appear to be growing wider. Deportation forces? Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s use of the phrase, House Speaker […]

CNN: While Trump admits to Russian election hack, his spokesman insists that reports that the Pres-elect has been compromised by Putin are the result of “a political witch hunt.”

CNN: While Trump admits to Russian election hack, his spokesman insists that reports that the Pres-elect has been compromised by Putin are the result of “a political witch hunt.”

(CNN)President-elect Donald Trump said for the first time Wednesday he believes Russia was responsible for hacking ahead of the election but contemptuously rejected allegations that Moscow mounted a campaign to compromise him. In his first news conference since winning the election, a combative Trump made clear he will not mute his style when he is […]

NYT: Hurdles for U.S. In Bid To Thwart Russian Hackers.

NYT: Hurdles for U.S. In Bid To Thwart Russian Hackers.

By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO DEC. 15, 2016 WASHINGTON — When a suspected Russian cybercriminal named Dmitry Ukrainsky was arrested in a Thai resort town last summer, the American authorities hoped they could whisk him back to New York for trial and put at least a temporary dent in Russia’s arsenal of computer hackers. But the Russian authorities […]