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<i>The Atlantic </i> Politics & Policy Daily: Back-to-Back Sessions

The Senate continued confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks.
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During his first press conference in several months, President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday’s reports alleging that Russia had compromising information about him, calling it “fake news.” Trump also that his sons will take over the Trump Organization once he becomes president, a move ethics experts say doesn’t satisfy conflict-of-interest concerns; and Trump to release his tax returns, saying “the only ones who Senator Jeff Sessions during the second day of his Senate confirmation hearing to serve as U.S. attorney general. Rex Tillerson, Trump’s choice for secretary of state, of Russia during his hearing, saying the country “poses a danger” to the United States; and transportation secretary nominee Elaine Chao she hopes to “unleash the potential” of private investment for federal infrastructure projects.

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