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Michael Bender is National Politics Reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
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Tensions in Trump transition The presidential transition process was slowed down today by changes in leadership and other personnel. There's what's been described as a "knife fight" between New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Trump's influential son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Mike Bender, national politics reporter for the Wall Street Journal , has more on the changes in the transition team.
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.