Hail and farewell to those we lost in 2016
It’s a “Sunday Morning” tradition. Come the end of the year, Jane Pauley takes time to remember some of the many people who left us in the year gone by. After having paid our respects to Debbie Reynolds a ...
Posted Sunday, January 1st 2017 at 9:31PM
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How Russians may have hacked U.S. computer systems
December 31, 2016, 7:04 AM| The U.S. intelligence community is blaming Russia for cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman in an effort to upend th ...
Posted Sunday, January 1st 2017 at 9:27PM
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Gingrich Says Biggest Worry About Trump Administration Is That They Might 'Lose Their Nerve'
By Nicki Rossoll Jan 1, 2017, 10:45 AM ET
Less than three weeks before the presidential inauguration, leading Trump ally Newt Gingrich said his bigges ...
Posted Sunday, January 1st 2017 at 9:14PM
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Schiff Warns of 'Vigorous' Response by Congress If Trump Reverses Russia Sanctions
By Nicki Rossoll
Jan 1, 2017, 11:05 AM ET
The ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee warned that if President-elect Donald Trump tries to revers ...
Posted Sunday, January 1st 2017 at 9:04PM
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Trump's Incoming Press Secretary Questions Whether Obama's Russia Sanctions Are Out of 'Proportion'
By Nicki Rossoll Jan 1, 2017, 9:03 AM ET
The intelligence report is titled “Russian Malicious Cyber Activity.”
WASHINGTON ¯ Donald Trump’s pre ...
Posted Sunday, January 1st 2017 at 8:58PM
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Trump Says He Has Hacking Information Others ‘Don’t Know’
By MAGGIE HABERMAN The New York Times
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald J. Trump, expressing lingering skepticism about intelligence assessments of Russian interference in th ...
Posted Sunday, January 1st 2017 at 10:11AM
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"Love and Happiness: An Obama Celebration"
Published on Dec 27, 2016
Watch the final White House concert hosted by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama: BET's Love and Happiness. ...
Posted Saturday, December 31st 2016 at 8:11PM
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West Wing Week: 12/30/16 or, "Thanks, Obama!"
Published on Dec 30, 2016
Welcome to the "best of" edition of your West Wing Week. This week, we're bringing you our favorite moments that we at the White House caught on camera in 2016. What better ...
Posted Saturday, December 31st 2016 at 7:53PM
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Obama lines up a meeting with lawmakers, a speech in Chicago
By JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press
HONOLULU — Eager to stop Republicans from destroying his signature health care law, President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers will meet next we ...
Posted Saturday, December 31st 2016 at 7:43PM
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Analysis: Americans voted for change. Will they get it?
By Cathleen Decker Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Nothing about the 2016 presidential election was predictable — not the purloined emails, vulgar videotaped bragging, the insults flung eve ...
Posted Saturday, December 31st 2016 at 7:13PM
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By STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — For eight years, a leaderless Republican Party has rallied around its passionate opposition to President Barack Obama and an unceasing devotion to small government, free markets and fiscal discipline ...
Posted Saturday, December 31st 2016 at 5:49PM
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Outgoing Congress confirmed fewest judges since 1952, giving Trump a big opening
By David G. Savage Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump will take office with a chance to fill more than 100 seats on the federal ...
Posted Saturday, December 31st 2016 at 5:39PM
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Trump tweets: Happy new year to my enemies who ‘lost so badly’
By Elliot Smilowitz The Hill
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted out a taunting New Year's greeting to those who opposed him.
"Happy New Year to all, including to my ...
Posted Saturday, December 31st 2016 at 5:02PM
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Russian hackers penetrated U.S. electricity grid through a utility in Vermont
By Juliet Eilperin, Adam Entous The Washington Post
A code associated with the Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration has been de ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2016 at 11:43PM
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'At the end of the day, we all bleed the same color'
The cast of 'Hidden Figures' joins Hardball to discuss the message of the recently released film about NASA’s pioneering women. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Pharrell William ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2016 at 9:16PM
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On Russia, Trump is incapable of looking past politics
By Ruth Marcus December 30 at 1:03 PM
President-elect Donald Trump, having dismissed as “ridiculous” and “just another excuse” the conclusion by intelligence experts that Russia intervened ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2016 at 6:10PM
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MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin 12/30/16
How will Trump deal with new sanctions in office?
Democratic strategist, Richard Goodstein, and Republican strategist, Noelle Nikpour, join MSNBC’s Craig Melvin to discuss how a majority of Democrats and Rep ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2016 at 5:53PM
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MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin 12/30/16
Unpacking the US retaliation against Russia
MSNBC's Cal Perry and NBC News' Tom Winter discuss the latest details about the U.S. retaliation against Russia for the 2016 election hacks. Duration: 5:47
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Posted Friday, December 30th 2016 at 5:46PM
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Morning Joe 12/30/16
The five likely fights ahead for Trump
The Hill's Bob Cusack joins Morning Joe to discuss five likely fights Donald Trump will face in his first 100 days in office. Duration: 5:18 ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2016 at 3:17PM
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The Rachel Maddow Show 12/29/16
Democrats seek to reset Republican gerrymandering
Kelly Ward, interim executive director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, talks with Ari Melber about the plans by a new project led by Barack Oba ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2016 at 3:10PM
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MSNBC Live 12/29/16
Paul Ryan: Russia sanctions 'overdue'
House Speaker Paul Ryan responded to President Obama's actions against Russia. MSNBC's Kasie Hunt reports. Duration: 3:08 ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2016 at 7:49PM
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THE BLOG
2016 Health Care Year In Review
David Blumenthal President, The Commonwealth Fund
Coauthored by David Squires
This was a tumultuous year in health care and elsewhere. Wherever we looked, the improbable and unbelievable became true ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2016 at 7:39PM
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Republicans Are in Denial on Health Care
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Republican critics of the Affordable Care Act have long described it as a house of cards on the verge of collapse. And they continue to be wrong. A record number of people have signe ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2016 at 7:27PM
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MSNBC Live 12/29/16
Obama: America should be alarmed by Russia's actions
President Obama issued an executive order in response to Russia's cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election. Duration: 1:37 ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2016 at 7:10PM
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White House announces retaliation against Russia: Sanctions, ejecting diplomats
By Evan Perez and Daniella Diaz, CNN
(CNN)President Barack Obama took unprecedented steps Thursday to retaliate against alleged Russian interference in the 2016 elect ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2016 at 7:03PM
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