The Senate is scheduled to launch three days of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks on Tuesday. First up in the morning is Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Trump's nominee for attorney general. Sessions is expected to tout his conservative legal credentials; Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) will break with Senate tradition by testifying against Sessions as Democrats challenge him for voting against civil rights legislation, which Booker says indicates Sessions is not up to "ensuring the fair administration of justice" for all. The Office of Government Ethics has expressed concern that the fast-moving confirmation schedule puts "undue pressure" on the office to "rush through" its reviews of nominees. Republicans have vowed to press ahead despite warnings from Democrats that they were willing to delay some hearings until the ethics reviews are completed.
Source: Senate.gov, Politico
Source: Senate.gov, Politico
President Obama is scheduled to deliver a farewell address Tuesday night at McCormick Place, a lakefront convention center in his adopted hometown of Chicago. Aides said the speech would be a call to action for a new generation of leaders. "It's a passing of the baton," White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said the speech would not be "a victory lap" listing the accomplishments of his eight years in office, but a bid to "motivate people to want to get involved and fight for their democracy."
Source: Chicago Tribune
Source: Chicago Tribune
President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that he was naming his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser. Kushner, the 35-year-old husband of Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, served as a close adviser during the campaign, and has provided input on hiring decisions during the transition. Ivanka Trump will not immediately take on a formal role. Jared Kushner's attorney, WilmerHale partner Jamie Gorelick, said Kushner was prepared to resign as head of his family's real estate business and shed investments before taking on a White House job. Gorelick said she was confident that a federal anti-nepotism law would not be an obstacle, although critics said the legislation was designed to prevent just such a case.
Source: CNN, Politico
Source: CNN, Politico
The Clemson Tigers narrowly defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide, 35-31, on Monday night to win the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship. Clemson (14-1) sealed its come-from-behind upset with quarterback Deshaun Watson's 2-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow with 1 second remaining, after a surprise onside kick. It is Clemson's first national title since 1981. Alabama (14-1) was trying to become the first major team to go 15-0 in a season since Penn in 1897. The championship matchup was a sequel to last year's title game, which Alabama won 45-40.
Source: The Associated Press, USA Today
Source: The Associated Press, USA Today
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will leave the company's board after the proposed sale of the internet pioneer's core web properties to Verizon, according to a filing Monday. Five other directors also will go. The move was not a surprise, as the new company will essentially be an investment company holding the remaining Yahoo assets, which include stakes in Alibaba Group Holding Inc. and Yahoo! Japan. The new company will change its name to Altaba Inc. After Mayer's turnaround efforts stalled, Yahoo agreed to sell the internet properties to Verizon for $4.8 billion. Since then, Verizon has questioned whether Yahoo's revelations about two massive hacks of user data had reduced the value of the Yahoo sites.
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