Politics
U.S. Congress on Thursday began probing Russia’s alleged cyber attacks during the 2016 election campaign, a development that comes a day after President-elect Donald Trump questioned America’s intelligence agencies over a delay in a briefing about the subject.
Senior intelligence officials will testify in Congress even as Trump publically expressed his skepticism over the findings that suggest Moscow’s role in the hacks, which targeted the Democratic Party, writes Reuters.
Separately, Democratic senators plan to target eight of Trump’s cabinet nominees, who they view as “troublesome” for varied reasons including lack of government experience, racially biased comments made in the past and others, reports The Guardian.
Although the Democrats lack the political resources to avert the confirmation of Trump’s nominees, they can significantly delay the process. Earlier in the day, outgoing President Barack Obama called on fellow Democrats to fight to preserve his healthcare bill, which the Republican-dominated Congress plans to repeal in “first order of business,” notes the BBC.
