President-elect Donald Trump adamantly denies reports that Russia had obtained compromising personal and financial information about him, calling it a “tremendous blot” on the record of the intelligence community if it released the material. Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson faces pointed questions at his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State. Civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis and Senator Cory Booker testify against Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions’ nomination as Attorney General. Protests staged around the country on the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo military detention facility.
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