Multiple sources tell Fox News that Susan Rice, former national security adviser under then-President Barack Obama, requested to unmask the names of Trump transition officials caught up in surveillance. The names were part of incidental electronic surveillance of candidate and President-elect Trump and people close to him, including family members, for up to a year before he took office. Former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales joined Dan and Amy with reaction to the story:
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A new deal on health care could be on the way as soon as this week. Plus, things could go nuclear in the Senate over Neil Gorsuch. Washington Examiner Columnist David Freddoso joined Dan and Amy to talk about the latest doings in Congress:
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The White House revealed the first official portrait of first lady Melania Trump on Monday. Twitter reacted to the portrait with its usual variety of viewpoints, from calling the photo beautiful to pointing out the $3 million ring she wore in it.
The New York Times reported this weekend that roughly $13 million has been paid to women accusing Bill O’Reilly of sexual harassment, and at least six women have leveled accusations against him. Then on Monday, Fox News contributor Julia Roginsky became the latest to go public with accusations against Roger Ailes, the network’s former chairman.
It’s election day in much of the Chicago area. As you head to the polls, consider the Ballad of the Boss of Bremen Township.
Senate Democrats have secured the votes necessary to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, setting up a bitter confrontation this week. Republicans, seeing “no alternative,” suggested they would change longstanding rules to bypass the filibuster if they had to.
A Lawsuit Accuses Yale of Censoring Even Inoffensive Ideas. A class essay condemning rape was ‘unnecessarily provocative,’ the Title IX coordinator allegedly said.
A 91 year old World War II veteran in Great Britain has come out as transgender. He says that he has known since he was three years old that he was born in the “wrong body.”
Some people in Silicon Valley are working on lengthening the human life span.