A.M. Links: Donald Trump, Julian Assange, and Russian Hacking

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  Gage Skidmore

  The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding hearings today on Russian hacking in the U.S. presidential election.

• "Just a year ago, they might have seemed the oddest of couples. But now President-elect Donald J. Trump and Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, have formed a united front against the conclusion of American intelligence agencies that Russian intelligence used hacked emails to interfere in the presidential election."
• President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly "working with top advisers on a plan that would restructure and pare back the nation's top spy agency."
• Former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been arrested in France on war crimes charges.
• Macy's plans to close 68 stores around the U.S. and eliminate over 10,000 jobs.
• President Barack Obama is under pressure to issue at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office this month.

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