| No Images? Click here  Monday, December 17TRUMP BESIEGED BY MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS Investigations now entangle Trump’s White House, campaign, transition, inauguration, charity and business, with the political and the personal under examination. Less than two years into his presidency, Trump’s business associates, political advisers and family members are being scrutinized, along with the practices of his late father. This remarkable CNN graphic shows just how many ongoing investigations involve Trump. [AP] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION HELPED TRUMP AFTER ELECTION A report prepared for the Senate that analyzes Russia’s disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters’ interests to help elect Trump — and worked even harder to support him while in office. [The Washington Post]GOP LOOKS TO DUMP NORTH CAROLINA NOMINEE Legislation passed by North Carolina lawmakers would enable Republicans to dump their nominee Mark Harris in a still-undecided U.S. House race that was marred by allegations of ballot fraud. [HuffPost]GUATEMALAN GIRL’S FAMILY DISPUTES U.S. ACCOUNT The family of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody is disputing an account from U.S. officials who said she had not been given food or water for days. [AP]OBAMA: ACA RULING WILL NOT PREVAIL Barack Obama tweeted that a federal judge’s ruling in Texas striking down the health insurance law “likely” will not prevail. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Congress should hold a vote rejecting the rationale behind the judge’s ruling. [HuffPost]NORTH KOREA THREATENS OVER FRESH SANCTIONS North Korea slammed the U.S. for increasing sanctions, threatening a return to “exchanges of fire” and warning that any deal to disarm could be withdrawn forever. [Reuters] ‘ALL WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS DEMOCRACY’ Thousands of Hungarians thronged the streets of Budapest on Sunday in the fourth and largest protest in a week against what they see as the increasingly authoritarian rule of right-wing nationalist Viktor Orban. [Reuters]FOX NEWS HOST BEGS TRUMP LAWYER FOR TRUTH Fox News’ Chris Wallace pleaded with Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to simply tell the truth on whether his boss knew about the hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. “Whether it happened or it didn’t happen, it’s not illegal,” Giuliani said. “I’m asking you for the truth, Sir,” a frustrated Wallace replied. [HuffPost]TRUMP TARGETS ‘SNL’ Trump didn’t enjoy this weekend’s episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” slamming the show and its broadcaster as “Democrat spin machines” on Twitter. [HuffPost]RYAN TORCHED FOR VISA PLAN Before he leaves office in January, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) wants to give Irish citizens access to thousands of unused U.S. work visas. But critics are not taking kindly to the outgoing speaker’s gesture toward people from a single, relatively wealthy European nation while migrants in more dire circumstances are being forcibly kept out of the country, detained and deported. [HuffPost]MAY: NO SECOND REFERENDUM Theresa May is to reject calls for a new Brexit referendum by warning a fresh vote would do “irreparable damage” to the integrity of British politics. Reports over the weekend suggested that Downing Street was preparing for another poll to break the deadlock over her deal with Brussels. [HuffPost UK]SAUDIS SLAM SENATE ‘INTERFERENCE’ Saudi Arabia has denounced Senate resolutions to end U.S. military aid for the war in Yemen and ascribing blame the country's crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Saudi foreign ministry described the move as "interference" based on "untrue allegations.” [BBC]
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