The 45th President

'I Think It Was Russia,' Trump Says of D.N.C. Hacking

By JULIE HIRSCHIFELD DAVIS and MAGGIE HABERMAN 2:58 PM ET

President-elect Donald J. Trump conceded for the first time that Russia had carried out cyberattacks during the presidential elections.
But Mr. Trump sidestepped repeated questions about whether he or anyone in his team had contact with Russia during the campagin.

CONFIRMATION HIGHLIGHTS

Rubio Aggressively Questions Tillerson on Russia

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER, DAVID SANGER, and SANGER and EMMARIE HUETTEMAN6:34 PM ET

"Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal? Marco Rubio asked Rex Tillerson. The secretary of President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday in New York held a news conference for the firt time in seix months."

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President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday in New York held a new conference for the first time in six months.

Trump's News Conference: 10 Key Moments

Pushback on a leaked intelligence repoort, sharp words for CNN and a new appointee for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Trump Will Cede Control, but Not Divest Stake in Business

By SUSANNE CRAIG and ERIC LIPTON7:10 PM ET

Mr. Trump plans to rurn over his business operations to a trust controlled by his two oldest sons, a solution said to be wholly inadequate by the government's top ethics monitor.

Trump's New Sessions Starts War With Media

5:33 PM ET

The Opinions Pages

CHARLES M. BLOW Ode to Obama

You don't know what you've got till it's gone.

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Donald Trump: A Modern Manchurian Candidate By MAX BOOT

The onus is one the president-elect to prove he's not Putin's puppet.

Should Companies Keep Drivers Off Social Media?

Appe has been sued in a crash in which a driver was using FaceTime.

THIS WEEK IN HATE Anti-Semitic Note Promises 'Mayhem'

Hate crimes and incidents of harrasment reported in recent days.

Editorial: Trying to Head Off a Health Care Calamity
Disability: My Life With Paralysis, It's a Workout

Bruni: The Dark Magic of Kellyanne Conway
Friendman: nline and Scared

TIME INSIDER

'What's the Difference Between the National Debt and the Federal Deficit?'

THE CROSSWORD

Play Today's Puzzle

Since its cone-shaped fossils were found in the 1800s, the hyollth has perplexed scientist. But a student's research has finally fit the hyolith on the evolutionary tree.