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When the chance to return to the gritty and intense world of “Prison Break” first presented itself to executive producer Paul Scheuring, he admits he wasn’t sure he was up for the huge task. “It had to be a close-ended story that was original and that was emotionally engaging and just badass. And I honestly […]

My chicken dish is ready to serve in a half hour. It takes just a few minutes in the oven to bake to tender perfection. —Hannah Williams, Malibu, California View the recipe at TasteofHome.com >>

US Secretary of State Nominee Rex Tillerson says that the country will preserve its “longstanding friendship” with the Philippines, despite the violent anti-drug campaign of leader Rodrigo Duterte. During Tillerson’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Senator Marco Rubio asked Tillerson whether the killings in the Philippines were “conducive to human rights violations […]

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he spoke Wednesday to Donald Trump seeking to reassure the President-elect that intelligence agencies weren’t the source of news accounts about a private intelligence dossier that was summarized in briefing documents for Trump. A two-page synopsis laid out uncorroborated allegations by a former British intelligence operative that Russians […]

Authorities said they have arrested three people they say helped a Florida man accused of killing his girlfriend last month and a police officer this week. Two of the arrests stem from the investigation into the shooting death of Sade Dixon, Markeith Loyd’s pregnant girlfriend, in December. Authorities said the suspects aided Loyd’s attempts to […]

CNN political commentator Van Jones says he’s suffering from an “emotional whiplash” after President Obama’s farewell address and President-elect Donald Trump’s first news conference. “My head is completely still spinning,” Jones said. “But to be honest, I’m actually skeptical of both of these guys for actually very similar reasons.” Jones, who returned as host of […]

Mexico’s president reiterated his nation will not pay for a wall along the US-Mexico border just hours after President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down on his campaign pledge to force the country to do so. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto made his comments during a speech at an assembly of foreign diplomats at the National Palace Wednesday. […]

Amid a table full of documents, arguments with the media, and claims of germ-phobic tendencies, President-elect Donald Trump’s news conference did shed some light on how his policies may unfold. Here at the tracker, we sifted through it all to bring you the most important nuggets. WHAT’S NEW TODAY ON … OBAMACARE Voting on the […]

Sen. Al Franken signaled Wednesday that he is likely to vote against Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, saying after the second day of hearings on Capitol Hill that Jeff Sessions had yet to allay his concerns. Franken, one of the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee that is overseeing Sessions’ nomination, said he could not […]

The Afghan Taliban released a new video Wednesday purportedly showing two teachers from the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul begging US President-elect Donald Trump to make a deal for their release. What appears to be the first “proof of life” of kidnapped US citizen Kevin King, 60, and of Australian citizen Timothy Weeks, 48, […]

Cigna, a top health insurer, is dropping coverage of the EpiPen. The lifesaving allergy medication has been a flash point for debates over rising drug costs. Manufacturer Mylan jacked up the price of the EpiPen by more than 400% since 2009, and was forced to develop a generic alternative amid national outrage. Cigna now says […]

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate a Supreme Court justice within the first two weeks of taking office — and Vice-President elect Mike Pence was on Capitol Hill Wednesday searching for votes to break a Democratic filibuster. At his news conference Wednesday, Trump said “we’ve met” with numerous candidates, and indicated he’s working off […]

President Jimmy Carter wants to outlive Guinea worm disease. With a grin on his face, twinkle in his eyes and pep in his step, the 92-year-old former president sat down to talk with CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, at the Carter Center in Atlanta on Wednesday morning. Carter needed no assistance walking up […]

Senator Elizabeth Warren insists that President-elect Donald Trump is not doing enough to avoid a conflict-of-interest scandal. Trump detailed Wednesday that he plans to transfer his business holdings to a trust, but he won’t sell them. And he’s handing over his role at the Trump Organization to his sons, Don Jr. and Eric, claiming his […]

Critics of Rex Tillerson pounced on Wednesday when he categorically denied that ExxonMobil lobbied against sanctions placed on Russia or Iran. “I never lobbied against the sanctions. To my knowledge, ExxonMobil never lobbied against the sanctions,” Tillerson said during Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for his nomination to be secretary of state. Democrats quickly seized on the […]