Trump set for tense intel meeting

The President-Elect will on Friday receive a classified briefing on Russian hacking from top intelligence officials, including Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who on Thursday told Senators that Russia was a “full-scope cyber actor that poses a major threat” to the United States.

When asked about Mr Trump’s apparent skepticism over intelligence assessments, Clapper said “I think there is an important distinction here between healthy skepticism, which policymakers … should always have for intelligence, but I think there’s a difference between skepticism and disparagement.”

U.S. spy chief 'resolute' on Russia cyber attack, differs with Trump https://t.co/NeZw5sHoSC pic.twitter.com/L1wd1k1xyF

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 5, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zogpd_vn9ms

U.S. spy agencies listened in as Russian leaders celebrated Trump win after election. Via @gregpmiller @adamentous https://t.co/Jc7zxvpwJB

— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) January 5, 2017

Intelligence leaders express concern at becoming Trump's political targets https://t.co/l7IjsMTSfC pic.twitter.com/SqJa0ct1tE

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 5, 2017

FBI Director Comey: Clinton emails, Orlando club shooting made 2016 'a Challenging Year' https://t.co/IwzZSO6YNt

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) January 5, 2017

And in a sign of where the new administration is going..

Breaking: Former Indiana senator Dan Coats is Trump's pick for director of national intelligence https://t.co/8JxmGOJPbz

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 5, 2017

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WORLD

Car bomb near courthouse in Turkish city of Izmir injures at least 3 people; police kill two suspected attackers, local media reports pic.twitter.com/57THtBbnxc

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) January 5, 2017

House passes resolution condemning UN for its action against #Israel's settlement activity, with more Democrats voting for it than against.

— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) January 5, 2017

NASA Broadens Its Early Solar System Investigation With New Missions https://t.co/FsUGVy1jiQ

— Observer (@observer) January 5, 2017

Back to earth in Northern Ireland, meanwhile…

Clear air talks do not ease "#RHI crisis. @newbelfast tells me: "If AF doesn't step aside there will be no Executive." See @bbcnewsline 630

— Julian O'Neill (@julianoneill) January 5, 2017

N Antrim DUP member David McIlveen's full 1,700-word News Letter article: A full-frontal assault on Arlene Foster https://t.co/0LwHjazZPN

— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) January 5, 2017

RHI scandal: DUP's David McIlveen criticises Foster over RHI 'omni-shambles' https://t.co/krCPYueFSj

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/hancocktom/status/816854390258606080

May sends her two most senior aides to the U.S. in an attempt to build bridges with Trump https://t.co/gCrnxiceuW pic.twitter.com/a8ODZDqRci

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) January 5, 2017

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AMERICA IN TRANSITION

Well, that was totally unexpected…

So the working class who voted for Donald Trump because he said Mexico would pay for the wall will actually be the ones paying for the wall. https://t.co/dsQ8wg8OK1

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 6, 2017

forget the dumb Mexico promise; a stupid wall gets billions while health insurance subsidies get repealed https://t.co/wtIqFoekBA

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) January 6, 2017

Donald Trump spoke by phone with the leader of the United Nations. "It went quite well," a UN spokesman said. https://t.co/zgkkZyst88

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 5, 2017

Donald Trump sat for a 90-minute deposition today at Trump Tower in the civil suit between the president-elect and chef Jose Andres.

— NPR (@NPR) January 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/tarapalmeri/status/817076701440122882

Ann Coulter is having a day on Twitter https://t.co/3vBuDLyqsi pic.twitter.com/zsSpURO4Lx

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) January 5, 2017

.@VP J🔥e Biden: "Time to be an adult. You're president" https://t.co/1cSGpHU8BS

— Nolan D. McCaskill (@NolanDMcCaskill) January 5, 2017

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BUSINESS

BREAKING: Toyota Motor shares sharply drop after President-elect tweets about the automaker. https://t.co/ykd1C9jAPZ pic.twitter.com/w8JeZ3ttHu

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) January 5, 2017

This app will send you alerts when Donald Trump tweets about stocks you own https://t.co/aheAGtAeUm pic.twitter.com/75N7jrPWGt

— Sam Ro 📈 (@SamRo) January 5, 2017

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MEDIA

Twitter confirms that it is about to kill Vine https://t.co/I6CSsuLFiO

— The Independent (@Independent) January 5, 2017

The Sun losses exceed £60m as ad slump and hacking charges take toll https://t.co/Yoxar2LbMa

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/raju/status/816974591637803008

It's time for me to hang up my #tomorrowspaperstoday boots.
But fear not, my colleagues @hendopolis, @AllieHBNews will @MsHelicat take over pic.twitter.com/pspKCrMOdE

— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) January 5, 2017

Everyone makes mistakes. There but for the grace of God…

US daily paper @wapoexpress forced to re-design front page after this startling error https://t.co/61RR5PMgxZ pic.twitter.com/Kmg9BvMnCz

— HuffPost UK (@HuffPostUK) January 5, 2017

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SPORTS

The end, though…

https://twitter.com/HockeyWebCast/status/816728109668036608

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CULTURE

Archaeologists discover 2,300-year-old sword that's still shiny https://t.co/4mISUGpjZJ

— The Independent (@Independent) January 5, 2017

Finally, and sadly..

Sad loss of an inspirational campaigner for #sexualviolence BBC News – Ealing vicarage rape victim Jill Saward dies https://t.co/T8Zlz8vdS1

— Safer Wales (@Saferwales) January 5, 2017

The Overnight Note

Another day, another deadline

Trump set for tense intel meeting

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