A vote by House Republicans to gut a Congressional ethics watchdog was scrapped after President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on Twitter to criticize the move. CNN's Manu Raju reports from Capitol Hill.
Ford announces a plant expansion in Flat Rock, Michigan, adding 700 jobs to make electric and autonomous cars. Also, a $1.6 billion investment in Mexico is cancelled. CEO Mark Fields calls the move a "vote of confidence" in the Trump administration's pro-business policy agenda.
Before introducing House Speaker Paul Ryan, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that Democrats would stand their ground "if there is an assault" against any of their core principles.
NAACP President Cornell William Brooks speaks to CNN's Wolf Blitzer from a sit-in protest at the Mobile office of Sen. Jeff Sessions about his nomination as attorney general.
While visiting an Israeli settlement, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee stated that there is no such thing as a settlement, insisting instead that "they're communities, they're neighborhoods, they're cities."
Some dreams are so fantastic, it takes an unprecedented bid for adventure and glory to see them blossom to fruition. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, captivated by the spirit of great expeditions of the past, partnered to make the first flight across the world in a solar-powered plane that produced no pollution. Storing solar energy in batteries, the Solar Impulse is capable of staying aloft indefinitely. However, as Piccard and Borschberg learned, this didn't make the adventure easy—or require any less intrepid heroism from the co-pilots.
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