Donald Trump confronted two of his biggest political challenges days before he becomes president, laying out a plan to avoid business conflicts while in office and brushing aside unsubstantiated claims that Russia compiled damaging information on him before the election. The president-elect said Wednesday in New York he would leave all positions at the Trump Organization, though he won’t be divesting his ownership in the company or placing it in a blind trust. He lashed out at some media organizations -- a frequent foil -- for publishing unverified material about alleged Russian intelligence gathering on him and ... (full story)