__2:50 p.m.House Speaker Paul Ryan says that Democrats boycotting Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday are making a mistake by injecting "some kind of claim of illegitimacy on the dawn of a new presidency." Sessions is Donald Trump's pick for attorney general. __1:35 p.m.President-elect Donald Trump will dine on Maine lobster, Virginia beef and shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico just after taking office on Friday. Murray also said that DeVos has spent her career and money "fighting to privatize public education and gut investments in public schools." Advertisement Continue reading the main story___11:45 a.m.A key Republican lawmaker is defending the House GOP tax plan despite criticism from President-elect Donald Trump.

Source: New York Times January 17, 2017 16:06 UTC