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Trump Cabinet picks sand down their conservative media personas: From the Politics Desk

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Some of President-elect Donald Trump's most vulnerable Cabinet picks are racing to smooth out or overwrite past statements before contentious Senate confirmation fights next year .

Lawmakers in Washington are demanding answers about recent unexplained drone sightings.

The White House downplays any potential threats to national security or the public.

Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand , all Democrats , sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas , FBI Director Christopher Wray and Federal Aviation Administration head Michael Whitaker .

Biden will commute the sentences of almost 1,500 offenders and pardon 39 others, in what the White House said was the largest number of commutations and clemencies granted in a single day .

Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration in January .

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