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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Dark days for Obama's White House — President Obama on Thursday will welcome Donald Trump — to the White House, beginning a transition of power that is pure anguish for many in the Democratic Party. — The meeting, which seemed improbable just 72 hours ago, will likely stand …
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Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
President Obama, Donald Trump Meet at White House to Begin Transition — Trump says he respects Obama, will seek his counsel while in office — WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama hosted President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for a meeting intended to signal to Americans …
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Secretary Of Education Ben Carson? Here's A List Of Potential Trump Cabinet Picks — President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has put together a who's who shortlist of Trump surrogates and advisers to take top positions in his administration next year, ranging from former …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
President Obama's Long History of Insulting Donald Trump — Barack Obama and Donald Trump had never been introduced before their meeting at the White House today, but that hasn't stopped the pair from trading insults for years. — The president and the president-elect are expected to put …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
4 threats to the media under President Trump — President-elect Donald Trump said during the campaign that he was “running against the crooked media.” He referred to journalists as “dishonest,” “disgusting” and “scum.” But beyond the insults and the accusations of a conspiracy against him …
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Kathleen Hennessey / Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump arrives in DC for meeting with Obama
The Latest: Trump arrives in DC for meeting with Obama
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Reuters:
Trump meets Obama in White House, prepares to take power
Trump meets Obama in White House, prepares to take power
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Transition Team Planning First Months in Office
Donald Trump Transition Team Planning First Months in Office
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ABC News:
Trump Heads to the White House for Meeting With Obama
Trump Heads to the White House for Meeting With Obama
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Chris Christie: Donald Trump and I haven't discussed a potential Cabinet role
Chris Christie: Donald Trump and I haven't discussed a potential Cabinet role
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Bloomberg:
Russia Says It Was in Contact With Trump's Team During Campaign — Russia said it was in contact with President-elect Donald Trump's team during the U.S. election campaign, despite repeated denials by the Republican candidate's advisers that any links existed.
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Washington Post:
Moscow had contacts with Trump team during campaign, Russian diplomat says — MOSCOW — Russian government officials had contacts with members of Donald Trump's campaign team, a senior Russian diplomat said Thursday, in a disclosure that could reopen scrutiny over the Kremlin's role …
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Los Angeles Times:
Anti-Trump protesters shut down 101 Freeway in L.A., burn Trump's head in effigy — Thousands of people poured into the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night, and hundreds of them later spilled onto the 101 Freeway, shutting down traffic as they forcefully denounced President-elect Donald J. Trump.
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
‘People Have to Die’: Anti-Trump Protester Calls For Violence on CNN
‘People Have to Die’: Anti-Trump Protester Calls For Violence on CNN
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James Wilkinson / Daily Mail:
Anti-Trump protests turn violent: Cops clash with 6,000-strong crowd in Oakland and activists …
Anti-Trump protests turn violent: Cops clash with 6,000-strong crowd in Oakland and activists …
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Stacy St. Clair / Chicago Tribune:
5 arrested after largely peaceful anti-Trump protests downtown
5 arrested after largely peaceful anti-Trump protests downtown
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
“People Have to Die”: Anti-Trump Protests Start Ugly and Get Worse
“People Have to Die”: Anti-Trump Protests Start Ugly and Get Worse
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Aaron Sorkin / Vanity Fair:
Read the Letter Aaron Sorkin Wrote His Daughter After Donald Trump Was Elected President — The Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network and mastermind behind The West Wing reacts to Donald Trump being elected the 45th president of the United States in a moving letter written …
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Tim Alberta / National Review:
UPDATED: Obama 2012 Would've Beaten Trump 2016 — UPDATE: Mea Culpa. — Here's what happened: I used the New York Times vote-record database for the numbers in this post. This was a matter of convenience; I had already been using the NYT database because of its excellent interactive feature …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
National recall after Newsweek misfires with Clinton cover … A national recall went out Wednesday for the special “Madame President” issue of Newsweek that was prematurely shipped to stores and newsstands across the country. — At the same time, the publisher of the magazine will rush the …
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Data Team Saw a Different America—and They Were Right — The president-elect's analysts picked up disturbances others weren't seeing—the beginning of the storm that would deliver Trump to the White House. — Subscribe Reprints — Nobody saw it coming. Not the media.
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Erick-Woods Erickson / New York Times:
Erick Erickson: Eating Crow on Donald Trump — Atlanta — Donald J. Trump will be the next president of the United States. I got it absolutely wrong. I have been writing since February that he would not win. The great paradox of this election for me is that I never saw …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Choice Confronting the Supreme Court's Chief Justice — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. got lucky on Tuesday. — Maybe. — Donald J. Trump's victory saved the chief justice from irrelevance. A President Hillary Clinton nomination would have filled the current Supreme Court vacancy …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
America Elects a Bigot
Eli Watkins / CNN:
How Gary Johnson and Jill Stein helped elect Donald Trump — Washington (CNN)Neither Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson nor the Green Party's Jill Stein managed to make a dent in the Electoral College, but they did post a significant enough showing in several states arguably to help elect Donald Trump.
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Kate Kelly / CNBC:
Donald Trump advisors consider Jamie Dimon for treasury secretary: Sources — Trump team considers Dimon for Treasury -Sources — CNBC's Kate Kelly discusses reports that the Trump campaign is considering appointing JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon as Treasury Secretary.
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TMZ.com:
Donald Trump — No-Fly Zone Over Trump Tower — EXCLUSIVE — Donald Trump is getting a massive security blanket, courtesy of the FAA ... so the NYC building where he lives and works does not fall victim to terrorists flying airplanes. — Pilots have been ordered to stay clear of the 58-story building on 5th Ave.
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Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days — At the end of October, Donald Trump spoke in Gettysburg, Pa., and released a plan for his first 100 days in office. — The plan (below) outlines three main areas of focus: cleaning up Washington, including by imposing term limits on Congress …
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Laura Hughes / Telegraph:
Nigel Farage describes Barack Obama as a ‘loathsome creature’ — Nigel Farage has described Barack Obama as a “creature” and joked about warning Donald Trump not to “touch” Theresa May. — The interim Ukip leader said the current US President was a “loathsome individual who couldn't stand our country.”
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