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Donald Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General — WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Senator Jeff Sessions, a conservative from Alabama who became a close adviser after endorsing him early in his campaign, to be the attorney general of the United States …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Building Team of Racists — Donald Trump's presidential campaign bludgeoned modern norms about the acceptability of racism. The candidate proposed a religious test for immigrants, and called a federal judge unfit on the grounds of his heritage.
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
10 things to know about Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general — In Donald Trump's world, most roads, it seems, lead back to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), President-elect Trump's pick for attorney general. — After Sessions became one of the first members of Congress …
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump chooses Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he plans to nominate Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as attorney general and Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) as CIA director, the first selections to his Cabinet …
Bloomberg:
Jeff Sessions Said to Be Trump's Pick for Attorney General — Alabama lawmaker was an early and ardent Trump supporter — Sessions was also under consideration for Defense secretary — President-elect Donald Trump has settled on Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Jeff Sessions, Trump's Pick for Attorney General, Is a Fierce Opponent of Civil Rights
New York Times:
Mike Pompeo Is Trump's Choice as C.I.A. Director
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New York Times:
Michael Flynn, Anti-Islamist Ex-General, Offered Security Post, Trump Aide Says
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Jennifer Williams / Vox:
Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick for CIA director, could take the agency back to its darkest days
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump poised to learn the Pottery Barn rule of governing
CBS News:
Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post
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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley: GOP can't forget immigrants, people of color
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Can Democrats stop Jeff Sessions — or any Trump nominee? It would be almost unprecedented.
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CNN:
Sessions dogged by old allegations of racism
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump taps Sessions for attorney general, Pompeo for CIA
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Team Dodges On Anti-Muslim, Racist Comments From Flynn, Sessions
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Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
President-elect Donald Trump nearing settlement in Trump University fraud case — ALBANY — In a complete turnaround from his previous position, President-elect Donald Trump is nearing a settlement of the fraud cases brought in New York and California involving his now defunct for-profit Trump University, the Daily News has learned.
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Statement By A.G. Schneiderman On $25 Million Settlement Agreement Reached In Trump University Case — News from Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman — New York City Press Office / 212-416-8060 — STATEMENT BY A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ON $25 MILLION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED IN TRUMP UNIVERSITY CASE
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Steve Eder / New York Times:
Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement — Donald J. Trump has reversed course and agreed to pay $25 million to settle a series of lawsuits stemming from his defunct for-profit education venture, Trump University, finally putting to rest fraud allegations by former students …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump University lawsuits settled for $25M — NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on litigation over Trump University (all times local): — New York's attorney general says President-elect Donald Trump has agreed to a $25 million settlement to resolve three lawsuits over Trump University …
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Reuters:
Trump agrees to settle Trump University lawsuits
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Trump University agrees to settle lawsuit for $25 million, NY AG announces
Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect's Strategist Plots “An Entirely New Political Movement” (Exclusive) — “I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist. I'm an economic nationalist,” Bannon tells THR media columnist Michael Wolff as the controversial Breitbart …
miamiherald:
Man who yelled ‘Trump!’ in viral Starbucks video: ‘I had a bad day’ — David Sanguesa said he was having a bad day. — But it seems Sanguesa has had many bad days. Wednesday was just the latest. That was the day he was captured on video angrily yelling “Trump!” and “I voted for Trump! …
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Alex Leininger / CNN:
Trump supporters launch #TrumpCup as a protest against Starbucks — (CNN)Donald Trump supporters have started asking for their Starbucks drinks under Trump's name as a movement against the coffee giant. — After a viral video showing a Trump supporter yelling at a barista gained traction on Wednesday …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP could nuke filibuster for Supreme Court nominees — Top Senate Republicans are drawing a hard line on the Supreme Court, guaranteeing that no matter what tactics Democrats deploy, they will be forced to swallow Donald Trump's imminent nominee to the high court.
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Mark Lilla / New York Times:
The End of Identity Liberalism — It is a truism that America has become a more diverse country. It is also a beautiful thing to watch. Visitors from other countries, particularly those having trouble incorporating different ethnic groups and faiths, are amazed that we manage to pull it off.
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Esther Whieldon / Politico:
Obama cuts Arctic waters from five-year drilling plan — President Barack Obama is throwing up roadblocks to Donald Trump's pledges to expand offshore drilling, with a new plan that will declare parts of the Arctic off-limits. — Obama's Interior Department on Friday issued …
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
On its way out, Obama administration moves to slam the door shut on Arctic drilling
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Suggests Meeting With Trump Wasn't All It Was Cracked Up To Be — President Barack Obama acknowledged in a New Yorker profile published online Thursday that his first meeting with Donald Trump may not have actually lived up to its sunny official description.
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