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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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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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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Jeff Sessions, Trump's Pick for Attorney General, Is a Fierce Opponent of Civil Rights — He wrongly prosecuted black activists for voter fraud, was blocked from a judgeship because of racist statements, and opposed the Voting Rights Act. — By , — Senator Jeff Sessions …
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump chooses Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director
Trump chooses Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director
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Bloomberg:
Jeff Sessions Said to Be Trump's Pick for Attorney General
Jeff Sessions Said to Be Trump's Pick for Attorney General
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Can Democrats stop Jeff Sessions — or any Trump nominee? It would be almost unprecedented.
Can Democrats stop Jeff Sessions — or any Trump nominee? It would be almost unprecedented.
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CBS News:
Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post
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
Nikki Haley: GOP can't forget immigrants, people of color
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CNN:
Sessions dogged by old allegations of racism
Sessions dogged by old allegations of racism
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump poised to learn the Pottery Barn rule of governing
The Daily 202: Trump poised to learn the Pottery Barn rule of governing
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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 …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Bannon: 'I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist' — Stephen Bannon, who will become President-elect Donald Trump — 's chief strategist in the new administration, is embracing the “darkness” many see in his promotion and Trump's operation. — “Darkness is good,” he told the Hollywood Reporter.
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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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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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ag.ny.gov:
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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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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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Trump fans take his name to Starbucks
Trump fans take his name to Starbucks
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Jennifer Williams / Vox:
Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick for CIA director, could take the agency back to its darkest days — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Republican Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas to head the Central Intelligence Agency, putting a hawkish lawmaker who favors brutally interrogating detainees and expanding …
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Mike Pompeo, Sharp Critic of Hillary Clinton, Is Trump's Pick to Lead C.I.A.
Mike Pompeo, Sharp Critic of Hillary Clinton, Is Trump's Pick to Lead C.I.A.
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Emily Kirkpatrick / People.com:
'Designers Won't Dress the Trumps,' Source Says, as Sophie Theallet Writes Open Letter Refusing to Dress Melania — A week and a half after Donald Trump officially became America's new President-Elect, the reverberations of that decisions can still be felt far and wide.
Daily Mail:
Transition official says Trump will make Mike Huckabee ambassador to Israel and move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem: ‘Governor Huckabee is going to see it through’ — Huckabee is a two-time former White House hopeful and former governor of Arkansas; he met with Donald Trump on Friday afternoon
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Rep. Price clear favorite for Trump's HHS chief — Rep. Tom Price has emerged as the clear front-runner to serve as Donald Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services, according to several Republican sources close to the transition team. — Price, a physician and an ardent opponent of Obamacare …
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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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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
On its way out, Obama administration moves to slam the door shut on Arctic drilling — The Obama administration on Friday banned offshore drilling in the Arctic, setting a likely collision course with President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to “unleash” new energy production in the United States …
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Esther Whieldon / Politico:
Obama cuts Arctic waters from five-year drilling plan
Obama cuts Arctic waters from five-year drilling plan
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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.
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
AP: Obama Mentoring Trump On World Leadering — BERLIN (AP) — It's the last thing President Barack Obama ever expected he'd be doing in his final months in office: Coaching Donald Trump on how to be a world leader. — As the president-elect holes up in his skyscraper …
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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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