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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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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Trump University agrees to settle lawsuit for $25 million, NY AG announces — Settlement near in Trump University case: Source — CNBC's John Harwood reports the latest details behind fraud claims against Trump University. — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has agreed to settle lawsuits relating …
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Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
President-elect Donald Trump nearing settlement in Trump University fraud case
President-elect Donald Trump nearing settlement in Trump University fraud case
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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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Bob Woodson says he is being considered by Trump for housing post — Robert L. Woodson Sr., who heads the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in Washington and advises House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) on poverty issues, said late Friday that he is under consideration to be secretary …
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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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Deadspin:
Boo Mike Pence Whenever Possible — Tonight, Vice President-elect Mike Pence decided to take in a performance of Hamilton. But apparently, as soon as he walked in the theater, the only good Hamilton fans in the world started booing like crazy. This is the sound Mike Pence should hear every single time he leaves his house.
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Pat Saperstein / Variety:
Mike Pence Booed at ‘Hamilton’ Performance
Mike Pence Booed at ‘Hamilton’ Performance
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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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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer
In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer
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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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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
Trump supporters launch #TrumpCup as a protest against Starbucks
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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.
Darren Rovell / ABC News:
Autographed Trump Hats and Books Sold on His Website Were Signed by Machine — Throughout now-President-elect Donald Trump's presidential campaign, countless money was raised by offering signed items in exchange for a donation. — These items offered on his website, including signed hats …
Bloomberg:
California's Democrats Are Ready for Political War — “We're going to do everything in our power to protect our people and our values.” — James Nash , Esmé E Deprez — Subscribe Reprints — The Republicans are about to control Congress and the presidency for the first time in a decade …
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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
A lot of you have asked what we're doing about misinformation, so I wanted to give an update. — The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously. Our goal is to connect people with the stories they find most meaningful, and we know people want accurate information.
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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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Chicago Tribune:
Grandson of Congressman Danny Davis slain, 3 others hurt in city shootings — Chicago Tribune illustration — Deanese Williams-Harris, Rosemary Regina Sobol and Grace Wong Contact Reporters — The 15-year-old grandson of Congressman Danny Davis has been fatally shot in a home invasion, according to Davis and police.
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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
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
On its way out, Obama administration moves to slam the door shut on Arctic drilling
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