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5:50 PM ET, November 20, 2016

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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Melania and Barron Trump won't be moving to the White House  —  More On:  —  Future First Lady Melania Trump and son Barron will not be moving to the White House after Donald Trump's inauguration in January, The Post has learned.  —  The president-elect's 46-year-old wife and their 10-year-old son …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Jack Keane declined offer to be Defense secretary: report  —  Retired four-star Army Gen. Jack Keane said he was offered the position of secretary of Defense in Donald Trump  —  's administration, but declined, NPR reported.  —  “I was asked to serve, but I'm not able to,” Keane told NPR.
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Ret. Army Gen. Jack Keane Says He Declined Offer To Be Defense Secretary  —  President-elect Donald Trump asked him to serve as secretary of defense, retired four-star general Jack Keane tells NPR's Rachel Martin — but Keane declined the offer, citing personal reasons.
New York Times:
Trump Lavishes Praise on General as He Nears National Security Picks
Discussion: Althouse
Alan Henry / BroadwayWorld.com:
Trump Supporter Shouts Profanities And Interrupts HAMILTON In Chicago  —  As reported by BroadwayWorld, Friday night Vice President-Elect Mike Pence attended a performance of Hamilton on Broadway, where he was met with disdain from audience members.  Following the curtain call …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:   Pence: I 'wasn't offended' by Hamilton message
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Hamilton's cast reminded Pence that inclusivity is an American value. Trump wants an apology.
David Caplan / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Over Donald Trump Now Exceeds 1.5 Million Votes  —  It's been nearly two weeks since the November 8 general election, but the results have not remained static as ballots continue to be counted.  —  While the number of votes for both president-elect Donald …
Discussion: Raw Story, Politicus USA and Mediaite
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Rob Reiner Calls Out Jared Kushner: 'He's Turning His Back on His Religion and His Heritage'  —  In June of last year, then Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump received his first—and one of his only—endorsements from a publication.  It came courtesy of The Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi and white supremacist website.
Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Meeting Ari Emanuel in New Jersey  —  The president-elect's former agent is said to be hoping to discuss some of Trump's initial appointments.  —  Is the president-elect soliciting help from his former Hollywood agent in selecting a cabinet?  —  Ari Emanuel, the co-CEO …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Reince Priebus laughably claims Trump's ‘Muslim registry’ is not ‘based on religion’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Future White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus struggled on Sunday to defend Donald Trump's campaign promise to create a registry of Muslims.
Discussion: RedState
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Reince Priebus Dismisses Controversy Over Sessions: ‘He Will Be Confirmed’
Discussion: Politico and TheBlaze
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Michael Flynn, on trip to Russia, said ‘who knows’ whether Syria gas attack was a ‘false flag’  —  (CNN)During a 2015 trip to Russia, Donald Trump's pick to be national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, said he didn't know whether the 2013 sarin gas attack in Syria was conducted …
Discussion: New York Times
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Crisis for Liberalism  —  THE 2016 campaign was a crisis for conservatism; its aftermath is a crisis for liberalism.  The right, delivered unexpectedly to power, is taking a breather from introspection as it waits to see what Trumpism means in practice.
Discussion: Opinion Today
Alex Swoyer / Breitbart:
Trump, Pence Attend Church, Hold 12 Meetings on Sunday Per Transition Team  —  President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence are attending church service on Sunday morning and holding 12 meetings with politicians and business leaders.
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon:
All the News that's Fit to Fake  —  The New York Times exposed the threat of fake news even before the election of Donald Trump two weeks ago, arguing that spreading faulty information is a threat to the Republic.  —  The paper highlighted alt-right conspiracy websites publishing outrageous lies masquerading …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Rand Paul raises concerns about Pompeo  —  (R-Ky.) on Sunday expressed some concerns with Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), Donald Trump  —  's pick to serve as CIA director.  —  The libertarian senator said on CBS's “Face the Nation” that it concerns him that Pompeo supported the Patriot Act.
Discussion: RedState
Patrick Temple-West / Politico:
Schumer lays out where Democrats can work with Trump  —  Infrastructure, trade and closing the “carried interest” tax loophole are three areas where Democrats can work with President-elect Donald Trump on a legislation, Sen. Chuck Schumer, the incoming Senate minority leader, said Sunday.
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CNN:
San Antonio officer shot to death during traffic stop  —  (CNN)A San Antonio police officer was shot to death during a traffic stop Sunday in what the department's chief described as a targeted killing similar to recent police shootings in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
 
 
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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Fall of House Clinton
Discussion: dcclothesline.com and Instapundit
Fox News:
Vice president-elect Mike Pence talks transition; Sen. Schumer on working with Trump administration
Discussion: Daily Wire and Politicus USA
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
At Iowa High School, Election Results Kindle Tensions and Protests
Discussion: Althouse
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Keep crying wolf about Trump, and no one will listen when there's a real crisis
Discussion: Instapundit
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Dancing in a Hurricane  —  BRITAIN'S vote to withdraw …
Andrew McGill / The Atlantic:
Fixing America's Nearsighted Press Corps
 Earlier Items: 
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Bolton warns Obama on Israel action at UN
Dallas Morning News:
Trump can't treat press like paparazzi
Daily Mail:
Percolator protest!  Republican voters fight election backlash by telling Starbucks baristas …
The Independent:
National Front leader Marine Le Pen has taken a commanding lead in the latest French presidential election poll.
Discussion: Telegraph and Political Wire
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
One Thing Voters Agree On: Better Campaign Coverage Was Needed
Nicholas Filipas / recordnet.com:
Gold Star family of slain Stockton soldier booed on flight
New York Times:
Donald Trump Pauses Transition Work to Meet with Indian Business Partners