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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.
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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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Christopher Rosen / EW.com:
DONALD TRUMP DELETES HAMILTON TWEET
DONALD TRUMP DELETES HAMILTON TWEET
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study — Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study — How a misinformed Twitter post the night after the election fueled a nationwide conspiracy theory and became a talking point for a world leader — even as it was being proved false. — THE UPSHOT
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.
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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 …
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.
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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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‘This Week’ Transcript: Reince Priebus and Sen. Chuck Schumer
‘This Week’ Transcript: Reince Priebus and Sen. Chuck Schumer
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Schumer on Trump: ‘He was not my friend’
Schumer on Trump: ‘He was not my friend’
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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.
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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.
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The Independent:
National Front leader Marine Le Pen has taken a commanding lead in the latest French presidential election poll. — The far-right leader had 29 per cent of the vote when pitted against Les Républicains' Nicolas Sarkozy, who was eight points behind, and held a 15-point lead …
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