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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Activists Urge Clinton Campaign to Challenge Election Results in 3 Swing States — Hillary Clinton is being urged by a group of prominent computer scientists and election lawyers to call for a recount in three swing states won by Donald Trump, New York has learned.
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Andy Shain / Post and Courier:
Gov. Nikki Haley picked to become UN ambassador, sources say … COLUMBIA — President-elect Donald Trump is picking South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to become his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, The Post and Courier has learned. — The move, expected Wednesday …
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Gov. Nikki Haley Accepts Trump Offer to Be Ambassador to United Nations: Source — FROM NOV. 18: Trump Didn't Win on GOP Platform, He ‘Ran Against Both Parties,’ Haley Says 1:35 — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has accepted Donald Trump's offer to be his ambassador to the United Nations …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Gov. Nikki Haley tapped to be Trump's U.N. ambassador — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a rising Republican star and daughter of Indian immigrants, has accepted President-elect Donald Trump's offer to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the coming administration …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump taps Nikki Haley to be UN ambassador — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to announce that he has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be his ambassador to the United Nations, a source familiar with the decision confirmed. — Haley, 44, a rising star …
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New York Times:
Trump, in Interview, Moderates Views but Defies Conventions — President-elect Donald J. Trump tempered on Tuesday some of his most extreme campaign promises, dropping his vow to jail Hillary Clinton, expressing doubt about the value of torturing terrorism suspects and pledging to have an open mind about climate change.
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's New York Times Interview: Full Transcript — Following is a transcript of President-elect Donald J. Trump's interview on Tuesday with reporters, editors and opinion columnists from The New York Times. The transcription was prepared by Liam Stack, Jonah Engel Bromwich, Karen Workman and Tim Herrera of The Times.
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Donald Trump at The New York Times: Live on Twitter
Donald Trump at The New York Times: Live on Twitter
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New York Times:
Less Defiant Trump at The Times: ‘I Hope We Can All Get Along’
Less Defiant Trump at The Times: ‘I Hope We Can All Get Along’
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Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
‘An Erosion of Democratic Norms in America’
Reuters:
Judge blocks Obama rule extending overtime pay to 4.2 million U.S. workers — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million salaried workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president's signature achievements for boosting wages.
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Texas judge blocks Obama administration's new overtime rule from taking effect
Texas judge blocks Obama administration's new overtime rule from taking effect
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Jonah Bennett / The Daily Caller:
Politico Editor RESIGNS After Publishing Home Addresses Of Alt-Right Icon Richard Spencer, Advocating For ‘Baseball Bats’ — National editor at Politico Michael Hirsh resigned after publishing the home addresses of alt-right figurehead Richard Spencer Tuesday morning and advocating for serious violence.
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Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Trump disavows the alt-right
Trump disavows the alt-right
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Democrat Harold Ford Jr. emerging as potential Trump pick — Former Democratic Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. is emerging as a possible contender for transportation secretary, or another Cabinet post, in Donald Trump's budding administration. — The telegenic Ford — who served five terms …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
‘BROKEN PROMISE’: Breitbart Isn't Happy About Trump's Decision Not to Charge Clinton
‘BROKEN PROMISE’: Breitbart Isn't Happy About Trump's Decision Not to Charge Clinton
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TMZ.com:
Kanye West — Dr. Says He Tried to Assault Staff ... Warned of Violence Against Cops — EXCLUSIVE — Kanye West's personal physician is the one who called 911, warning the dispatcher Kanye was not violent but would become violent when police arrived to help him.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Gingrich: Romney, Trump not compatible on foreign policy — Newt Gingrich suggested Tuesday evening that Mitt Romney, a contender to be Donald Trump — 's secretary of State, would not be compatible with the president-elect's vision for foreign policy. — “Romney wanted to be in President …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Poll: Obama's approval rating highest in seven years — President Barack Obama's approval rating is at a seven-year high, according to a CNN/ORC national poll released Wednesday. — Obama enjoys a post-election approval rating of 57 percent, his highest mark since September 2009, when his approval rating sat at 58 percent.
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Edmund Kozak / LifeZette:
CNN Guest Drops ‘N’ Word in Live, On-Air Smear of Bannon — The mainstream media's transparent quest to tarnish President-Elect Trump's image by insisting his adviser and former Breitbart executive Stephen Bannon is a bigot has reached absurd new levels. — CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin asserted …
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Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Trump gets to pick his own auditor — President-elect Donald Trump will soon be able to appoint a new director of the agency auditing his taxes, a potential political minefield after his writeoffs and his refusal to release his returns were repeatedly questioned in the campaign.
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Wall Street Journal:
Retired General James Mattis Seen as Leading Candidate for Defense Secretary — His selection would likely require Congress to pass a law — WASHINGTON—Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis has emerged as President-elect Donald Trump's leading candidate to be defense secretary …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Dems Can't Afford to Say Yes to Trump — So Chuck Schumer started saying over the weekend that he would oppose Donald Trump's infrastructure bill, assuming it looks roughly the same as Trump's campaign proposal. Good. It's a sham. Or, as Ron Klain called it in an absolute must-read …
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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Major Advertising Technology Company Bars Breitbart News for Hate Speech — AppNexus takes a stand as bigger rivals, Google and Facebook, face scrutiny over their handling of ‘fake news’ — AppNexus Inc., a major advertising technology provider, has barred Breitbart News from using …
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Veronique De Rugy / National Review:
Freedom of Association for Me, but Not for Thee — Last week, fashion designer Sophie Theallet announed she would refuse to sell or donate clothes to the next first lady, Melania Trump. In an open letter, Theallet explained: … Good for Theallet for appreciating the greatness of America …
New York Daily News:
NYC woman may lose arm after hit with grenade at Dakota Access pipeline protest site — The sobbing father of a Dakota Access Pipleline protester described Tuesday how his daughter's arm was torn to pieces by a concussion grenade tossed at the unarmed woman.
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Kyle Arnold / Orlando Sentinel:
Sanford mall Santa reassigned after putting Hillary on naughty list — After making a joke about Hillary Clinton being on his naughty list, a mall Santa working at the Seminole Towne Center was sent to sensitivity training and reassigned to another mall.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
The Department of Justice is not going to conduct a vote audit based on your phoned-in outrage — For supporters of Hillary Clinton, the post circulating on Facebook and Reddit offers hope. The Justice Department, it claims, is “tallying calls” from people who want an audit of the 2016 election.
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