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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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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Hillary Clinton urged to call for election vote recount in battleground states
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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
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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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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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NBC News:
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 …
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George Stephanopoulos / ABC News:
Trump Offers UN Ambassadorship to SC Gov. Nikki Haley
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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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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Demand for Love — I had just shaken the president-elect's normal-size hand and he was moving on to the next person when he wheeled around, took a half step back, touched my arm and looked me in the eye anew. — “I'm going to get you to write some good stuff about me,” Donald Trump said.
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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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Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post:
Trump adviser received salary from charity while steering Breitbart News — Donald Trump's chief White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon accepted $376,000 in pay over four years for working 30 hours a week at a tiny tax-exempt charity in Tallahassee while also serving as the hands-on executive chairman of Breitbart News Network.
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Politico editor resigns after publishing addresses of extremist leader — Michael Hirsh, an editor with Politico, has resigned from the company after publishing the home addresses of a white supremacist leader and encouraging people to go to his home. — Hirsh, who had been national editor …
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Trump again disavows alt-right, white supremacists
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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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Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Judge Suspends Rule Expanding Overtime for Millions of Workers
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Texas judge blocks Obama administration's new overtime rule from taking effect
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’ — Nasa's Earth science division is set to be stripped of funding as the president-elect seeks to shift focus away from home in favor of deep space exploration — Donald Trump is poised to eliminate …
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Conrad Black / New York Sun:
Its Defeat by Trump — As there is an incessant crescendo, still gaining in volume each week, about President Obama's “legacy,” I thought it appropriate to try to identify this legacy, which his supporters believe history will honor. I have written here and elsewhere that …
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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Hope Hodge Seck / Military.com:
Corps Wants to Put Silencers on a Whole Infantry Battalion — In a series of experiments this year, units from 2nd Marine Division will be silencing every element of an infantry battalion — from M4 rifles to .50 caliber machine guns. — The commanding general of 2nd Marine Division …
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Jethro Mullen / CNNMoney:
Twitter accidentally suspends its own CEO's account — Twitter has been left red-faced after it briefly suspended its own CEO's account. — For a while late Tuesday, attempts to reach Jack Dorsey's profile produced an error message saying it had been suspended.
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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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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Key adviser claims Elton John will play at Trump's inauguration — Elton John will perform at Donald Trump's inauguration, claimed a key adviser, who championed the billionaire as the first president ever to enter the White House with a “pro-gay rights” stance.
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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 …
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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