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7:50 AM ET, November 23, 2016

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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.
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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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 …
Discussion: alan.com and AOL
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 …
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic
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.
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Donald Trump at The New York Times: Live on Twitter
New York Times:
Less Defiant Trump at The Times: ‘I Hope We Can All Get Along’
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  —  A Texas judge blocked President Obama's bid to expand overtime pay protections to millions of Americans on Tuesday, thwarting a key presidential priority just days before it was set to take effect.
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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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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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.
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 …
Discussion: The Week
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 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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 …
Guy Faulconbridge / Yahoo:
Britain to Trump: ‘No vacancy’ for Farage as ambassador  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday dismissed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's unprecedented expression of support for Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage to be made British ambassador to Washington, saying pointedly that there is no vacancy for the job.
Discussion: Daily Wire, Telegraph and Instapundit
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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 …
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.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump says that if the president does it, it's not illegal  —  Keep on draining that swamp.  —  Since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump encouraged foreign diplomats to stay at his hotels, pressed British politicians to oppose a wind farm that could block the view from his golf course …
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ABC News:
House Republican Criticizes Donald Trump Over Potential Business Conflicts of Interest
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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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
Discussion: twitchy.com
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Trump's supposed ‘Muslim registry’ is just more fake news
Discussion: Infowars
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Dow closes above 19,000 as stocks notch record closing highs; telecoms spike 2%
Discussion: The Week and Infowars
Michael Sullivan / NPR:
Who's The New Philippine Envoy? The Man Building Trump Tower Manila
Josh Sanburn / TIME:
How Mayors Across the U.S. Are Defying Donald Trump on Immigration
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Hot Air
WNDU-TV:
Notre Dame football team placed on academic probation; 2012, 2013 wins vacated
 Earlier Items: 
Elena Schneider / Politico:
North Carolina governor files for recount
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Washington Won't Have Last Word on Climate Change
Discussion: Business Insider
Gary Shteyngart / New Yorker:
Living in Trump's Soviet Union
CBS Detroit:
Report: Driver Asked Kids ‘Are You Ready To Die’ Before Crashing Bus In Chattanooga
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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