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Trump picks Congressman Tom Price as health and human services secretary … President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), an orthopedic surgeon who has been one of Capitol Hill's fiercest critics of President Obama's health care law, to be secretary of health and human services …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Tom Price, Obamacare Critic, Is Said to Be Trump's Choice for Health Secretary — WASHINGTON — If President-elect Donald J. Trump wanted a cabinet secretary who could help him dismantle and replace President Obama's health care law, he could not have found anyone more prepared than Representative Tom Price …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
By picking Tom Price to lead HHS, Trump shows he's absolutely serious about dismantling Obamacare
By picking Tom Price to lead HHS, Trump shows he's absolutely serious about dismantling Obamacare
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Announces He'll Nominate GOP Rep. Tom Price To Head HHS
Trump Announces He'll Nominate GOP Rep. Tom Price To Head HHS
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The Week
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rep. Tom Price officially tapped to lead Health and Human Services
Rep. Tom Price officially tapped to lead Health and Human Services
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump names Rep. Tom Price as next HHS secretary
Trump names Rep. Tom Price as next HHS secretary
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Hot Air
Tamar Hallerman / Political Insider:
Sources: Tom Price close to being named top health official in Donald Trump's cabinet
Sources: Tom Price close to being named top health official in Donald Trump's cabinet
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Political Insider blog and Political Wire
New York Times:
Challenging the Boss in Public? For Kellyanne Conway, It's Part of the Job — WASHINGTON — Kellyanne Conway, one of President-elect Donald J. Trump's senior advisers, was about to board a flight back to New York on Monday morning when she caught a glimpse of the headline crawling across television screens in the terminal.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Conway plays the outside game — Kellyanne Conway's Sunday broadsides against Mitt Romney have exacerbated an increasingly strained relationship with Donald Trump and his senior advisers, including son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to more than a half-dozen sources involved in the transition efforts.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump keeps eye on Romney for State Dept. despite scorn from some loyalists
Trump keeps eye on Romney for State Dept. despite scorn from some loyalists
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NBC News:
1 Suspect Dead, 9 in Hospital After Ohio State Car-and-Knife Attack — Officials: Attack appears to be planned 2:46 — An Ohio State University student plowed into a campus crowd with a car, then jumped out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife before being shot dead by police Monday morning, officials said.
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Jay Panandiker / The Lantern:
From the archives: Ohio State attacker featured in ‘Humans of Ohio State’
From the archives: Ohio State attacker featured in ‘Humans of Ohio State’
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Officials Investigating Anti-US Facebook Rant Believed Linked to OSU Attacker
Officials Investigating Anti-US Facebook Rant Believed Linked to OSU Attacker
Associated Press:
TERRORISM SUSPECTED IN CAR-AND-KNIFE ATTACK AT OHIO STATE
TERRORISM SUSPECTED IN CAR-AND-KNIFE ATTACK AT OHIO STATE
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Trump Won In A Landslide. — Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway — perhaps seeking to push back on the increasing attention to Hillary Clinton's widening lead in the national popular vote — has been touting her boss's margin of victory in the Electoral College.
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Lies About the Popular Vote — One big fear in the weeks leading up to the presidential election was that Donald Trump would try to delegitimize the results by claiming rampant voter fraud — a bogus specter he had raised throughout the campaign, particularly as his polling numbers got worse.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Will The Recounts Show?
The Note: What Will The Recounts Show?
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Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Pennsylvania State Department says Stein missed recount deadline — Jill Stein has everything she needs to launch a presidential recount. She's got the cash, the grassroots fervor and the spotlight of an adoring media. But there's one thing she needs to overturn Trump's victory: a calendar.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why I Support An Election Audit, Even Though It's Unlikely To Change The Outcome
Why I Support An Election Audit, Even Though It's Unlikely To Change The Outcome
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Stein moves for Pennsylvania recount
Stein moves for Pennsylvania recount
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GovExec.com:
GSA's Trump Hotel Lease Debacle — As the clock ticks down towards President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, the window is rapidly closing on the General Services Administration's opportunity to extricate itself from the Trump Organization's lease of the historic Post Office Pavilion.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's DC Hotel Is Weeks Away From Violating Its Government Lease — The President-elect's Trump International Hotel will present an immediate conflict of interest when he is sworn into office on January 20. — The 2013 lease the Trump Organization signed with the federal government …
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Associated Press:
US investigating leak related to Petraeus case — David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) — The Defense Department is conducting a leaks investigation related to the sex scandal that led to the resignation …
Noah Michelson / The Huffington Post:
Dear Trump Supporter Who Sent Me Hate Mail For Being A ‘Stupid Jewish Faggot’ — As scary as it is to know that people like you exist, I refuse to be afraid of you. — Editorial Director, The Huffington Post Voices — I returned to work on Sunday to find three envelopes from you on my desk.
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Cathy Young / The Hill:
‘Fake news’ isn't the problem — mainstream news with an agenda is — “Fake news” has been a big news story for the past week. Hoaxes and fabrications hatched by clickbait-hungry websites — or, some reports say, by the Kremlin propaganda machine—have been blamed for Donald Trump — 's election victory.
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The Definitive Source:
Writing about the ‘alt-right’ — Recent developments have put the so-called “alt-right” movement in the news. They highlight the need for clarity around use of the term and around some related terms, such as “white nationalism” and “white supremacism.”
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
AP: Avoid using ‘alt-right’ without context
AP: Avoid using ‘alt-right’ without context
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TMZ.com:
Melania Trump — Threatens Suit Over False Barron ‘Autism’ Video ... And Says Rosie O'Donnell Made it Worse — Melania Trump — Threatens Suit Over False Barron ‘Autism’ Video And Says Rosie Made it Worse — EXCLUSIVE — Melania Trump has hired a famous lawyer who is now threatening …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
EXCLUSIVE: Majority expect Donald Trump to keep promises — A majority of Americans trust that President-elect Donald Trump — will fulfill his campaign promises on immigration and other issues, according to a new survey released to The Hill. — Sixty-four percent of registered voters polled …
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Tegna / WBIR-TV:
Wildfires forcing evacuations in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge … GATLINBURG - 11 PM UPDATE: Motorists fleeing wildfires in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge packed roads in and out of the towns Monday night as flames and choking smoke driven by wind swept across the area.
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