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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump to Announce Carrier Plant Will Keep Jobs in U.S. — From the earliest days of his campaign, Donald J. Trump made keeping manufacturing jobs in the United States his signature economic issue, and the decision by Carrier, the big air-conditioner company, to move 2,000 of them from Indiana …
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David Faber / CNBC:
Trump to reveal deal to keep nearly 1,000 Carrier jobs in Indiana
Trump to reveal deal to keep nearly 1,000 Carrier jobs in Indiana
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New York Times:
Steven Mnuchin Is Donald Trump's Expected Choice for Treasury Secretary — WASHINGTON — Steven Terner Mnuchin, a financier with deep roots on Wall Street and in Hollywood but no government experience, is expected to be named Donald J. Trump's Treasury secretary as soon as Wednesday, sources close to the transition say.
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
Treasury Contender Allison: Meeting Trump ‘Like a Job Interview’
Treasury Contender Allison: Meeting Trump ‘Like a Job Interview’
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Esther Yu Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
Newt Gingrich explains how Trump feeds media false narratives to distract from real stories — “It's better off for him to give them a rabbit than for [the media] to go find their own rabbit.” — President-elect Donald Trump's fondness for giving credence to false narratives is part of a …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Gingrich calls Trump tweet about vote fraud a big mistake — WASHINGTON — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich calls Donald Trump a potentially transformative president. But he shouldn't have sent out that tweet alleging election fraud. — In an interview Tuesday with Capital Download …
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
In an abrupt about-face, Romney emerges from dinner with Trump full of frog legs and high praise — They talked for more than two hours, they laughed, they munched on carefully prepared frog legs, and afterward, Mitt Romney, once one of Donald Trump's harshest critics, emerged a changed man.
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
More Than A Dozen Pelosi Supporters Consider Turning On Her — “I think a lot of people are unsure if we want the faces of the party to be Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi: liberals from New York and California,” one Democrat said. — Managing Editor, BuzzFeed DC — Alex Wong / Getty Images
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Nancy Pelosi Torches Democrat Trying To Unseat Her As Party Leader — She called it “pathetic” that Rep. Tim Ryan says she just wants more power. — WASHINGTON House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tore into fellow Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio) on Monday for suggesting she can't lead …
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New York Times:
Mr. Trump, Meet the Constitution — When Donald Trump, hand on the Bible on Jan. 20, swears to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, we the people will have good reason to doubt he knows what he's talking about. Consider what he tweeted out on Tuesday:
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Dem senator: I'll ‘beat the hell out of you’ for burning flag
Dem senator: I'll ‘beat the hell out of you’ for burning flag
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell pushes back at Trump on flag-burning comments
McConnell pushes back at Trump on flag-burning comments
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New York Times:
Trump Victory Tour Set as Cabinet Comes Together
Trump Victory Tour Set as Cabinet Comes Together
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Jann S. Wenner / Rolling Stone:
The Day After: Obama on His Legacy, Trump's Win and the Path Forward — In an interview conducted the day after the election, the commander in chief reflected on the stunning results and how he'll spend his time post-White House. Pete Souza/The White House
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Obama on Dems' Inability to Reach Voters: ‘Part of It Is Fox News in Every Bar and Restaurant’
Obama on Dems' Inability to Reach Voters: ‘Part of It Is Fox News in Every Bar and Restaurant’
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Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Donald Trump offering huge perks for inauguration donors — President-elect offering access, luxury in exchange for big money — Donald Trump's inaugural committee is offering huge perks — prime tickets, luxurious lodging, access to the president-elect himself — in exchange for six …
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Washington Free Beacon:
Sen. Chris Coons Regrets Making Appointments Simpler to Confirm — Senator Chris Coons (D., Del.) said on CNN Tuesday that he regrets the rule change Senate Democrats made to the nomination process. — “The filibuster no longer acts as an emergency brake on the nomination,” Coons said.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Politico: What If Trump Enforces the Law?! — I have been saying for a long time that, while our current legal immigration system poses intractable problems, illegal immigration is relatively easy to solve: we only need to enforce our existing laws. Donald Trump's appointment of Jeff Sessions …
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Tod Lindberg / Weekly Standard:
His Reelection Plan — To those who believed, sequentially, that Donald Trump would drop out soon after entering the GOP primary field; that this or that outrageous provocation of his would fatally turn off primary voters; that while he might be winning primaries, he had a ceiling …
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Hannity: Trump doesn't need a White House press office — Fox News personality Sean Hannity on Monday said President-elect Donald Trump — does not need press in the White House. — Hannity, a longtime Trump supporter, blasted the mainstream media during his interview with radio host Matt Boyle …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Anti-Trump forces launch attack on Electoral College — Anti-Trump forces are preparing an unprecedented assault on the Electoral College, marked by a wave of lawsuits and an intensive lobbying effort aimed at persuading 37 Republican electors to vote for a candidate other than Donald Trump.
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Trump's conservative dream team — Donald Trump's education secretary nominee is a huge critic of public schools and has pushed to steer taxpayer dollars to charter schools and voucher programs. His Health and Human Services pick wants to dismantle Obamacare and privatize Medicare.
Mark Finkelstein / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Mika Shockingly Scorches Elizabeth Warren: ‘Tired of this Act,’ ‘Shrill, Almost Unhinged’ — Mika: This Reminds Me of Republican Obstructionism Eight Years Ago, 'Except Now It's Democrats Doing It' — Earlier in this presidential election cycle, Mika Brzezinski was a big Elizabeth Warren booster …
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Grace Guarnieri / Salon:
4 things you need to know about Sheriff David Clarke, Donald Trump's potential Homeland Security pick — Trump's DHS pick wants to imprison possibly 1 million at Gitmo and doesn't believe there is any police brutality — President-elect Donald Trump met with Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke on Monday at Trump Tower.
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Barney Henderson / Telegraph:
German intelligence officer ‘arrested over Islamist plot’ raising fears the spy agency has been infilitrated — A German intelligence officer has reportedly been arrested over a suspected Islamist plot to bomb the agency's headquarters in Cologne. — The 51-year-old official was said to have made a …
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AJ Vicens / Mother Jones:
The Republican Governor of North Carolina Has Finally Run Out of Options — The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Monday night dismissed the bulk of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory's ballot challenges in the disputed governor's race. Their ruling, along with a vote difference …
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