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12:55 PM ET, November 29, 2016

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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Tom Price, Obamacare Critic, Is Trump's Choice for Health Secretary
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump's ‘Thank You Tour’ Said to Start in Ohio on Thursday  —  Aide says the lap through swing states isn't victory tour  —  Republican credited rallies for win over Hillary Clinton  —  President-elect Donald Trump will begin a “Thank You Tour” on Thursday in Cincinnati …
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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.
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.
Jake Sherman / Politico:   Trump to launch ‘thank you’ tour with Thursday rally in Cincinnati
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Elaine Chao expected to be Trump's transportation secretary  —  Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao is set to be announced later Tuesday as President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Transportation, multiple sources familiar with the decision confirmed Tuesday morning.
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New York Times:
Elaine Chao Is Said to Be Trump's Pick for Transportation Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Elaine L. Chao, the former Labor secretary under George W. Bush, to head the Department of Transportation, elevating someone who has been a fixture …
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Trump to nominate Elaine Chao for transportation post: source
Discussion: Hot Air
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump calls for jailing, revoking citizenship of flag-burners  —  Burning an American flag should be a crime, President-elect Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning, punishable by a forfeiture of U.S. citizenship or a year in jail.  —  “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag …
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David Wright / CNN:
Trump: Burn the flag, go to jail
Anna Douglas / Raleigh News & Observer:   After 5 years, NC redistricting case reaches Supreme Court - but the wait may continue
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 …
Discussion: alan.com
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?
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
CNN:
Students back in class at Ohio State; investigators search for knife attack motive  —  Investigators search for OSU attack motive  —  (CNN)Classes resumed Tuesday at Ohio State University, a day after a student's knife attack on campus wounded 11 people.  —  Abdul Razak Ali Artan …
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Officials Investigating Anti-US Facebook Rant Believed Linked to OSU Attacker
Jay Panandiker / The Lantern:
From the archives: Ohio State attacker featured in ‘Humans of Ohio State’
Jamie Satterfield / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Next Slide  —  More than 14,000 people had been evacuated from Gatlinburg alone, with hundreds of them seeking refuge in emergency shelters.  —  Beason and Hensley, who arrived in East Tennessee a month ago from Mississippi and were staying at the Bedrock Motel, said they left …
Discussion: Mashable and The Daily Caller
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Amanda Taub / New York Times:
How Stable Are Democracies?  ‘Warning Signs Are Flashing Red’  —  WASHINGTON — Yascha Mounk is used to being the most pessimistic person in the room.  Mr. Mounk, a lecturer in government at Harvard, has spent the past few years challenging one of the bedrock assumptions of Western politics …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Washington Post and Jezebel
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 …
Discussion: alan.com and RedState
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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.
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Former Utah Governor Huntsman Considers U.S. Senate Run in 2018  —  Decision depends in part on whether Hatch seeks eighth term  —  Huntsman served Obama administration as ambassador to China  —  Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman said he's weighing a run for the U.S. Senate in 2018 …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
3 dead, 5 hospitalized after rash of illnesses possibly linked to Thanksgiving dinner  —  Three people have died and five were hospitalized after eating at a community Thanksgiving dinner in Northern California, officials said Monday.  —  The eight people who fell ill attended a dinner Thursday …
Discussion: AOL
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Amazon Said to Plan Premium Alexa Speaker With Large Screen  —  Company may release higher-end device early next year  —  New speaker targets kitchens; to cost more than Echo gadgets  —  Amazon.com Inc. is developing a premium Echo-like speaker with a screen, a sign the world's largest online retailer …
 
 
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