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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi holds onto leadership — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday fended off a challenge to her long leadership reign, defeating Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) in a closed-door vote prompted largely by Donald Trump — 's unlikely ascension to the White House.
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Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
More Than A Dozen Pelosi Supporters Consider Turning On Her
More Than A Dozen Pelosi Supporters Consider Turning On Her
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi beats back challenge, is chosen as House Democratic leader
Nancy Pelosi beats back challenge, is chosen as House Democratic leader
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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Congressional Black Caucus Furious With Pelosi Over Proposed Leadership Changes
Congressional Black Caucus Furious With Pelosi Over Proposed Leadership Changes
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Nancy Pelosi Torches Democrat Trying To Unseat Her As Party Leader
Nancy Pelosi Torches Democrat Trying To Unseat Her As Party Leader
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Lauren Victoria Burke / Black Voice News:
Democrats Should Pick a Leader From Their Strongest Voting Bloc: Black Women
Democrats Should Pick a Leader From Their Strongest Voting Bloc: Black Women
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Trump considering Goldman Sachs president for top post — President-elect Donald Trump is considering Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn for a senior administration job, possibly as director of the Office of Management and Budget, several sources close to the situation said on Wednesday.
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New York Times:
Steven Mnuchin Is Donald Trump's Expected Choice for Treasury Secretary
Steven Mnuchin Is Donald Trump's Expected Choice for Treasury Secretary
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John Ydstie / NPR:
Trump's Potential Treasury Secretary Headed A ‘Foreclosure Machine’
Trump's Potential Treasury Secretary Headed A ‘Foreclosure Machine’
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Continue Auditions for Secretary of State — Retired General John Kelly returning for follow-up interview — President-elect had dinner in New York with Romney on Tuesday — President-elect Donald Trump plans to continue his auditions for secretary of state …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Why is Mitt Romney doing this? — Mitt Romney has huddled twice with President-elect Donald Trump in the past two weeks. And both times, it looked super awkward. — Here's meeting 1, when Romney traveled to the Trump National golf club in New Jersey to talk about the prospect of serving as Trump's secretary of state:
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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
In an abrupt about-face, Romney emerges from dinner with Trump full of frog legs and high praise
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Esther Yu Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
Newt Gingrich explains how Trump feeds media false narratives to distract from real stories
Newt Gingrich explains how Trump feeds media false narratives to distract from real stories
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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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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Protesters burn flag outside Trump's New York hotel … Protesters burned the United States flag outside of Trump International Hotel in New York City Tuesday, following President-elect Donald Trump — 's suggestion that flag burners be jailed or lose their citizenship.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters:
Activists burn US flags outside Trump hotel in response to Trump's flag-burning threat
Activists burn US flags outside Trump hotel in response to Trump's flag-burning threat
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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
The Charlotte Observer:
Charlotte police officer will not face charges in shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott — No charges will be brought against Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer Brentley Vinson in the September shooting death of a man in University City, District Attorney Andrew Murray announced Wednesday.
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CNN:
Keith Lamont Scott killing: No charges filed against officer, district attorney says — Charlotte police Officer Brentley Vinson's deadly use of force was lawful the day he killed Keith Lamont Scott, Mecklenburg County District Attorney Andrew Murray said Wednesday.
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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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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump vow to leave business raises more questions — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that he will leave his “great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country” in the White House. — But his cryptic announcement, delivered in an early-morning Twitter flurry …
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Alison Kodjak / NPR:
Millions Of People Are Having An Easier Time Paying Medical Bills — The number of people who have trouble paying their medical bills has plummeted in the last five years as more people have gained health insurance through the Affordable Care Act and gotten jobs as the economy has improved.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The case for normalizing Trump — Foreign populists have been beaten by talking issues, not personality. — Over the weekend, Donald Trump alleged the existence of massive voter fraud in an election he indisputably won. Tuesday morning, seemingly inspired by a Fox News segment …
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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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Vanessa Williams / Washington Post:
Voting rights advocates brace for ‘biggest fight of our lifetime’ during Trump administration — Voting rights advocates are furious at President-elect Donald Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and concerned that his administration will more vigorously adopt measures …
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Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
U.S. border agents stopped journalist from entry and took his phones — Award-winning Canadian photojournalist Edward Ou has had plenty of scary border experiences while reporting from the Middle East for the past decade. But his most disturbing encounter was with U.S. Customs and Border Protection last month, he said.
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.
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Bloomberg:
OPEC Agrees to Cut Production in Drive to End Global Glut — OPEC clinched a deal to curtail oil supply, confounding skeptics as the need to clear a record global crude glut — and prove the group's credibility — brought about its first cuts in eight years, Bloomberg News reports.
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