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12:00 PM ET, December 9, 2016

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Donald Trump to Remain Executive Producer on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ (EXCLUSIVE) … Donald Trump will remain an exec producer on NBC's “Celebrity Apprentice,” which is returning Jan. 2 after a two-year hiatus with new host Arnold Schwarzenegger.  —  MGM confirmed to Variety that Trump has retained his EP credit on the series.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Conway On Trump Decision Not To Leave ‘The Apprentice’: Obama Played Golf!  —  Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, on Friday morning defended the President-elect's decision to stay on as an executive producer of NBC's “The Apprentice,” comparing the move to President Obama's time playing golf.
Discussion: alan.com
Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:
Donald Trump to Remain Producer on ‘The Apprentice’ While President
Discussion: CNN
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Mark Burnett: I 'have never been a supporter of Donald Trump's candidacy'
Discussion: ABC News
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Paul Ryan: I had a ‘very exciting meeting’ with Trump today  —  Speaker Paul Ryan said he had a “very exciting meeting” with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Friday.  —  “I really enjoyed coming up here and meeting with the president-elect.  We had a great meeting.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
After Repeal  —  It's the opportunity Republicans have been awaiting for six years, which invites the obvious question: Are they going to screw it up?  In January, a united Republican Congress and Republican White House will finally have the ability to dispose of Obamacare, the unpopular and destructive health-insurance law.
New York Times:
Trump Eyes Interior Secretary Spot; He Spent Millions on Campaign and Made Millions Back  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump could name Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers as his choice for interior secretary among his announcements on Friday.  —  Mr. Trump raised more money than Hillary Clinton in the last stretch of the campaign.
Discussion: Public Policy Polling
Bloomberg:
Trump Team's Memo Hints at Broad Shake-Up of U.S. Energy Policy  —  Advisers seeking to identify staff involved in climate policy  —  Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are developing plans to reshape Energy Department programs, help keep aging nuclear plants online and identify staff …
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Could a Last-Minute Suitor Woo Megyn Kelly Away from Fox News?  —  Despite an offer of more than $20 million from Fox, Kelly appears to be listening to some surprising suitors.  —  On Wednesday morning, Megyn Kelly was once again promoting her new memoir, Settle for More …
Discussion: USA Today, Mediaite, FTVLive and TVNewser
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Report: Megyn Kelly in talks with ABC  —  Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly is engaged in talks with ABC, according to a Thursday report.  —  A person familiar with the discussions told Vanity Fair that “ABC has renewed, and perhaps sweetened, its effort to woo Kelly” within the last month.
Discussion: RedState
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Trump Expected to Tap Labor Secretary Who Prefers Foreign Labor to American Workers  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to name as his Labor Secretary fast food executive Andy Puzder, who stands diametrically opposed to Trump's signature issues on trade and immigration — which won him the election.
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Trump gets one presidential intelligence briefing a week: sources  —  President-elect Donald Trump is receiving an average of one presidential intelligence briefing a week, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter, far fewer than most of his recent predecessors.
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CBS News:   Trump has declined many intelligence briefings offered to him according to Senate aide
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Report: Trump down to two candidates for RNC head  —  's field of preferred candidates for chair of the Republican National Committee has narrowed to just two candidates, Politico reported Thursday.  —  Trump is reportedly deciding between Ronna Romney McDaniel, Mitt Romney's niece who's …
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Reuters:
Trump may signal support for Michigan Republican as next party chair
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump likely to pick McDaniel to lead RNC
Patrick J. Michaels / The Hill:
Trump's EPA pick will make Obama regret his environmental overreach  —  Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's nomination for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is as clear a signal as the incoming administration can send with regard to its environmental policies.
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Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Scott Pruitt, Trump's Climate-Denying EPA Pick, Is Worse Than You Think
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carrier to ultimately lose some jobs Trump saved: report  —  Carrier will eventually lose some of the 800 jobs President-elect Donald Trump  —  fought to save at the air conditioning and heater manufacturer's Indianapolis plant, according to a new report.  —  United Technologies …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Paid Nearly $2.9 Million to Family-Owned Businesses as Campaign Wound Down  —  Trump also gave $10 million to his campaign in the final weeks of the election  —  President-elect Donald Trump in the final weeks of the election paid nearly $2.9 million to family-owned companies …
Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:
Barneys slammed with discrimination suit by black New Jersey couple who say they were hassled when returning scarf, jeans  —  A black couple filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Barneys Thursday — claiming the store hassled them when they tried to return a scarf and a pair of fancy jeans, the Daily News has learned.
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Obama orders ‘full review’ of election-related hacking  —  President Barack Obama has ordered a “full review” of hacking-relating activity aimed at disrupting last month's presidential election and he expects that report before he leaves office on Jan. 20, a top White House official said Friday.
Discussion: Reuters, The Week and Mashable
Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Sources: Former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine being considered for United States Ambassador to Japan  —  Five years ago, Bobby Valentine was just about a week into his career as Red Sox manager.  Now he may be on the verge of becoming a United States ambassador.
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
Good riddance Harry Reid  —  In a Thursday op-ed in the New York Times, Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada wrote ruefully on the occasion of his retirement, addressing what many liberals have described as the “post-truth” world.  After all, how else could they have lost the 2016 election?
Geert Wilders / BBC:
Netherlands trial: Geert Wilders guilty of incitement  —  Dutch anti-Islam political leader Geert Wilders has been convicted of insulting a group and inciting discrimination.  —  But no penalty was imposed by the court near Amsterdam on Wilders, whose party is leading in polls ahead of parliamentary elections in March.
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Uber tries to solve sexual misconduct issues by banning riders from flirting  —  Ride-share company releases guidelines that include no vomiting and other ‘not OK’ behaviors that could see people permanently banned from service  —  Uber released a new set of rules for passengers on Thursday …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
This is what happens when Donald Trump attacks a private citizen on Twitter  —  About a year ago, 18-year-old college student Lauren Batchelder stood up at a political forum in New Hampshire and told Donald Trump that she didn't think he was “a friend to women.”
Discussion: New York Magazine
Democracy21:
Trump's Continued Ownership of Business Enterprises Will Cause Serious Problems for His Presidency and the Country, Says Bipartisan Group of Leading Governance Experts  —  A bipartisan group of organizations and individuals, many of whom specialize in ethical and conflicts of interest issues …
Discussion: Sunlight Foundation
 
 
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Mark Moyar / New York Times:
The World Fears Trump's America. That's a Good Thing.
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Jesse Berney / Rolling Stone:
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Harry Pettit / Daily Mail:
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
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Discussion: Politico
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
State of Georgia accuses Homeland Security of attempted hack
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
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Discussion: The Week
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