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Martin Matishak / Politico:
Obama orders ‘deep dive’ of election-related hacking — President Barack Obama has ordered a “deep dive” into the cyberattacks that plagued this year's election, the White House said Friday. — Obama has asked the intelligence community to deliver its final report before he leaves office.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Obama orders review of Russian hacking during presidential campaign — President Obama has ordered a “full review” of Russian hacking during the November election, as pressure from Congress has grown for greater public understanding of exactly what Russia did to interfere in the electoral process.
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Political Wire and Towleroad
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Learn from His Mistakes — Shortly after his inauguration in 2009, President Obama invited Republican leaders in Congress to a White House meeting. The House members brought a proposal with ideas for stimulating the economy, then suffering through the Great Recession.
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Betsy's Page and Sabato's Crystal Ball
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Obama Orders Investigation Into Election-Related Hacking
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and Washington Free Beacon
CNN:
Obama orders review of Russian election-related hacking
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Obama orders review of 2016 election cyber attacks
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Washington Times, BizPac Review and Engadget
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Pick Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to Run Interior — If confirmed by the Senate, she would lead administration's efforts to open up federal lands and waters to fossil-fuel development — WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump is expected to tap Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers …
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RedState, Morning Consult, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
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Reuters:
Oil drilling advocate expected to be Trump pick for Interior Dept.: sources — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a climate-change skeptic and an advocate for expanded oil and gas development, to run the Interior Department …
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Talking Points Memo and The Guardian
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump's Interior Secretary Doesn't Want to Combat Climate Change
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Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
Trump Eyes Goldman Sachs President for Economic Post; Millions Spent on Campaign, and Millions Made Back
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Talking Points Memo
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Trump to pick Rep. McMorris Rodgers for Interior secretary
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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 …
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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Trump transition team for Energy Department seeks names of employees involved in climate meetings
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ThinkProgress and The Week
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
McConnell exploring options for potential open North Dakota Senate seat — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell met with North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer this week to discuss a potential open Senate seat, POLITICO has confirmed. — The Tuesday meeting at the National Republican Senatorial …
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Political Wire and Hot Air
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
McConnell huddles with GOP rep to discuss possible ND Senate opening — (R-Ky.) and his incoming campaign chairman, Sen. Cory Gardner — (R-Colo.), huddled with Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) this week to discuss the congressman's possible future in the upper chamber, sources told The Hill.
Ben Weyl / Politico:
Senate Dems facing likely defeat in shutdown fight — Senate Democrats are fighting a legislative battle they appear unlikely to win, demanding new negotiations on a critical spending bill after Senate Republicans have already closed off talks and the House has gone home for the holidays.
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Washington Post, Hot Air and The Resurgent
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.
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Carrier says it will spend millions automating Indiana plant, plans to lay off workers Trump ‘saved’ — The deal keeps getting worse. — As part of the deal President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck with Carrier, the company has promised to make a $16 million investment …
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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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Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
COULD BREITBART BREAK WITH TRUMP? — The front page of Breitbart right now seems surprisingly critical of the Trump transition: — From that lead story: … Wow — the Trump News Network is linking a Trump appointee to the hated rootless cosmopolitan gun-grabber Mike Bloomberg. Them's fightin' words.
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Salon, Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Politico
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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.
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Variety and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
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David Wright / CNN:
Conway on Trump ‘Apprentice’ role: He'll do it in his spare time
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Washington Post, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog, NPR, The Daily Caller and NBC News
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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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 …
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Alan Levin / Bloomberg:
Balloon Pilot Who Killed 16 Was on Drugs and Had Five DWI Raps — NTSB documents on July crash reveal loopholes in oversight — Accident was worst fatal U.S. aviation accident since 2009 — The pilot of a hot-air balloon that crashed last summer in Texas, killing himself and 15 sight-seeing passengers …
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.”
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Occupy Democrats, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
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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Mother Jones, Common Dreams, Mediaite, Hullabaloo, CBS News, Jezebel, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and Hot Air
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump just offered yet another Goldman veteran a spot in his administration — Goldman's Cohn offered NEC director job - NBC — Donald Trump has offered Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn a key economic post, which would add to the administration another veteran of the powerful firm …
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Morning Consult and The Week
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Dems give high marks to CNN, Republicans rank Fox No. 1 in media credibility poll — A new poll shows a party-line split on how the public views certain media outlets. — On one ideological side of the Morning Consult poll, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and The New York Times all enjoy high credibility …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Let's relocate a bunch of government agencies to the Midwest — Time to shift economic activity from the overcrowded coasts to places that need more of it. — America's post-industrial Midwest is far from being the country's poorest region. To find the direst economic conditions in the United States …
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