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New York Times:
A Historic Number of Electors Defected, and Most Were Supposed to Vote for Clinton — The Electoral College on Monday voted for Donald J. Trump to win the presidency. Seven electors, the most ever, voted for someone other than their party's nominee. — Of 306 electors pledged to vote for Donald J. Trump
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Electoral College: Where the vote stands — leads in the Electoral College vote so far, as electors head to their state capitols to confirm Trump's victory. — As of 4:10 p.m. ET, 268 electoral votes had been cast for Trump, compared with 160 for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
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The Seattle Times:
Four Washington state electors break ranks and don't vote for Clinton — Hillary Clinton won the state's popular vote, but three of 12 members of the Electoral College voted for Colin Powell, a former secretary of state; and one voted for Faith Spotted Eagle, a Native American elder from South Dakota.
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CNN:
Electors remain faithful to Trump and select him as official winner
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump touts ‘historic’ Electoral College victory
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Trump Had an Edge in the Electoral College
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump wins Electoral College vote
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Gingrich: Congress should change ethics laws for Trump — Newt Gingrich has a take on how Donald Trump can keep from running afoul of U.S. ethics laws: Change the ethics laws. — Trump is currently grappling with how to sufficiently disentangle himself from his multibillion-dollar business …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Gingrich suggests Trump pardon advisers who break the law — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich suggested that Donald Trump — could pardon members of his administration who break the law. — Referring to a law that could prevent Trump from hiring his daughter and son-in-law to serve …
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Gingrich Suggests Trump Simply Pardon Family That Breaks Anti-Nepotism Law
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Darran Simon / CNN:
Berlin police: 9 dead, at least 50 injured in truck crash — Truck plows through Berlin Christmas market — (CNN)A truck ran into a Christmas market Monday evening in a major public square in Berlin, killing nine people and injuring at least 50 others, police said.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's OMB pick seems poised to ignite a worldwide financial crisis — It's not the sexiest White House job. But it might soon be among the most dangerous. — Over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump tapped Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) to be his director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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New York Times:
Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara — ISTANBUL — Russia's ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday evening by a lone Turkish gunman shouting “God is great!” and “don't forget Aleppo, don't forget Syria!” in what Russia called a terrorist attack.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Obama Heads to Golf Course After Receiving Reports on Berlin Attack and Russian Ambassador Death
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Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Donald Trump's sons behind nonprofit selling access to president-elect — New Texas-based group not legally required to disclose its donors — A new Texas nonprofit led by Donald Trump's grown sons is offering access to the freshly-minted president during inauguration weekend …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Tom Arnold says he's got recordings of Trump using racial slurs and calling son a ‘retard’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Comedian Tom Arnold says he's got recordings of Donald Trump using racial slurs and making other offensive statements — and he said hundreds of people have heard them.
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Eric Mandel / MyNorthwest.com:
Comedian Tom Arnold claims to have infamous unreleased Donald Trump outtakes
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep's Vision Of Post-ACA World: You Wait To Treat Your Kid's Broken Arm — A Republican congressman outlined the way he would like to see the health care system operate if Obamacare is repealed, as GOP lawmakers are promising. It is a brave new world in which parents would wait …
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Shandra Martinez / MLive.com:
Son's broken arm: Bill Huizenga says people must be responsible for own health care costs
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Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Under political pressure, Kuwait cancels major event at Four Seasons, switches to Trump's D.C. hotel — After Election Day, everything changed. — By Judd Legum and Kira Lerner — The Embassy of Kuwait allegedly cancelled a contract with a Washington, D.C. hotel days after the presidential election …
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Neil Eggleston / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
President Obama Grants 153 Commutations and 78 Pardons to Individuals Deserving of a Second Chance — Today, President Obama granted clemency to 231 deserving individuals — the most individual acts of clemency granted in a single day by any president in this nation's history.
NBC News:
What Obama Said to Putin on the Red Phone About the Election Hack — Intel Sources: Obama Admin. Warned the Kremlin Ahead of U.S. Election 2:51 — Determined to stop Russia's interference in the presidential campaign, at least one of President Obama's senior advisers urged …
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twitchy.com, AOL and alan.com
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Americans Pessimistic or Uncertain About Trump Presidency — As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to be sworn in as the country's commander-in-chief next month, a majority of Americans say they are either uncertain or pessimistic about his presidency …
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Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones Warns Trump That The CIA Is Trying To “Assassinate” The President-Elect — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been repeatedly warning President-elect Donald Trump that “rogue elements” within the CIA are trying to “assassinate” him before he takes office.
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Politicus USA
Alison Smale / New York Times:
Austria's Far Right Signs a Cooperation Pact With Putin's Party — BERLIN — The leader of the Austrian far-right Freedom Party has signed what he called a cooperation agreement with Russia's ruling party and recently met with Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, the designated national security adviser …
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