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4:55 PM ET, December 21, 2016

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Ike Swetlitz / STAT:
One-on-one with Trump's doctor: Hecklers, house calls, and why Obamacare must be shut down  —  NEW YORK — On a frigid December afternoon, Dr. Harold Bornstein was talking about his most famous patient, President-elect Donald Trump.  —  He hadn't spoken with Trump since the election …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's doctor: ‘If something happens to him, then it happens to him’
Discussion: AOL and ACASignups.net
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Trump's doctor on health: ‘If something happens to him, then it happens to him’
Discussion: Raw Story
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Why the author of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ is moving home to Ohio
Katie Mansfield / Daily Express:
‘Merkel has BLOOD ON HER HANDS’ Protests erupt outside German Chancellor's office
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Daily Mail:
Berlin's most wanted: Police hunt ‘armed and dangerous’ …
NPR:
Gingrich Says Trump Must Address Business Conflicts Soon, Urges Monitoring  —  Donald Trump should deal with how to handle his business holdings before he takes office, says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, an adviser to the president-elect.  But Gingrich says it would be “an absurdity” to put Trump's holdings in a blind trust.
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump doesn't want to ‘drain the swamp’ anymore
Discussion: TheBlaze and RedState
Jim Newell / Slate:
How fitting for the 2016 election to end with the dashed hopes and incompetence of liberals.  —  Few people in the galaxy aren't in need of a nice, long holiday after the deaths, the elections, and the deaths by election that have characterized 2016.  These past 12 months have been taxing.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Bill O'Reilly rose to the defense of white privilege in America's presidential voting process
Discussion: Fox News
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump posse browbeats Hill Republicans  —  In early December, Rep. Bill Flores made what seemed like an obvious observation to a roomful of conservatives at a conference in Washington.  Some of Donald Trump's proposals, the Texas Republican cautioned, “are not going to line …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
REPORT: Passengers on Delta Flight Disputing Adam Saleh's Story About Phone Call  —  Someone else on the same Delta flight as YouTube prankster/hoaxer Adam Saleh told a reporter Wednesday that those on the plane say he did not make a phone call to his mother, supposedly the reason Saleh was booted from the flight.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Conservatives target red-state Democrats to speed Trump's nominations  —  The prospect of brutal confirmation hearings has Republicans targeting red-state Democrats in hopes of softening opposition to some of Donald Trump's most conservative Cabinet nominees — from Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions.
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Mike Levine / ABC News:   Clinton FBI Director Backs Trump's Attorney General Pick Jeff Sessions, Defends His Records on Civil Rights
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
FBI director under pressure to explain Clinton bombshell  —  's surprise loss in the presidential election, FBI Director James Comey is under pressure to justify the bombshell announcement that rocked the final days of the campaign.  —  Democrats, still smarting from the Nov. 8 loss …
Discussion: Vox, Hot Air, Daily Kos, The Week and Politico
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:   Bill Clinton, Who May Have Cost Hillary the Election, Passes the Buck to James Comey
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump team discussing ‘half-blind’ trust for conflicts of interest  —  Donald Trump's aides are considering a business arrangement that critics say would allow him or his appointees to sidestep conflict-of-interest laws governing the incoming administration and large investments in private-sector business.
Tim Alberta / National Review:
Conservatism in the Era of Trump  —  Where does the Right go from here?  —  Mick Mulvaney's friends in the House Freedom Caucus couldn't believe what they were hearing.  —  It was the Monday night following Election Day, and lawmakers were trickling back into Washington to resume their congressional duties.
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Schumer Says Trump's Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Plan ‘Sounded Good to Me’  —  Incoming Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says he likes the sound of President-elect Donald Trump's proposal of a major infrastructure plan, as long as it meets certain Democratic criteria.  —  “We think it should be large.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Schumer: Trump's trillion dollar infrastructure plan sounds good to me
Ed West / Coffee House:
Germany is facing a ticking time bomb of rage  —  I've learned that it's best not to say anything about a terrorist atrocity on social media, especially not if it confirms one's political prejudices.  It just looks crass, or it has when I've done it.  Try not to say anything profound either …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Lewandowski to open political consulting firm  —  Close confidants of President-elect Trump are establishing a new government relations and political consulting firm in Washington, D.C., the Washington Examiner has learned.  —  Corey Lewandowski, Trump's first campaign manager …
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Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
The Arctic could end a year of record-breaking temperatures with a heat wave  —  Another sign that not all is well in the Arctic.  —  In a year of record-high temperatures and record-low sea ice, the Arctic appears poised to witness another frightening scenario: temperatures at the North Pole …
Discussion: Mashable
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Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Pre-Christmas melt? North Pole forecast to warm 50 degrees above normal Thursday
Chris Kirkham / Wall Street Journal:
Percentage of Young Americans Living With Parents Rises to 75-Year High  —  Household formations by millennials lag behind other economic recoveries; high rents, mortgage standards cited  —  Almost 40% of young Americans were living with their parents, siblings or other relatives in 2015 …
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Sources: Jared Kushner Quietly Tries to Sell New York Observer  —  According to insiders, Kushner has been quietly shopping the Observer to potential buyers.  —  Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump at the Met Gala, May 2016.  —  Jared Kushner appears to be ready to pick up sticks and move to Washington …
Sean Illing / Vox:
Why the white working class feels like they've lost it all, according to a political scientist  —  “They're consumed by nostalgia.”  — Justin Gest, author of The New Minority  —  The white working-class voter is a subject of excessive interest these days.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Delta News Hub:
Statement on Flight 1  —  Two customers were removed from this flight and later rebooked after a disturbance in the cabin resulted in more than 20 customers expressing their discomfort.  We're conducting a full review to understand what transpired.  We are taking allegations of discrimination …
Murray Weiss / DNAinfo New York:
Mysterious Manhattan Military Flyover Was Trump Rescue Exercise: Sources  —  MANHATTAN — A military airplane and two huge helicopters doing loops over Midtown last week were conducting an “emergency relocation” planning mission in case they needed to extract President-elect Donald Trump during …
Discussion: Mediaite and Gothamist
 
 
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Melissa Fares / Reuters:
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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
John Kasich blocks Ohio cities from raising their own minimum wages
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump Calls Berlin Tragedy ‘an Attack on Humanity,’ Appears to Double Down on Muslim Ban
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Owen Bowcott / The Guardian:
EU's highest court delivers blow to UK snooper's charter
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Red-state Dems getting high-profile Senate perches
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