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David Wright / CNN:
Kellyanne Conway lands top WH job in Trump administration — Conway on terror: ‘Everything is on the table’ — (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump tapped former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway as “counselor to the president,” the presidential transition announced Thursday morning.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump picks Kellyanne Conway to serve as counselor to the president — Kellyanne Conway, who served as President-elect Donald Trump's campaign manager and has been a senior adviser to his transition team, will serve as counselor to the president in the incoming administration.
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New York Times:
Kellyanne Conway, ‘Trump Whisperer,’ Will Be Counselor to President — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Kellyanne Conway, the Republican pollster and strategist who helped guide President-elect Donald J. Trump to victory in November, will be appointed counselor to the president …
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Rachel Stockman / Law News:
Delta Concludes From Multiple Witnesses That YouTube Prankster Was Actually Shouting, Disruptive — So you know that video that went viral that allegedly showed Delta kicking off a passenger for speaking Arabic? Well, apparently, Delta investigated the situation, and now says it's not quite what it all seemed.
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Delta News Hub:
Delta reviewing circumstances surrounding removal of passenger from departing Heathrow flight
Delta reviewing circumstances surrounding removal of passenger from departing Heathrow flight
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
REPORT: Passengers on Delta Flight Disputing Adam Saleh's Story About Phone Call
REPORT: Passengers on Delta Flight Disputing Adam Saleh's Story About Phone Call
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John King / CNN:
Trump team floats tariffs — Washington (CNN)The Trump transition team is floating the possibility of an early executive action to impose tariffs on foreign imports, according to multiple sources. — Such a move would deliver on President-elect Donald Trump's “America First” campaign theme.
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump is holding a government casting call. He's seeking ‘the look.’ — Donald Trump believes that those who aspire to the most visible spots in his administration should not just be able to do the job, but also look the part. — Given Trump's own background as a master brander …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
North Carolina lawmakers leave ‘bathroom bill’ in place — North Carolina lawmakers failed Wednesday to repeal a law regulating transgender people's use of public restrooms, despite convening in a special legislative session for the express purpose of rescinding the controversial law.
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New York Times:
North Carolina Fails to Repeal Bathroom Law That Prompted Boycotts — RALEIGH, N.C. — After more than nine hours of closed-door meetings, jawboning and complicated legislative stratagems, North Carolina legislators went home in frustration Wednesday after failing to repeal the state law …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's trade team has based their analysis on a remarkably silly mistake — There's a smart critique of current trade policy out there, and this isn't it. — Donald Trump gives every indication of wanting to govern like a conventional conservative Republican on the vast majority of domestic issues.
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Eric Beech / Reuters:
Trump picks ‘Death by China’ author for trade advisory role
Trump picks ‘Death by China’ author for trade advisory role
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Bill Pruitt / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: A Former Apprentice Producer Responds to Donald Trump Being Elected President — “Did we think this clown, this buffoon with the funny hair, would ever become a world leader? Not once. Ever.” … There's a larger issue at hand: non-fiction or “reality” television …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Exclusive: Clinton aides kept tabs on anti-Trump elector gambit — Hillary Clinton's top advisers never publicly backed an effort by Democrats on the Electoral College to block Donald Trump's election. When it failed on Monday, one aide mocked it as an unserious “coup” attempt.
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Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Facebook ‘fact checker’ who will arbitrate on ‘fake news’ is accused of defrauding website to pay for prostitutes - and its staff includes an escort-porn star and ‘Vice Vixen domme’ — Facebook has announced plans to check for ‘fake news’ using a series of organizations to assess whether stories are true
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Kelsey Ott / WREG-TV:
Arrest made in ‘Vote Trump’ burning of Mississippi black church — GREENVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi authorities have made an arrest in the burning of an African-American church spray-painted with the words, “Vote Trump.” — Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain …
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WJBK-TV:
Police: Threat to burn UM student wearing hijab did not happen — ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WJBK) - Police have determined a University of Michigan student's claim that a man threatened to burn her if she didn't remove her hijab was false. Ann Arbor Police Lt. Matthew Lige says there was not enough evidence to support her claim.
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Karen Herzog / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
GOP, UW at odds again — this time over ‘whiteness’ course — Turning up the heat on the long-smoldering relationship between state lawmakers and the University of Wisconsin System, leading Republicans are threatening to pull any hope of more state funding unless a new course at UW-Madison called “The Problem of Whiteness” is canceled.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Ron Paul: 'We don't have very much room for condemning' Russian election meddling — Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) says America has little room for criticizing Russia's apparent meddling in the most recent U.S. presidential election. — “I think it is politics more than anything else,” …
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New York Times:
Trump's Son, Fearing ‘Quagmire,’ to Stop Soliciting for Charity — WASHINGTON — Eric Trump said on Wednesday that he had decided to stop directly soliciting contributions for his charitable foundation, which supports causes like the fight against childhood cancer, because he now recognizes …
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Matt Krantz / USA Today:
Trump gives Carl Icahn a surprising role — Wall Street maven Carl Icahn will advise President-elect Trump on matters of regulatory reform, giving the famed investor a key say in how his own industry is monitored. — Icahn will advise Trump on regulatory topics as an individual …
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David Benoit / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Name Carl Icahn as Adviser on Regulatory Overhaul
Trump to Name Carl Icahn as Adviser on Regulatory Overhaul
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Trump's Tweets Are a Threat to Our National Security — His lies are a problem, but his belligerence is worse: It could start a war. — The Washington Post has created a nifty tool designed to address one of the novel problems of our political era: a president-elect who persistently uses Twitter to spread lies.
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Katie Reilly / TIME:
Donald Trump on Proposed Muslim Ban: ‘You Know My Plans’ — “All along, I've been proven to be right. 100% correct” — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday called the recent attacks in Germany and Turkey “terrible” and suggested that he does not intend to reevaluate his plans …
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Stephen Piggott / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Ann Coulter Attends VDARE Christmas Party - Her Second White Nationalist Event In Three Months — Ann Coulter, an infamous far-right attack dog who has spent years attacking the left, was at the Christmas party of a racist anti-immigration group earlier this month — the second such event she has attended since September.
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