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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
In a day of tweets, Trump suggests major change on national security issues — Before lunchtime Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump said he would expand the U.S. nuclear arsenal, upending a reduction course set by presidents of both parties over the past four decades …
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Vladimir Putin, Unsurprised by Trump's Remarks, Says Russia Wants No Nuclear Arms Race — MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said on Friday that a statement by Donald J. Trump, the American president-elect, that the United States should expand its nuclear capabilities …
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Max Fisher / New York Times:
Trump's Nuclear Weapons Tweet, Translated and Explained
Trump's Nuclear Weapons Tweet, Translated and Explained
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New York Times:
Trump Says the U.S. Should Expand Its Nuclear Capacity
Trump Says the U.S. Should Expand Its Nuclear Capacity
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Donald J. Trump / Facebook:
The resolution being considered at the United Nations Security …
The resolution being considered at the United Nations Security …
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New York Times:
Trump Pressures Obama Over U.N. Resolution on Israeli Settlements
Trump Pressures Obama Over U.N. Resolution on Israeli Settlements
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Maria Antonova / Yahoo:
Putin urges Russian nuclear weapons boost
Putin urges Russian nuclear weapons boost
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Heather Stauffer / LancasterOnline:
Jewish family leaves Lancaster County in fear after being blamed for cancellation of Hempfield elementary Christmas play — A Hempfield elementary school is under fire for ending its longstanding production of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol,” and a Jewish family has fled the county …
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Jewish Family Flees Home After Breitbart Runs Story On Canceled Christmas Play — A Jewish family has temporarily left its Lancaster County, Pennsylvania home, citing fear of retribution after coming under fire from conservative news outlets that blamed it for the cancellation of an elementary school production of “A Christmas Carol.”
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Fox News, Breitbart Falsely Suggest Jewish Family Is to Blame for Cancellation of Christmas Play
Fox News, Breitbart Falsely Suggest Jewish Family Is to Blame for Cancellation of Christmas Play
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TMZ.com:
Ivanka Trump Accosted by Passenger on JetBlue Flight (PHOTO + UPDATE) — Ivanka Trump — Accosted by Passenger on JetBlue Flight — EXCLUSIVE — Ivanka Trump just had a bumpy start to her Xmas holiday ... an out-of-control passenger on her flight began verbally berating her and “jeering” at her 3 kids.
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JetBlue passenger criticizes Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, gets booted from flight …
JetBlue passenger criticizes Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, gets booted from flight …
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Marc Scheff / Facebook:
UPDATE: Yes, that's me sitting in front of Ivanka.
UPDATE: Yes, that's me sitting in front of Ivanka.
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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
Screaming lawyer chases down Ivanka Trump and yells at her as she sits with her kids on flight …
Screaming lawyer chases down Ivanka Trump and yells at her as she sits with her kids on flight …
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
As Democrats ponder their future, Joe Biden makes a plea for a focus on the middle class — Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign rally in Virginia on the eve of the November election. After his speech, Biden remarked backstage on the lack of apparent enthusiasm for the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden: Clinton never figured out why she was running
Biden: Clinton never figured out why she was running
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Sheena McKenzie / CNN:
Berlin Christmas market attack suspect killed in Milan shootout — (CNN)The Berlin Christmas market attack suspect Anis Amri has been killed in Milan, according to Italian state police. — The suspect was killed in a shootout in Sesto San Giovanni — a town near Milan — just after 3am local time …
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Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
'It's all too convenient': Questions over how police missed Berlin attack suspect's ID in truck …
'It's all too convenient': Questions over how police missed Berlin attack suspect's ID in truck …
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Exclusive: Sen. Corker's Height, Business Dealings Hurt His Secretary Of State Chances — Republican Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker was reportedly a contender to become President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state, but internal documents provided by a Trump confidant reveal …
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Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Rockette goes on Instagram rant over Trump inauguration gig — President Elect Donald Trump on Thursday secured the Radio City Rockettes to perform at his Jan. 20 inauguration — but at least one dancer was not happy with the decision. — Rockette Phoebe Pearl said in an Instagram post Thursday night …
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Carter is only former president to RSVP for Trump's inauguration — One month out, Jimmy Carter is the only former president to RSVP to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, while Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are putting off their decision until the new year.
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New York Times:
Was Barack Obama Bad for Democrats? — President Obama will be remembered as a thoughtful and dignified president who led a scrupulously honest administration that achieved major changes. — People argue over whether his impatience with politicians and Republican intransigence denied …
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Why Hillary Clinton is still losing supporters — More From: — ROCKVILLE, Md. — Democrats' belief that new information revealed after Donald Trump's election — as when the reports of Russian interference spurred calls on the left for a revote or, failing that, for “faithless” …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump team asked State Department for info on women's issues programs, sparking fears of another witch hunt — The Trump transition team instructed the State Department to turn over all information Wednesday about “gender-related staffing, programming, and funding,” setting off alarm bells among …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Why the white working class votes against itself — Why did all those Economically Anxious™ Trump voters reject policies that would have helped relieve their economic anxiety? — Maybe they believed any Big Government expansions would disproportionately go to the “wrong” kinds of people — that is, people unlike themselves.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Populism, Real and Phony — Authoritarians with an animus against ethnic minorities are on the march across the Western world. They control governments in Hungary and Poland, and will soon take power in America. And they're organizing across borders: Austria's Freedom Party …
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Pick for Health Secretary Traded Medical Stocks While in House — Rep. Tom Price has sponsored and advocated legislation that could affect the companies' share prices — President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Health and Human Services Department traded more than $300,000 …
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Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Kellyanne's Brutal Response to Whether She'll Have Time to Be Special Counselor — Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway did not immediately accept a role in his administration because she needed time to consider whether she could both serve the president and care for her family.
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