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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Britain Pulled the Strings and Netanyahu Warned New Zealand It Was Declaring War: New Details on Israel's Battle Against the UN Vote — The British secretly worked the Palestinians and urged New Zealand to move ahead with the resolution, and a call from Netanyahu to Putin triggered a real drama …
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Bloomberg:
Kerry Plans Middle East Speech as Israel Retaliates Over UN Snub — Speech follows U.S. absention on UN Security Council Vote — Paris conference in January could ramp up pressure on Israel — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will offer a “comprehensive vision” for how Middle East peace …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
John Kerry, in a Final, Pointed Plea, Will Outline a Vision of Mideast Peace
John Kerry, in a Final, Pointed Plea, Will Outline a Vision of Mideast Peace
Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
‘You cannot eat here’: Hawaii café riles residents with ban on Trump voters — This sign was posted at Honolulu's Café 8 ½. — Honolulu's Café 8 ½ gets rave reviews on Yelp for its “Radiatore Verde” and “Italian stir fry,” among other popular dishes …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Obama administration is close to announcing measures to punish Russia for election interference — The Obama administration is close to announcing a series of measures to punish Russia for its interference in the 2016 presidential election, including economic sanctions and diplomatic censure, according to U.S. officials.
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Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
‘What the Russians Did Was Utterly Unprecedented’
‘What the Russians Did Was Utterly Unprecedented’
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WiredPen and The Daily Caller
Jaclyn Schultz / WAGA-TV:
Police: Queen Latifah's car stolen by gas station thieves — FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Hollywood's Queen Latifah became another unfortunate victim of a crime trend plaguing drivers throughout south Fulton County: thieves jump into a driver's seat while someone is pumping gas, and quickly take off.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: Obama ‘lost’ in key swing states for Clinton — argued Tuesday that President Obama did not help Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — win key swing states in the November election. — In a tweet, Trump doubled-down on his belief that he would have defeated Obama …
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Obama confesses he was ‘wildly pretentious’ in college
Obama confesses he was ‘wildly pretentious’ in college
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Caroline Kenny / CNN:
Obama's other DNC moment: His credit card got declined
Obama's other DNC moment: His credit card got declined
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Bests Trump as Most Admired Man in 2016 — PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans are most likely to name President Barack Obama as the man they admire most in 2016. Twenty-two percent mentioned Obama in response to the open-ended question. President-elect Donald Trump was second at 15%.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
HGTV Will Never Upset You: How the Network Beat CNN in 2016 — Without news, sports or A-listers, HGTV thrives on repetition — Nikki Justice doesn't seem like she'd be a big fan of HGTV's show “Property Brothers.” A first-year astronomy and physics major at Ohio State University, she's never owned a home, let alone flipped one.
J.J. Gallagher / ABC News:
Trump Takes Credit for Bump in Consumer Confidence — President-elect Donald Trump congratulated himself on Tuesday night for an uptick in the Consumer Confidence Index, a closely-watched economic measure. — The Conference Board reported on Tuesday that its index of consumer confidence rose …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Thanks Himself For Rising Consumer Confidence Index
Trump Thanks Himself For Rising Consumer Confidence Index
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The Atlantic:
Cristina Kirchner, Argentina's Former President, Faces Corruption Charges — Cristina Kirchner, the former president of Argentina, was indicted Tuesday by a federal judge over allegations of corruption tied to an infrastructure project. Kirchner is accused of using her position …
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The Federalist, The Talking Dog and Mashable
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Warren stirs talk of 2020 White House run — is set to bolster her Senate resume next year, sparking early talk about a 2020 presidential bid. — The Massachusetts Democrat will join the Armed Services Committee in 2017, branching out beyond the tough-on-Wall Street message that made her a liberal favorite.
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Top 15 Democratic presidential candidates in 2020
Top 15 Democratic presidential candidates in 2020
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Experts: Ryan's livestream crackdown may be unconstitutional — Paul Ryan's new crackdown against protests on the House floor — a direct response to the Democrats' gun-control “sit-in” last summer — is prompting questions from experts in both parties about its constitutionality.
Tom Cotton / New York Times:
Fix Immigration. It's What Voters Want. — Donald J. Trump smashed many orthodoxies on his way to victory, but immigration was the defining issue separating him from his primary opponents and Hillary Clinton. President-elect Trump now has a clear mandate not only to stop illegal immigration …
Wall Street Journal:
As Home Prices Rise, Flippers Make a Comeback — Number of investors flipping homes returns to precrisis levels; big banks also get back in the game — This is a great time to be in the house-flipping business. — The number of investors who flipped a house in the first nine months of 2016 reached the highest level since 2007.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
SEIU plans 30 percent budget cut during Trump admin. — The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is planning to cut 30 percent of its budget by Jan. 1, 2018, the end of President-elect Donald Trump — 's first year in office. — “Because the far right will control all three branches …
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story and The Guardian
TMZ.com:
NFL's Ray McDonald — Terrifying Video In Dom. Violence Case — TMZ Sports has obtained footage of the terrifying 2015 standoff between ex-NFL player Ray McDonald and the mother of his child ... video that was at the center of his domestic violence case. — The footage shows …
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ProFootballTalk and The Root
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
Former Trump staffer gets 30 days in jail after being convicted on 10 counts of election fraud — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Failed Michigan State House candidate Brandon Michael Hall—who was a prominent volunteer with the Donald Trump campaign—was sentenced to 30 days …
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Detroit News
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Belief in conspiracies largely depends on political identity — Belief in conspiracy theories depends largely on which side of the spectrum you fall on … Sometimes it seems that Americans will believe anything. And what we know as true or not true these days can depend on our political point of view.
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
H.I.V. Cases Surpass a Million in Russia, but Little Is Done — ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Quietly, earlier this year, the number of Russians who have received a positive H.I.V. diagnosis passed the one million mark, with little indication that the government will commit adequate resources …
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