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Carmel Dagan / Variety:
Debbie Reynolds, ‘Singin’ in the Rain' Star and Carrie Fisher's Mother, Dies at 84 — Debbie Reynolds, the Oscar-nominated singer-actress who was the mother of late actress Carrie Fisher, has died at Cedars-Sinai hospital. She was 84. — “She wanted to be with Carrie,” her son Todd Fisher told Variety.
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TMZ.com:
Debbie Reynolds — DEAD AT 84 — Debbie Reynolds — who rose to stardom in “Singin' in the Rain” and quickly became a staple among Hollywood royalty — died Wednesday as a result of a stroke, TMZ has learned ... just one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away ... this according to her son Todd.
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TMZ.com:
Debbie Reynolds Rushed to Hospital for Possible Stroke (AUDIO + VIDEO) — Debbie Reynolds — Rushed to Hospital for Possible Stroke — EXCLUSIVE — 2:53 PM PT — We've learned Debbie's condition when she was taken to the hospital was listed as “fair to serious.”
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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Debbie Reynolds, Mother of Carrie Fisher and Star of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,' Dies at 84 — The actress received an Oscar nom for ‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown’ and lost her husband to Elizabeth Taylor. Her daughter died one day earlier. — Debbie Reynolds, the vivacious actress …
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Bloomberg:
Obama Calls Trump After Twitter Complaint About ‘Roadblocks’ — Detente strained between the outgoing and incoming presidents — Republican angered by UN resolution on Israel, election remark — U.S. President Barack Obama phoned his successor, Donald Trump, after the Republican accused Obama …
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Bloomberg:
Obama's Betrayal of Israel at the UN Must Not Stand — President Barack Obama's ill-advised decision to order the U.S. to abstain on a United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements breaks with past U.S. policy, undermines a vital ally and sets back the cause of Middle East peace.
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Elliott Abrams / Weekly Standard:
John Kerry's Final, Harmful Insult to Israel — A shameful end to the Obama foreign policy. — In the Obama administration's waning days, global challenges to American interests abound. In Syria, which will be a bloody stain on the reputations of Barack Obama and John Kerry, the killing continues.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside the coming war between the United States and the United Nations
Marissa Newman / The Times of Israel:
Erekat: Leaked transcript with Kerry, Rice ‘lies and half-truths’
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Leaked Document: U.S. Colluded With Palestinians 10 Days Before UN Settlements Vote
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John Kerry / US Department of State:
Remarks on Middle East Peace
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump says Sprint will bring 5,000 jobs back to the US; OneWeb will create 3,000 jobs — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that Sprint will bring 5,000 jobs back to the United States from overseas, while another company OneWeb will add 3,000 jobs in the U.S.
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Billionaire Masa Son Adds U.S. Jobs at Sprint, OneWeb
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump takes credit for new domestic jobs at Sprint
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Michael Moore / Facebook:
5 Things You Can Do Right Now About Donald J. Trump - from Michael Moore — It's been seven weeks since Hillary beat Trump by nearly 3 million votes but lost the presidency to him. So if your head is still spinning from that mindf***, or you can't quite believe a malignant narcissist …
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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Guardian:
Reporting while Muslim: how I covered the US presidential election — “We should exterminate them.” — The words rolled off the voter's tongue as though he was merely discussing a pest invasion in his home. He was talking about Muslims. — I froze as I became suddenly aware of my own Muslim identity …
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Richard Johnson / Page Six:
DC private schools giving Kellyanne Conway the brush-off — MORE FROM: — Kellyanne Conway is worried establishment elites in Washington, DC, are so prejudiced against President-elect Trump that she won't be able to get her kids into private school in the nation's capital.
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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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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Scam Pastor to Pray With Trump At Inauguration — In 2007, TV preacher Paula White got investigated by the U.S. Senate for her shady fundraising practices. — Ten years later, she will pray at Trump's inauguration. — Yes, really. — White is a televangelist with a huge audience and a knack for stirring controversy.
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The Republican plot to devour retirees' nest eggs — Perhaps the most monstrous thing about the American medical system — and the bar for that title is high indeed — is predatory billing. — A great many medical providers adjust their prices based on how defenseless the patient is …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
With new monuments in Nevada, Utah, Obama adds to his environmental legacy — President Obama on Tuesday created new national monuments in a sacred tribal site in southeastern Utah and in a swath of Nevada desert, after years of political fights over the fate of the sites.
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Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
After Backlash, Steve Martin Deletes His Twitter Tribute to Carrie Fisher — Earlier today, iconic actress Carrie Fisher died, prompting reactions from all around the entertainment industry and beyond. One reaction was from Steve Martin, who reportedly tweeted, “When I was a young man …
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Serena Dong / CNN:
Donald Trump rooster statue takes China by storm — Beijing (CNN)What do you get when you cross the year of the rooster with the year of Trump? — A “yuge” statue. — A giant rooster sculpture, sporting the President-elect's signature hairdo and hand gestures, has been erected outside …
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Schumer calls for Trump Cabinet picks to turn over tax returns — Incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer — (D-N.Y.) called Wednesday for more of President-elect Donald Trump — 's Cabinet picks to turn over their tax returns. — Steven Mnuchin and Tom Price …
Christina Mendez / philstar.com:
Duterte: I tossed out kidnapper from helicopter — MANILA, Philippines - Is this another joke or hyperbole? — President Duterte vowed yesterday that corrupt officials would suffer the same fate as kidnap suspects he claimed to have thrown off a helicopter in mid-flight when he was mayor of Davao City.
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