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First on CNN: Trump's cabinet pick invested in company, then introduced a bill to help it — Tom Price in 60 seconds Story highlights — Washington (CNN)Rep. Tom Price last year purchased shares in a medical device manufacturer days before introducing legislation that would have directly benefited …
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Trump, Price and Hill GOP at odds on Obamacare — Donald Trump and his pick to lead the Obamacare repeal effort, Rep. Tom Price, share a vision that the current health care system needs to be completely uprooted. — But the two men have articulated wildly divergent visions for what comes next …
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Politicus USA, Shadowproof and The Mahablog

Reporters Plead with MLK III to Attack Trump; Did Lewis Tweets Shake You ‘To Your Core?’ — On Monday afternoon, reporters stationed inside Trump Tower begged with Martin Luther King III to attack President-elect Trump over tweets concerning Democratic Congressman John Lewis (Ga.) …
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Power Line and Mediaite
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John Lewis Boycotted George W. Bush's Inauguration, Too
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Obama Loves Martin Luther King's Great Quote—But He Uses It Incorrectly
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John Lewis ‘a racist pig,’ Gwinnett commissioner writes on Facebook
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With All Due Disrespect — As a young man, Congressman John Lewis …
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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, BizPac Review and Daily Kos

Dem dilemma: Stand with Lewis?
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Washington Monthly and FOX News Radio


Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House — GOP foreign policy adviser Monica Crowley said Monday she will relinquish the senior job she'd been poised to take in the Trump White House. — Ms. Crowley, who had been tapped to be senior director of strategic communications …
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Monica Crowley bows out of Trump administration post following plagiarism revelations
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Monica Crowley not taking role in Trump administration
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F.B.I. Arrests Wife of Killer in Orlando Mass Shooting — WASHINGTON — The wife of the man who carried out a deadly terrorist attack in Orlando, Fla., has been arrested in connection with the mass shooting, a law enforcement official said Monday. — Noor Salman was taken into custody …
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European leaders shocked as Trump slams NATO and E.U., raising fears of transatlantic split — BRUSSELS — European leaders grappled with the jolting reality of President-elect Donald Trump's skepticism of the European Union on Monday, saying they might have to stand without the United States at their side during the Trump presidency.
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Our Country Is Currently in Cardiac Arrest
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Germany hits out at Donald Trump after he labels Nato ‘obsolete’ and threatens car makers with 35pc tariffs
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New York Times, Hot Air and Reuters

Trump rattles NATO with ‘obsolete’ blast
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CNN to Sean Spicer: Jim Acosta ‘has our complete support’ — The Trump transition team's calls for an apology from CNN correspondent Jim Acosta are being met by something else: a strong statement from CNN supporting Acosta. — “Being persistent and asking tough questions is his job …
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The Case for Not Being Crybabies
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Trump Is Making Journalism Great Again
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Sources: Trump labor pick Andrew Puzder has voiced second thoughts about nomination — Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be labor secretary has voiced second thoughts in recent days, because of a relentless barrage of criticism from Democrats, labor unions and other liberal groups …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Politicus USA, New York Times, The Daily Caller and Mediaite

More than 4 in 10 say Trump should sell his businesses — but even more say he shouldn't, poll finds — A narrow majority of Americans say Donald Trump should not have to sell his businesses to separate them from his duties as president — but a large majority say the president-elect …
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Political Wire, Politicus USA and The Daily Caller
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Public Splits on Trump's Ethics Compliance; Three-Quarters Want Tax Returns Released (POLL)
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Trump: Monday will be day one of administration — said the first order he'll sign as president will be to create “strong borders.” — It's something he's said before, but the promise gained attention Monday evening, after that portion of his Times of London interview was highlighted …
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Bruce Springsteen Cover Band Drops Out of Trump Inauguration Party — “We had to make it known that we didn't want to seem disrespectful ... to Bruce, his music and his band,” B-Street Band's Will Forte says — The B-Street Band, a popular Bruce Springsteen cover group that's performed nearly 200 gigs …
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Springsteen band cancels inaugural gig out of ‘respect’ for Bruce
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Audio: Mayor Fouts compares black people to ‘chimps,’ ridicules women — Join us on Facebook for exclusive stories in metro Detroit. — Warren Mayor Jim Fouts used the n-word, compared black people to “chimps” and called old women “dried-up c**ts” in new audio recordings obtained exclusively by Motor City Muckraker.


For Trump, Three Decades of Chasing Deals in Russia — It was 2005, and Felix Sater, a Russian immigrant, was back in Moscow pursuing an ambitious plan to build a Trump tower on the site of an old pencil factory along the Moscow River that would offer hotel rooms, condominiums and commercial office space.
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Politicus USA


‘Never Trump’ national-security Republicans fear they have been blacklisted — They are some of the biggest names in the Republican national security firmament, veterans of past GOP administrations who say, if called upon by President-elect Donald Trump, they stand ready to serve their country again.


Obamas Jet to Palm Springs After Inauguration — President Obama and Michelle Obama will be leaving frigid Washington D.C. for sunny Palm Springs ... TMZ has learned. — We're told when the First Family leaves the Capitol after the inauguration, they'll take a chopper …
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Mediaite and The Daily Caller


Trump Warns on House Republican Tax Plan — Donald Trump criticized a cornerstone of House Republicans' corporate-tax plan, which they had pitched as an alternative to his proposed import tariffs, creating another point of contention between the incoming president and congressional allies.
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