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Trump Expected to Name Marco Rubio as Secretary of State — The president-elect appears to have settled on the Florida senator to be the nation's top diplomat. — President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to name Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as his secretary of state …
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Swisher makes prediction on what could push Musk from Trump's favor
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Trump taps US Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state
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Musk Turning Himself Into the 'Guest Who Wouldn't Leave' at Mar-a-Lago
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Trump asks Mike Waltz to serve as his national security adviser
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Trump picks Kristi Noem to serve as his Homeland Security secretary — President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to two people familiar with the selection.
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Democrat Ruben Gallego wins Arizona US Senate race against Republican Kari Lake — Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizona's first Latino U.S. senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake and preventing Republicans from further padding their Senate majority.
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Schumer invites McCormick and Gallego to Senate orientation — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has extended Senate orientation invitations to Pennsylvania Republican Dave McCormick and Arizona Democrat Ruben Gallego after previously withholding them while their respective races remained unsettled.
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Schumer invites McCormick, Gallego to Senate orientation
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Decision on whether to overturn Trump's New York hush money conviction is delayed — Donald Trump's lawyers and the Manhattan district attorney's office have agreed to delay activity in the hush money case until November 19 to give the president-elect's lawyers time to make new arguments on how his election victory impacts the case.
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New York judge delays presidential immunity ruling in Trump “hush money” case
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Republicans win House, delivering Trump a trifecta — Republicans are projected to keep control of the House of Representatives, handing the party total control of Washington with former President Trump back in the White House in January. — Decision Desk HQ projected the GOP would hold …
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Republicans win majority of US House seats in government sweep
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Inside House Dems' 11th-hour plot to sabotage Trump's agenda
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Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows appeal in Georgia election interference case — Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff failed in his bid to move the case to federal court to mount immunity arguments. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a setback …
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Melania Trump declines to meet with Jill Biden at White House, citing Mar-a-Lago raid: source — Melania Trump declined an offer to head to the White House Wednesday and meet with Jill Biden, citing the Biden administration's past raid on Mar-a-Lago as part of the federal government's investigation into classified documents.
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Freedom Caucus's rogue procedural move raises questions about consequences — Key members of the House Freedom Caucus went rogue with parliamentary procedure on the House floor while GOP leaders were far away and focused on other matters on Election Day, raising questions about whether …


Trump Cabinet Picks So Far Decried as ‘Nightmare Fuel’ — Progressive advocates voiced alarm Monday over U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's initial leadership picks—including a border czar who oversaw the separation of migrant families during the Republican's first term …
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Blue state govs gear up to protect their people — “You come for my people, you come through me.” … 👊 — Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election last week has led, inevitably, to a miserable round of Democratic blaming, shaming, bitterness, and general panic.


A Common Sense Democrat manifesto — Where do we go from here? — Years ago, I coined a phrase — the pundit's fallacy — to describe the belief that to win elections, a political party needs to cater to the exact views of the pundit writing the column. — So as a believer …


No Trump bump: MSNBC hemorrhaging viewers since Election Day, sheds more than half of primetime audience — 'It's a stale product no one will want to listen to going forward,' Curtis Houck says — MSNBC's reliably liberal audience has tuned out the anti-Trump network since Election …
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MSNBC Ratings Crater As Viewers Tune Out Trump Victory Coverage
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The big takeaway from Trump's whirlwind round of personnel announcements — The president-elect is sending a clear message to Washington as he begins to reveal who's in — and who's out — of his next administration. — Donald Trump is sending a message to anyone hoping to work with his second White House: Dissenters need not apply.
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Who's really running Donald Trump's transition — A look at the power players populating Trump's club since the election. — Over the weekend, Donald Trump zipped around his West Palm Beach club on a golf cart with Elon Musk, stopping to introduce him to club members.
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FAA considers Haiti travel ban after planes struck by gunfire — The Federal Aviation Administration will decide whether to ban flights to Haiti on Tuesday after gunmen shot at two different flights attempting to land there. — As of Monday, the Toussaint Louverture International Airport …
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Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump? Can It? — Because of all that has happened since President-elect Trump's first term in office, it is easy to forget that the Supreme Court repeatedly stood up to him during those chaotic four years. — The court impeded Mr. Trump's initial efforts …


RFK Jr. Isn't Just Reckless. He's Dangerous. — A vaccine skeptic and peddler of junk science, his theories would put Americans at risk. — One of Donald Trump's signature first-term achievements was Operation Warp Speed, the $18 billion effort to accelerate development of the Covid-19 vaccine.


Donald Trump Jr. Is Joining a Venture Capital Firm — The firm, 1789 Capital, invests in products and companies aimed at conservative audiences. — The eldest son of President-elect Donald J. Trump will not be a member of his father's administration — he is joining a venture capital firm.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray is preparing for a possible forced exit under Trump — One person under consideration for the job is Trump adviser Kash Patel, who is also being considered to lead the CIA, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. — FBI Director Christopher Wray …
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