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11:05 AM ET, November 12, 2024

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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
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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New York Times:
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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Politico:
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.
New York Times:
Trump Allies Push Him to Block Thune From Becoming Senate G.O.P. Leader
Calder McHugh / Politico:
How the Senate map explains Trump
Discussion: USA Today and Politico
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump expected to name Rubio as secretary of State
Discussion: WANE 15, CNN and Mediaite
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
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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Paula Reid / CNN:
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.
Discussion: CNBC, Associated Press, IJR and The Guardian
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Associated Press:
Judge set to rule on whether to scrap Trump's conviction in hush money case
New York Post:
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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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
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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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
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 …
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
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 …
Elise Stefanik / Common Dreams:
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 …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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.
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
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 …
Brian Flood / Fox News:
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 …
Discussion: RedState and The Wrap
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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
MSNBC Ratings Crater As Viewers Tune Out Trump Victory Coverage
Sara Cline / Associated Press:
Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments  —  A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.
Discussion: The Independent and CBS News
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
John Paulson Drops Out of Running to Become Trump Treasury Secretary  —  Investor says his ‘complex financial obligations’ would prevent him from joining administration  —  Veteran investor John Paulson is dropping out of the running to become President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury secretary …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Politico:
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.
Discussion: The Independent and CNN
Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
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 …
Stephen I. Vladeck / New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
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.
 
 
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Carol Anderson / The Guardian:
Will the American project survive the anger of white men?
Discussion: The Hill
TMZ.com:
Oprah Winfrey Denies Being Paid $1 Million to Campaign for Kamala Harris
Martin Gurri / New York Post:
Trump won by uniting those who think liberal rulers have gone too far
Andy Beshear / New York Times:
I'm the Governor of Kentucky. Here's How Democrats Can Win Again.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Who really supports free speech?
Discussion: HotAir
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Even Fox News Saw a Close 2024 Election. Then the Voting Data Came In
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Kamala Harris snubbing Josh Shapiro in favor of Tim Walz for VP backfired with Jewish voters - and may have cost her Pennsylvania: exit poll
Discussion: Breitbart and Power Line
Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
Chris Wallace Quits CNN to Build Future in Streaming
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Selects Florida Rep. Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser
 

 
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