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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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Riley Beggin / USA Today:
Donald Trump to make first visit to Capitol Hill since winning election
Donald Trump to make first visit to Capitol Hill since winning election
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Politico:
The big takeaway from Trump's whirlwind round of personnel announcements
The big takeaway from Trump's whirlwind round of personnel announcements
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Republicans win House, delivering Trump a trifecta
Republicans win House, delivering Trump a trifecta
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CNN:
Swisher makes prediction on what could push Musk from Trump's favor
Swisher makes prediction on what could push Musk from Trump's favor
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NBC News:
FBI Director Christopher Wray is preparing for a possible forced exit under Trump
FBI Director Christopher Wray is preparing for a possible forced exit under Trump
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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Republicans win majority of US House seats in government sweep
Republicans win majority of US House seats in government sweep
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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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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 …
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Who is Lee Zeldin? Six things to know about Trump's selection for EPA chief
Who is Lee Zeldin? Six things to know about Trump's selection for EPA chief
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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.
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
New York judge delays presidential immunity ruling in Trump “hush money” case
New York judge delays presidential immunity ruling in Trump “hush money” case
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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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Emmy Martin / Politico:
Schumer invites McCormick and Gallego to Senate orientation
Schumer invites McCormick and Gallego to Senate orientation
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer invites McCormick, Gallego to Senate orientation
Schumer invites McCormick, Gallego to Senate orientation
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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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Daniel W. Drezner / Foreign Affairs:
The End of American Exceptionalism — Trump's Reelection Will Redefine U.S. Power — The only thing uncontroversial about Donald Trump is how he won his second term. Despite polls showing a statistical dead heat and fears of a long, drawn-out wait for election results, Trump was declared the winner early last Wednesday morning.
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 …
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emptywheel:
Russia Attempts to Collect Its Winnings — Russia has been engaged in a good deal of dick-wagging with Trump since the election. — After Trump won, Russia did not call to congratulate — at least as far as we know (though Viktor Orbán seems to be Trump's handler and he did).
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 …
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 …
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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
MSNBC Ratings Crater As Viewers Tune Out Trump Victory Coverage
MSNBC Ratings Crater As Viewers Tune Out Trump Victory Coverage
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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 …
Mary L. Trump / The Good in Us:
The Media Want to Blame Kamala Harris — With very little insight and even less self-awareness, it looks like some of our so-called elites in the so-called liberal media have figured out what went wrong for Democrats this election. — It was “wokeness.” — After reading Maureen Dowd's column …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Lichtman blames bad election prediction on disinformation, Elon Musk — Historian and political scientist Allan Lichtman is blaming disinformation and billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk for his incorrect prediction that Vice President Harris would win the presidency. — “Number one, disinformation.
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.
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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.
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 …
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
EPA implements climate law's methane fee for oil and gas companies — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday issued a final rule that implements a charge for oil and gas companies that release too much of the planet-warming gas methane. — The fee was passed as part …
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
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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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Abortion opponents prepare to undermine just-passed ballot measures — Most of the bills target mifepristone — the drug used in more than two-thirds of abortions nationwide. — Anti-abortion groups on Tuesday unveiled their “Make America Pro-Life Again Roadmap,” an effort to chip away …
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