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12:10 AM ET, November 17, 2024

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Washington Post:
Trump picks fracking firm CEO Chris Wright to be energy secretary  —  The executive has taken a defiant approach to fighting climate change by attacking policies that call for shifting away from fossil fuels.
Discussion: ABC News, News18, TPR and The Independent
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Trump taps oil executive Chris Wright as Energy secretary  —  The oil executive and GOP fundraiser disputes the need to fight against climate change.  —  President-elect Donald Trump named Chris Wright, head of a Denver-based oil service company and a vocal opponent of government action …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump taps fracking CEO Chris Wright for Energy secretary
Discussion: CNN and WHEC.com
Washington Post:
Defense pick Hegseth paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says  —  Documents obtained by The Post provide extensive detail about allegation and the response by Trump's defense secretary pick.  —  Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense …
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Washington Post:
Trump team weighs Pentagon pick after sexual assault allegation surfaces
NBC News:
Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial  —  All of the officers were involved in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which independent reviews have blamed on both the Trump and Biden administrations.
Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Kucinski / Road & Track:
Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands, Study Finds  —  Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report.  —  Tesla's vehicles have the highest fatal accident rate among all car brands in America …
Washington Post:
Trump won.  The celebrations started.  Then the trouble began.  —  The president-elect has been operating off his own script, making Cabinet picks that have posed immediate political challenges.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Jay Bhattacharya, an NIH critic, emerges as a top candidate to lead the agency  —  The Stanford physician was excoriated by NIH's director in 2020 for his “fringe” ideas on covid.  Four years later, he's poised for power in Trump's Washington.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Adam Jentleson / New York Times:
When Will Democrats Learn to Say No?  —  When Donald Trump held a rally in the Bronx in May, critics scoffed that there was no way he could win New York State.  Yet as a strategic matter, asking the question “What would it take for a Republican to win New York?” leads to the answer …
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New York Times:
Democrats Draw Up an Entirely New Anti-Trump Battle Plan
Discussion: RedState
Evan Bush / NBC News:
Editor-in-chief of Scientific American steps down after anti-Trump comments  —  The magazine's top editor wrote several profanity-laced social media posts about the results of the election. … Scientific American editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth is leaving the publication less than two weeks …
The White House:
Readout of President Joe Biden's Meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China  —  President Joseph R. Biden Jr. met with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Lima, Peru today.  This meeting is the third between the two Presidents and follows their April 2, 2024, telephone call.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Al Jazeera
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Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:
Xi Says China Is Ready to Work With Trump to Boost Relations
Discussion: CBS News, CNN, Reuters and RNZ
Politico:
Elon Musk pushes Lutnick for Treasury  —  The billionaire Trump confidant posted an endorsement on his social media network on Saturday.  —  Elon Musk is backing Donald Trump's transition co-chair Howard Lutnick to lead the Treasury Department, touting the billionaire CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
The ‘team of vipers’ is back  —  Cliff Sims wrote the definitive tale of Trump administration infighting.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in ‘Camps’  —  “Apparently some people think it makes us look like Nazis,” says a close Trump ally … To be sure, Trump's migrant expulsion program, if he were to follow through with his plans to deport millions …
NBC News:
A majority of Senate Republicans doubt Matt Gaetz will be confirmed as attorney general, sources say  —  More than half of Senate Republicans, including some in senior leadership positions, privately say they don't see a path for the former Florida representative, according to a number of Republican sources.
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Semafor
Associated Press:
Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat.  She's still sending persistent appeals to donors  —  Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party's prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election.
New York Post:
Harris' campaign blew $2.6M on private jets in final weeks of campaign  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign shelled out $2.6 million on private jet travel in the final, dying gasps of her presidential run — bringing her failed campaign's total tally on the environmentally unfriendly mode …
Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart, RedState and Twitchy
Dominic Hauschild / The Times:
Trump's victory means war will end sooner, says Zelensky  —  Ukrainian president said he had had a ‘constructive’ conversation with the US president-elect and he had heard nothing ‘that goes against our position’  —  President Zelensky has said the war in Ukraine will “end sooner” …
New York Times:
Under the Chandelier at Mar-a-Lago, Trump Makes Picks at Breakneck Speed  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is more contemptuous than ever of Washington expertise and determined to hire people based on loyalty.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump chose his attorney general almost on a whim …
Discussion: Raw Story and Wide World of News
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Brian Darling / The Hill:
Trump's recess appointment power is constitutional and vital to his agenda
Discussion: Baltimore Sun and Bloomberg
Beppe Severgnini / The Atlantic:
American Kakistocracy  —  Italy knows a thing or two about what the United States faces …
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Stacy Liberatore / Daily Mail:
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New York Times:
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NBC News:
Democratic jockeying for the 2028 presidential election is already underway
Discussion: UnHerd
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump Picks Man Who Helped Him Get Away With Crimes to Run the Courts
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, Vox and The Gateway Pundit
Anna Gifty / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris's hidden barrier
Discussion: Teen Vogue
 

 
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Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters:
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Semafor plans to launch an invite-only newsletter for CEOs, The CEO Signal, in January 2025, written by former FT US News Editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
Sources: CoinDesk owner Bullish removed an article on Tron founder Justin Sun after complaints from his team; editorial chair Matt Murray resigned on Dec. 16

 
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