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Mike Allen / Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's liberal cabinet … - As Axios' Zachary Basu told you, Trump's Cabinet increasingly resembles a European-style coalition government, staffed with a dizzying array of ideological rivals united — for now — by a grand MAGA vision.
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Mike Debonis / Politico:
Trump fills out his team of randos — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — INTERACTIVE DATA DIVE — “Where Kamala Harris lost big city voters in the battlegrounds,” by Jessica Piper, Paroma Soni and Brakkton Booker: “Blue cities represent the core of the Democratic base. ...
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Trump Transition Updates: Cabinet Nearly Full With Flurry of Friday Picks
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Associated Press:
Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
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CBS News:
Trump nominates Marty Makary, who opposed COVID vaccine mandates, to head FDA
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Elon Musk Is Now Cyberbullying Government Employees — Elon Musk is so excited to start his new gig ruining the federal government that he's getting an early start by goading his millions of followers to cyberbully government employees. — This week, Musk took aim at Ashley Thomas …
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Wall Street Journal:
Musk Unleashes Online Army on Federal Workers. 'A Tough Way to Find Out She's Losing Her Job.' — As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X—sparking pushback — As co-director of President-elect Donald Trump's nascent Department of Government Efficiency …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Choose Brooke Rollins to Lead Agriculture Department — Rollins is a former domestic policy adviser to the president-elect — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Brooke Rollins, a former Trump administration policy adviser, to lead the Agriculture Department …
Politico:
Where Kamala Harris lost big city voters in the battlegrounds — In the swing states, turnout in the major cities trailed the rest of the state. The drops weren't the same across neighborhoods, though. — Kamala Harris was banking on a robust turnout in Philadelphia …
CNN:
Fox hosts, cable news regulars and entertainment pros: Trump is casting a made-for-TV Cabinet — A common thread weaves through many of Donald Trump's picks for his incoming administration, a quality the president-elect values as highly as loyalty and perhaps even more than conventional qualifications: a flair for television.
Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Is Furious Hegseth Hid Sex Assault Claim: ‘This Is the F-king Pentagon!’ — The president-elect is putting Republican senators to the test with a string of controversial administration picks … Hegseth was already facing an uphill confirmation battle to become the Secretary …
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Liam Archacki / The Daily Beast:
Now GOP Senators Want Another Trump Nominee's Full FBI File
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Canada's top military commander calls out US senator for questioning a woman's role in combat — The first woman to command Canada's military called out a U.S. senator on Saturday for questioning the role of women in combat. Gen. Jennie Carignan responded to comments made by Idaho Republican …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi Is About to Regret What She Just Signed Up For … Matt Gaetz's withdrawal from consideration as Donald Trump's attorney general is unquestionably a big victory for the rule of law. But now that Trump has put forth Pam Bondi—the former Florida attorney general whose loyalty …
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Wall Street Journal:
How Scott Bessent Won the ‘Knife Fight’ to Be Trump's Treasury Secretary — Longtime investor and his allies launched a public-relations campaign to cement his front-runner status
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Trump Picks Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
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Washington Post:
Sharp elbows and raised voices: Inside Trump's bumpy transition — His freewheeling team has returned to the patterns of his first term in office — with shouting matches, expulsions from meetings and name-calling. — Donald Trump's attorney and adviser Boris Epshteyn showed up recently …
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David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push — Two weeks before Election Day, activists from across the country gathered for an online rally heralding the historic number of state ballot initiatives seeking to change the way people vote.
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court steps into fight over FCC's $8 billion subsidies for internet and phone services — The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas …
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John Kruzel / Reuters:
US Supreme Court to decide Federal Communications Commission fund's legality
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Reuters:
Trump considers ex-intelligence chief Richard Grenell for Ukraine post, sources say — President-elect Donald Trump is considering tapping Richard Grenell, his former intelligence chief, to be a special envoy for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to four sources familiar with the transition plans.
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The Hill:
Musk, Ramaswamy ‘DOGE’ confidence in Supreme Court may be tested — Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are leaning on the conservative Supreme Court to support their ambitious plans to slash federal regulations and increase government efficiency. — Tapped by President-elect Trump …
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Kaleigh Rogers / New York Times:
Election Forecasts Try to Go Beyond the Polls. Are They Helping? — The forecasts, like those from Decision Desk HQ, Nate Silver and 538, are now ubiquitous, but their accuracy is hard to measure. — In 2008, Nate Silver's election forecast model was so novel — and accurate …
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