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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect's Strategist Plots “An Entirely New Political Movement” (Exclusive) — “I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist. I'm an economic nationalist,” Bannon tells THR media columnist Michael Wolff as the controversial Breitbart …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Bannon: 'I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist' — Stephen Bannon, who will become President-elect Donald Trump — 's chief strategist in the new administration, is embracing the “darkness” many see in his promotion and Trump's operation. — “Darkness is good,” he told the Hollywood Reporter.
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
10 things to know about Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general — In Donald Trump's world, most roads, it seems, lead back to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), President-elect Trump's pick for attorney general. — After Sessions became one of the first members of Congress …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General
Donald Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer
In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Jeff Sessions, Trump's Pick for Attorney General, Is a Fierce Opponent of Civil Rights
Jeff Sessions, Trump's Pick for Attorney General, Is a Fierce Opponent of Civil Rights
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CNN:
Sessions dogged by old allegations of racism
Sessions dogged by old allegations of racism
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Can Democrats stop Jeff Sessions — or any Trump nominee? It would be almost unprecedented.
Can Democrats stop Jeff Sessions — or any Trump nominee? It would be almost unprecedented.
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Steve Eder / New York Times:
Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement — Donald J. Trump has reversed course and agreed to pay $25 million to settle a series of lawsuits stemming from his defunct for-profit education venture, Trump University, finally putting to rest fraud allegations by former students …
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Statement By A.G. Schneiderman On $25 Million Settlement Agreement Reached In Trump University Case
Statement By A.G. Schneiderman On $25 Million Settlement Agreement Reached In Trump University Case
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Bob Woodson says he is being considered by Trump for housing post — Robert L. Woodson Sr., who heads the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in Washington and advises House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) on poverty issues, said late Friday that he is under consideration to be secretary …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Rep. Price clear favorite for Trump's HHS chief — Rep. Tom Price has emerged as the clear front-runner to serve as Donald Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services, according to several Republican sources close to the transition team. — Price, a physician and an ardent opponent of Obamacare …
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miamiherald:
Man who yelled ‘Trump!’ in viral Starbucks video: ‘I had a bad day’ — David Sanguesa said he was having a bad day. — But it seems Sanguesa has had many bad days. Wednesday was just the latest. That was the day he was captured on video angrily yelling “Trump!” and “I voted for Trump! …
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Alex Leininger / CNN:
Trump supporters launch #TrumpCup as a protest against Starbucks — (CNN)Donald Trump supporters have started asking for their Starbucks drinks under Trump's name as a movement against the coffee giant. — After a viral video showing a Trump supporter yelling at a barista gained traction on Wednesday …
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Jennifer Williams / Vox:
Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick for CIA director, could take the agency back to its darkest days — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Republican Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas to head the Central Intelligence Agency, putting a hawkish lawmaker who favors brutally interrogating detainees and expanding …
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Mike Pompeo, Sharp Critic of Hillary Clinton, Is Trump's Pick to Lead C.I.A.
Mike Pompeo, Sharp Critic of Hillary Clinton, Is Trump's Pick to Lead C.I.A.
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Emily Kirkpatrick / People.com:
'Designers Won't Dress the Trumps,' Source Says, as Sophie Theallet Writes Open Letter Refusing to Dress Melania — A week and a half after Donald Trump officially became America's new President-Elect, the reverberations of that decisions can still be felt far and wide.
Bloomberg:
California's Democrats Are Ready for Political War — “We're going to do everything in our power to protect our people and our values.” — James Nash , Esmé E Deprez — Subscribe Reprints — The Republicans are about to control Congress and the presidency for the first time in a decade …
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Stephen B. Presser / Chicago Tribune:
Commentary: What American law professors forgot and what Trump knew — President-elect Donald Trump speaks during election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on Nov. 9, 2016. — It was lonely being a Donald Trump supporter in the legal academy.
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Daily Mail:
Transition official says Trump will make Mike Huckabee ambassador to Israel and move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem: ‘Governor Huckabee is going to see it through’ — Huckabee is a two-time former White House hopeful and former governor of Arkansas; he met with Donald Trump on Friday afternoon
Deadspin:
Boo Mike Pence Whenever Possible — Tonight, Vice President-elect Mike Pence decided to take in a performance of Hamilton. But apparently, as soon as he walked in the theater, the only good Hamilton fans in the world started booing like crazy. This is the sound Mike Pence should hear every single time he leaves his house.
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Chicago Tribune:
Grandson of Congressman Danny Davis slain, 3 others hurt in city shootings — Chicago Tribune illustration — Deanese Williams-Harris, Rosemary Regina Sobol and Grace Wong Contact Reporters — The 15-year-old grandson of Congressman Danny Davis has been fatally shot in a home invasion, according to Davis and police.
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
AP: Obama Mentoring Trump On World Leadering — BERLIN (AP) — It's the last thing President Barack Obama ever expected he'd be doing in his final months in office: Coaching Donald Trump on how to be a world leader. — As the president-elect holes up in his skyscraper …
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Darren Rovell / ABC News:
Autographed Trump Hats and Books Sold on His Website Were Signed by Machine — Throughout now-President-elect Donald Trump's presidential campaign, countless money was raised by offering signed items in exchange for a donation. — These items offered on his website, including signed hats …
Esther Whieldon / Politico:
Obama cuts Arctic waters from five-year drilling plan — President Barack Obama is throwing up roadblocks to Donald Trump's pledges to expand offshore drilling, with a new plan that will declare parts of the Arctic off-limits. — Obama's Interior Department on Friday issued …
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
On its way out, Obama administration moves to slam the door shut on Arctic drilling
On its way out, Obama administration moves to slam the door shut on Arctic drilling
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Catherine Ho / Washington Post:
Lobbyists are still involved in Trump team, despite the president-elect's pledge to remove their influence — Lobbyists are continuing to advise Donald Trump's transition planning, despite the president-elect's pledge to rid the process of their involvement.
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