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12:20 PM ET, December 9, 2016

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Donald Trump to Remain Executive Producer on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ (EXCLUSIVE) … Donald Trump will remain an exec producer on NBC's “Celebrity Apprentice,” which is returning Jan. 2 after a two-year hiatus with new host Arnold Schwarzenegger.  —  MGM confirmed to Variety that Trump has retained his EP credit on the series.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Conway On Trump Decision Not To Leave ‘The Apprentice’: Obama Played Golf!  —  Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, on Friday morning defended the President-elect's decision to stay on as an executive producer of NBC's “The Apprentice,” comparing the move to President Obama's time playing golf.
Discussion: alan.com and The Week
Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:
Donald Trump to Remain Producer on ‘The Apprentice’ While President
Discussion: CNN
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Mark Burnett: I 'have never been a supporter of Donald Trump's candidacy'
Discussion: ABC News
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Paul Ryan: I had a ‘very exciting meeting’ with Trump today  —  Speaker Paul Ryan said he had a “very exciting meeting” with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Friday.  —  “I really enjoyed coming up here and meeting with the president-elect.  We had a great meeting.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
After Repeal  —  It's the opportunity Republicans have been awaiting for six years, which invites the obvious question: Are they going to screw it up?  In January, a united Republican Congress and Republican White House will finally have the ability to dispose of Obamacare, the unpopular and destructive health-insurance law.
New York Times:
Trump Eyes Interior Secretary Spot; He Spent Millions on Campaign and Made Millions Back  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump could name Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers as his choice for interior secretary among his announcements on Friday.  —  Mr. Trump raised more money than Hillary Clinton in the last stretch of the campaign.
Discussion: Public Policy Polling
Bloomberg:
Trump Team's Memo Hints at Broad Shake-Up of U.S. Energy Policy  —  Advisers seeking to identify staff involved in climate policy  —  Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are developing plans to reshape Energy Department programs, help keep aging nuclear plants online and identify staff …
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Could a Last-Minute Suitor Woo Megyn Kelly Away from Fox News?  —  Despite an offer of more than $20 million from Fox, Kelly appears to be listening to some surprising suitors.  —  On Wednesday morning, Megyn Kelly was once again promoting her new memoir, Settle for More …
Discussion: USA Today, Mediaite, FTVLive and TVNewser
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Report: Megyn Kelly in talks with ABC
Discussion: RedState
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Trump Expected to Tap Labor Secretary Who Prefers Foreign Labor to American Workers  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to name as his Labor Secretary fast food executive Andy Puzder, who stands diametrically opposed to Trump's signature issues on trade and immigration — which won him the election.
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Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Obama orders ‘full review’ of election-related hacking  —  President Barack Obama has ordered a “full review” of hacking-relating activity aimed at disrupting last month's presidential election and he expects that report before he leaves office on Jan. 20, a top White House official said Friday.
Discussion: Townhall.com and The Week
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Obama orders review of cyber attacks on 2016 election: adviser
Discussion: Engadget and Mashable
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Carrier says it will spend millions automating Indiana plant, plans to lay off workers Trump ‘saved’  —  The deal keeps getting worse.  —  As part of the deal President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck with Carrier, the company has promised to make a $16 million investment …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Report: Trump down to two candidates for RNC head  —  's field of preferred candidates for chair of the Republican National Committee has narrowed to just two candidates, Politico reported Thursday.  —  Trump is reportedly deciding between Ronna Romney McDaniel, Mitt Romney's niece who's …
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Reuters:
Trump may signal support for Michigan Republican as next party chair
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Trump gets one presidential intelligence briefing a week: sources  —  President-elect Donald Trump is receiving an average of one presidential intelligence briefing a week, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter, far fewer than most of his recent predecessors.
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CBS News:   Trump has declined many intelligence briefings offered to him according to Senate aide
Patrick J. Michaels / The Hill:
Trump's EPA pick will make Obama regret his environmental overreach  —  Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's nomination for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is as clear a signal as the incoming administration can send with regard to its environmental policies.
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Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Scott Pruitt, Trump's Climate-Denying EPA Pick, Is Worse Than You Think
Discussion: Raw Story
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
This is what happens when Donald Trump attacks a private citizen on Twitter  —  About a year ago, 18-year-old college student Lauren Batchelder stood up at a political forum in New Hampshire and told Donald Trump that she didn't think he was “a friend to women.”
Discussion: New York Magazine
Mark Moyar / New York Times:
The World Fears Trump's America.  That's a Good Thing.  —  Among global elites, Donald J. Trump's recent phone call with Taiwan's president has induced fear on a scale seldom matched since Ronald Reagan's “Evil Empire” speech.  The Sydney Morning Herald warned that the phone call …
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Jesse Berney / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Presidency Is Shaping Up to Be an American Tragedy  —  His administration is likely to be just as bad as you think - and possibly worse  —  They're already building the inaugural stand on the west side of the Capitol building.  In six weeks, Donald Trump will stand on it …
Discussion: Washington Post, Truthdig and TalkLeft
Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:
Barneys slammed with discrimination suit by black New Jersey couple who say they were hassled when returning scarf, jeans  —  A black couple filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Barneys Thursday — claiming the store hassled them when they tried to return a scarf and a pair of fancy jeans, the Daily News has learned.
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Sources: Former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine being considered for United States Ambassador to Japan  —  Five years ago, Bobby Valentine was just about a week into his career as Red Sox manager.  Now he may be on the verge of becoming a United States ambassador.
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Paid Nearly $2.9 Million to Family-Owned Businesses as Campaign Wound Down  —  Trump also gave $10 million to his campaign in the final weeks of the election  —  President-elect Donald Trump in the final weeks of the election paid nearly $2.9 million to family-owned companies …
Geert Wilders / BBC:
Netherlands trial: Geert Wilders guilty of incitement  —  Dutch anti-Islam political leader Geert Wilders has been convicted of insulting a group and inciting discrimination.  —  But no penalty was imposed by the court near Amsterdam on Wilders, whose party is leading in polls ahead of parliamentary elections in March.
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
Good riddance Harry Reid  —  In a Thursday op-ed in the New York Times, Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada wrote ruefully on the occasion of his retirement, addressing what many liberals have described as the “post-truth” world.  After all, how else could they have lost the 2016 election?
 
 
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Shutdown looms as Senate Dems oppose short-term spending bill
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Democracy21:
Trump's Continued Ownership of Business Enterprises Will Cause Serious Problems for His Presidency …
Discussion: Sunlight Foundation
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Boeing pledges $1 million for Donald Trump's inaugural events
Harry Pettit / Daily Mail:
The vibrating smart umbrella that warns you when it's about to rain
Discussion: alan.com
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Donald Trump Inaugural Reprises Campaign Slogan in Attempt to Unify Country
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
State of Georgia accuses Homeland Security of attempted hack
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump On Cabinet: ‘I Want People That Made A Fortune’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Week
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