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2:35 PM ET, December 22, 2016

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TMZ.com:
Ivanka Trump Accosted by Passenger on JetBlue Flight (PHOTO + UPDATE)  —  Ivanka Trump — Accosted by Passenger on JetBlue Flight  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Ivanka Trump just had a bumpy start to her Xmas holiday ... an out-of-control passenger on her flight began verbally berating her and “jeering” at her 3 kids.
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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
Screaming lawyer chases down Ivanka Trump and yells at her as she sits with her kids on flight to Florida - and his Hillary supporter husband BOASTS about the verbal attack before they're kicked off  — A passenger on a JetBlue flight to Palm Beach, Florida accosted Ivanka Trump on Thursday morning
David Wright / CNN:
Kellyanne Conway lands top WH job in Trump administration  —  Conway on terror: ‘Everything is on the table’  —  (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump tapped former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway as “counselor to the president,” the presidential transition announced Thursday morning.
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New York Times:
Kellyanne Conway, ‘Trump Whisperer,’ Will Be Counselor to President  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Kellyanne Conway, the Republican pollster and strategist who helped guide President-elect Donald J. Trump to victory in November, will be appointed counselor to the president …
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Conway Coming to the White House
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Conway: Trump will not pursue immigration ban based solely on religion
Discussion: Hit & Run
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump picks Kellyanne Conway to serve as counselor to the president
Discussion: ABC News and Scared Monkeys
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump names campaign manager Kellyanne Conway as White House counselor to the president
New York Times:
Obama to Dismantle Visitor Registry Before Trump Can Revive It  —  The Obama administration is dismantling a dormant national registry program for visitors from countries with active terrorist groups — a program that President-elect Donald J. Trump has suggested he is considering resurrecting.
Susan Page / USA Today:
USA TODAY poll: There's a clear Democratic front-runner for 2020  —  WASHINGTON — On the theory that it's never too early to launch the next campaign, the new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll has identified an overwhelming front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats aim to launch comeback with Cabinet showdown  —  Senate Democrats are approaching the January confirmation battle over Donald Trump's Cabinet as a chance to launch their political comeback and expose the president-elect as a fraud.  —  Lawmakers know they're unlikely, at best …
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Associated Press:   Senate Democrats Want More Info From Trump's Cabinet Picks
Bloomberg:
Trump May Have a $300 Million Conflict of Interest With Deutsche Bank  —  Concern about conflict of interest given bank's federal probes  —  Deutsche Bank faces huge potential fines from U.S. government  —  For years, Donald Trump has used a powerful tool when dealing with bankers: his personal guarantee.
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Dakin Campbell / Bloomberg:
Goldman Is Back on Top in the Trump Administration
Discussion: Raw Story
Newt Gingrich / Facebook:
I goofed earlier, so to clarify, draining the swamp is in, Donald J. Trump is going to do it, and the alligators should be worried.  #DTS
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Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Trump Inauguration Panic: Mark Burnett Throws ‘Hail Mary’ Staff Shake-Up (Exclusive)  —  “Trump is very unhappy,” a person with knowledge of the situation tells TheWrap  —  Donald Trump is so displeased with his team's inability to lock in A-list talent for his inauguration events next month …
New York Times:
North Carolina Fails to Repeal Bathroom Law That Prompted Boycotts  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — After more than nine hours of closed-door meetings, jawboning and complicated legislative stratagems, North Carolina legislators went home in frustration Wednesday after failing to repeal the state law …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
North Carolina lawmakers leave ‘bathroom bill’ in place
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
The attorney general could have ordered FBI Director James Comey not to send his bombshell letter on Clinton emails.  Here's why she didn't.  —  Twelve days before the presidential election, FBI Director James B. Comey dispatched a senior aide to deliver a startling message to the Justice Department.
New York Times:
Trump's Son, Fearing ‘Quagmire,’ to Stop Soliciting for Charity  —  WASHINGTON — Eric Trump said on Wednesday that he had decided to stop directly soliciting contributions for his charitable foundation, which supports causes like the fight against childhood cancer, because he now recognizes …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: What if? 94 questions that still keep some Democrats up at night
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Reid: DNC was ‘worthless’ under Wasserman Schultz  —  Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid  —  tore into the Democratic National Committee (DNC), calling it a “worthless” organization that doesn't do enough to help state parties.  —  “I believe one of the failures of Democratic Party …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
What it takes to get a meeting with Trump  —  Carl Paladino, the upstate New York developer and local political gadfly, was interested in catching up with Donald Trump in early December, so he rang up the president-elect's private security guard.  The next day, on Dec. 5 …
The Hill:
Trump names RNC strategist Spicer to press secretary  —  has named Republican National Committee strategist Sean Spicer to be his press secretary, the transition team announced in a statement Thursday.  —  In addition, Hope Hicks was named assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Communications …
Discussion: Political Wire
Rachel Stockman / Law News:
Delta Concludes From Multiple Witnesses That YouTube Prankster Was Actually Shouting, Disruptive  —  So you know that video that went viral that allegedly showed Delta kicking off a passenger for speaking Arabic?  Well, apparently, Delta investigated the situation, and now says it's not quite what it all seemed.
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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
YouTube Stars Say They Were Removed From Delta Flight for Speaking Arabic
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Inside Scalia's Lost Conflict-of-Interest Memo  —  Antonin Scalia might have been a bit irked with Donald Trump's approach to conflicts of interest, according to a memo the late justice wrote more than 40 years ago.  —  Donald Trump has been unflinching in his refusal to follow in the steps …
Discussion: TheBlaze
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Health Exchange Enrollment Jumps, Even as G.O.P. Pledges Repeal  —  WASHINGTON — About 6.4 million people have signed up for health insurance next year under the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration said Wednesday, as people rushed to purchase plans regardless of Republican promises that the law will be repealed within months.
John King / CNN:
Trump team floats tariffs  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump transition team is floating the possibility of an early executive action to impose tariffs on foreign imports, according to multiple sources.  —  Such a move would deliver on President-elect Donald Trump's “America First” campaign theme.
 
 
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The U.S. is no stranger to interfering in the elections of other countries
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
KELLYANNE going into WH —TRUMP, PENCE invited to GOP retreat — DEMS plan Miami inaugural bash …
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Reuters:
Trump, Netanyahu urge Obama to veto U.N. resolution on halting settlements
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