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• U.S. election was fair, despite voting obstacles: OSCE rights group

  09-11-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Wednesday that human rights were respected during Tuesday's U.S. presidential election and there were few cases of intimidation, despite recent changes to election rules in several states that created unnecessary burdens for voters. "Some legal and administrative decisions appear to have had a partisan flavor," Ambassador Audrey Glover, head of the OSCE election observation mission to the United
  
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• U.S. presidential election drives record ratings for cable news

  09-11-2016 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Time Warner Inc’s CNN led all U.S. TV networks in primetime coverage with 13.3 million viewers, the most-watched Election Night coverage in U.S. cable news history, according to Nielsen data. 21st Century Fox's Fox News came in second with 12.1 million viewers, and Comcast Corp's MSNBC was far behind with just under 6 million.
  
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• Republican foreign policy veterans in quandary over Trump

  09-11-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Matt Spetalnick and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some Republican foreign policy veterans who came out against Donald Trump during the presidential campaign said on Wednesday they were sticking to their guns following his election victory, but a few others signaled that objections to serving in his new administration were softening. Trump’s stunning upset over Democrat Hillary Clinton has created a new dilemma for the Republican national security establishment, much of which ha
  
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• California students walk out of classes in Trump protest

  09-11-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of students across California and other states walked out of classes on Wednesday, many of them chanting "not our president," to protest Republican Donald Trump's victory in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election. In one of the largest demonstrations, some 1,500 students and teachers rallied in the courtyard of Berkeley High School in California, and then marched toward the campus of the University of California at Berkeley, a city known for its progressive politics. Trump honestly just m
  
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• Trump campaign COO: If Trump were keeping a list of enemies, I'd burn it

  09-11-2016 23:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The chief operating officer for Donald Trump's campaign is shooting down the idea, raised by Omarosa Manigault, that the president-elect is keeping an enemies list.
  
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• Ginsburg, failed political pundit

  09-11-2016 23:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Like many others, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg might have miscalculated about the election.
  
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• Who could be in the Trump administration?

  09-11-2016 23:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Trump will have about 4,000 government positions to fill, including some of the most important posts in the US government.
  
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• Roberts gets another chance for a conservative legacy

  09-11-2016 23:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Chief Justice John Roberts is about to get the Supreme Court back.
  
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• Trump victory a new challenge for Dakota pipeline protestors

  09-11-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 1,172-mile (1,885 km) line was planned to run from North Dakota's Bakken shale region to Illinois, but protests from environmental activists and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota galvanized the Obama Administration to delay construction to ensure Native American concerns about the line's route were properly addressed. One day after Trump's apparent victory, Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II said that the results show "that we as a country have so much work to do."
  
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• How Trump triumphed: Victory in 7 charts

  09-11-2016 22:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It looked clear, heading into Election Day: the polls were tightening, but Hillary Clinton had plenty of paths to victory over Donald Trump. The smart money was betting on her to become the first woman president of the United States.
  
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• U.S. stocks, bond yields jump after Trump shock, Mexican peso falls

  09-11-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks rallied on Wednesday after a dramatic overnight sell-off, while bond yields jumped on inflation expectations and the Mexican peso was battered as investors reacted to Donald Trump's surprise win in the U.S. presidential election. While equity investors' election night panic turned to daytime jubilation, bond investors worried Trump's protectionist policies would ultimately weaken the dollar and hike inflation. U.S. 30-year Treasury bond yie
  
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• McConnell dodges on Trump border wall

  09-11-2016 22:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to say Wednesday whether he would support building a wall along the southern border with Mexico, a signature item of President-elect Donald Trump's campaign.
  
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• Trump due in court before Oval Office

  09-11-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Within a few weeks of winning the White House, President-elect Donald Trump could face another group of U.S. citizens, a federal jury in California, courtesy of a lawsuit by former students of his now-defunct Trump University who claim they were defrauded by a series of real-estate seminars. A hearing in federal court in San Diego is set for Thursday, and the trial is scheduled to begin on Nov. 28, barring any delays or if Trump decides to settle the case. While presidents enjoy immunity from la
  
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• Patty Murray weighs leadership challenge to Dick Durbin

  09-11-2016 22:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sen. Patty Murray is weighing whether to run against Sen. Dick Durbin for the No. 2 spot in the Senate Democratic Caucus, sources said, as Democrats began to chart a new path forward after losing resoundingly in Tuesday's elections.
  
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• Is Trump on a collision course with NATO?

  09-11-2016 22:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The head of NATO expressed optimism regarding the future of the alliance's relationship with the US Wednesday, despite the election of a US president who has expressed skepticism about the alliance.
  
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• In election upset, Trump finds pockets of Latino support

  09-11-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Luciana Lopez MIAMI (Reuters) - Latinos angered by Donald Trump's tough stance on immigration could have been the Republican candidate's biggest obstacle on the road to the White House. As it turned out, the brash New York businessman won enough Hispanic votes in Tuesday's election to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton, with some Hispanics who supported him citing everything from ambivalence on immigration to conservative values and job growth. Reuters/Ipsos Election Day polling showed 28 percen
  
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• Pledging unwavering defence, NATO braces for Trump

  09-11-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO promised on Wednesday to defend all allies despite election victor Donald Trump's call to set conditions for U.S. help, as the alliance braced for a more impulsive leader some fear could withdraw funding to deter Russia. During the presidential election campaign Trump threatened to abandon U.S. allies in Europe if they do not spend enough on defence, comments that were particularly unnerving for the ex-Soviet Baltic states on Russia's border which fear M
  
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• Trump aide says no decision on Clinton prosecutor, now focused on unity

  09-11-2016 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mica Rosenberg and Susan Heavey NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President-elect Donald Trump's campaign manager on Wednesday said there has been no discussion of an appointment of a prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton's past practices while serving as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, a threat Trump made in an election debate. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence are "looking to unify the country, but we haven't discussed that in recent days, and I think that
  
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• 'France is not the U.S.,' presidential hopeful Juppe's camp says

  09-11-2016 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - "The French never vote like the Americans," a politician told a rally for presidential favorite Alain Juppe on Wednesday as France wondered if it would be the next country to prove the opinion polls wrong. Juppe, mayor of the southwest city of Bordeaux and a former prime minister, has topped the polls for months. Surveys predict he will win both a primary later in November to be the center-right's candidate and the presidential election in six mont
  
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• 'Rage against the machine': U.S. voters reject a 'rigged' system

  09-11-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andy Sullivan and Michelle Conlin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a bitterly divisive presidential election, at least one thing united U.S. voters: a feeling that the country's economic and political systems were tilted against them. A Reuters/Ipsos Election Day poll of 45,000 voters found an electorate burning with resentment against Wall Street, politicians and the news media, increasingly alienated from a country that is changing in ways it doesn't like. This sense of alienation transcended part
  
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• Trump, Turkey's Erdogan discuss boosting ties, fighting terrorism: sources

  09-11-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called U.S. President-elect Donald Trump by phone on Wednesday and discussed improving relations and cooperating in fighting terrorism, sources in Ankara said. A NATO member which borders Syria, Iraq and Iran, Turkey is a powerful player in the region but Erdogan's relations with U.S. President Barack Obama, as well as with Western Europe, have at times been strained. Turkey has been frustrated by what it sees as Washington's reluctance to hand over Turkish cleri
  
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• Dollar hits new highs as yields spike after Trump win

  09-11-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dion Rabouin NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose across the board and hit its highest in nearly four months against the Japanese yen on Wednesday, as U.S. Treasury debt yields touched multimonth highs following Republican candidate Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election. Prices fell on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes and 30-year bonds, pushing yields to their highest levels in 10 months, as investors expected Trump to enact protectionist trade policies that would put upward pre
  
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• U.S. arms export boom under Obama seen continuing with Trump

  09-11-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. defense contractors, which saw international sales rise strongly under President Barack Obama's administration, can expect a continued boom in arms exports under Donald Trump, aided by persistent security risks in the Middle East and rising tensions in Asia and Europe. Shares of major defense contractors, including Raytheon Co. , Northrop Grumman Corp and General Dynamics hit lifetime highs, on Wednesday as investors bet on higher P
  
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• Obama hopeful Trump won't seek political revenge on Clinton: White House

  09-11-2016 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama hopes the U.S. tradition of people in power not using the criminal justice system against their opponents will continue, the White House said on Wednesday when asked about Republican President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to jail his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. "We've got a long tradition in this country of ... people in power not using the criminal justice system to exact political revenge. ... The president is hopeful that it will continue," White House spokesman Jo
  
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• Trump win boosts coal, hits renewable stocks

  09-11-2016 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alister Doyle and Meredith Davis MARRAKESH, Morocco/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The prospect of an abrupt shift in U.S. climate policy under President-elect Donald Trump lifted the shares of U.S. mining equipment giant Caterpillar Inc , North American railroads and other companies tied to fossil fuels, and slammed shares of renewable energy firms. Trump has called climate change a hoax, said he would rip up the Paris climate treaty and promised to revive the U.S. coal sector. In the United States, th
  
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• Trump, focused on unity, not discussing Clinton prosecutor, top aide says

  09-11-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mica Rosenberg and Susan Heavey NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President-elect Donald Trump's campaign manager on Wednesday did not rule out the appointment of a prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton's past practices while serving as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, a threat Trump made in an election debate. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence are "looking to unify the country, but we haven't discussed that in recent days, and I think that it's all in due tim
  
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• Warren vows to work with Trump

  09-11-2016 21:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday even though she "didn't want to see Donald Trump win," the Massachusetts Democrat and "those of us who supported Hillary Clinton will respect this result."
  
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• 4 states just voted to hike their minimum wage

  09-11-2016 21:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Minimum wages across the country continue to climb.
  
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• Dana Bash: How to explain the election results to your kids

  09-11-2016 21:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As America's children woke up to a new president-elect today, CNN's Dana Bash offered some words of advice for parents struggling with how to explain the election results to their kids.
  
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• Oil edges higher after shock Trump victory for U.S. presidency

  09-11-2016 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday as stocks and the dollar bounced back from a huge early slide following Donald Trump's surprise victory in the U.S. presidential election. Crude oil prices tumbled as much as 4.0 percent to near $43 a barrel, a near two-month low, late Tuesday night as it became clear U.S. voters picked Trump as their next president. Brent futures rose 32 cents, or 0.7 percent, to settle at $46.36 a barrel, while U.S. crude gained 29 cents, or 0.6 percent, to settle at $45.27
  
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• California high school students walk out of classes in Trump protest

  09-11-2016 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some 1,500 high school students and teachers in Berkeley, California, near San Francisco, walked out of classes on Wednesday chanting "not our president" to protest Republican Donald Trump's victory in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election. The students rallied in the courtyard of Berkeley High School, according to Charles Burress, spokesman for the Berkeley Unified School District, who estimated the crowd size.
  
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• Trump victory clouds outlook for Time Warner-AT&T, other mergers

  09-11-2016 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. corporate dealmakers were likely to put major merger plans on hold as they assess whether U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will follow through on his populist promises and a threat to block AT&T Inc's purchase of Time Warner Inc , or act more like traditional business-friendly Republican administrations. Wall Street braced for a drop in deals, with Goldman Sachs on Wednesday projecting a 20 to 30 percent downside for earnings of banks that focus on merge
  
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• Europe gets Trump 'wake-up call', but can it step up?

  09-11-2016 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alastair Macdonald and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - For Europe, already reeling from Britain's decision to leave its 28-member club, Donald Trump's election introduces a host of new uncertainties it is ill-equipped to tackle. Preoccupied by a growing anti-establishment mood across the continent, the European Union's leaders gave little thought to the idea a man dubbed "the pioneer of a new authoritarian and chauvinist international movement" by Germany's deputy chancellor could tak
  
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• When you were with Trump from the beginning

  09-11-2016 21:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As a New Hampshire state legislator in an influential Republican town, Fred Doucette was courted by multiple Republican presidential candidates in early 2015. He chose Donald Trump.
  
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• Mexico says will not pay for Trump wall, no action yet to ease peso plunge

  09-11-2016 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michael O'Boyle and Noe Torres MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said on Wednesday it will not pay for a border wall after Donald Trump's surprise U.S. presidential election win and officials held back from taking any action to support the peso despite the currency hitting lifetime lows overnight. As Trump forged toward victory, the peso plunged 13 percent in its biggest fall since the Tequila Crisis devaluation 22 years ago, before paring losses to trade down 8.7 percent at 19.91 per dollar. Tr
  
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• Clinton lost the election, but she's winning the popular vote

  09-11-2016 21:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump may have scored an astonishing upset presidential victory, but Hillary Clinton could still receive more votes.
  
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• Senate's McConnell says Obamacare repeal high on agenda

  09-11-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said repealing the Obamacare health insurance system is a "pretty high item on our agenda" for the new Congress that was elected on Tuesday, calling it the "single worst piece of legislation" from the first two years of the Obama administration. McConnell told reporters he would like to see bipartisan comprehensive tax reform, and that border security should also be high on the to-do list. ...
  
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• Obama faces sharp repudiation from voters

  09-11-2016 21:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For President Barack Obama, Donald Trump's presidential victory is nothing less than a nightmare.
  
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• Obama faces sharp repudiation and a legacy nightmare

  09-11-2016 21:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For President Barack Obama, Donald Trump's presidential victory is nothing less than a nightmare.
  
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• Despair and introspection on U.S. coasts after Trump win

  09-11-2016 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Scott Malone and David Ingram BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans in liberal enclaves from New York to San Francisco reacted with shock and despair on Wednesday to Republican businessman Donald Trump's defeat of Democrat Hillary Clinton, with many struggling to explain the result to their children. Trump, who had never before run for public office, won on a broad wave of support both from the Republican U.S. heartland and by flipping previously Democratic states, including Pennsylvania, Flo
  
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• Obama intends to brief, not lobby, Trump on policies: White House

  09-11-2016 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama intends to brief, rather than lobby, President-elect Donald Trump about the Obama administration's policies during the transition of power, the White House said on Wednesday. Speaking at a news briefing, White House spokesman Josh Earnest added, however, that viewing some policies from inside the government "gives you a new appreciation for the benefits of those policies." "President Obama is committed to an effective transition that helps bring President-elect Trump and h
  
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• Philippines' Duterte says to stop quarrels with U.S. after Trump win

  09-11-2016 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte congratulated Donald Trump on his election win and said on Wednesday he now wishes to stop quarrelling with the United States, recalling his anger at the Obama administration for criticising him. The maverick leader, dubbed "Trump of the East" for his unrestrained rants and occasional lewd remarks, has repeatedly hit out at Washington in recent months, threatening to cut defence pacts and end military joint drills. "I would like to congratulate Mr. Donald Tru
  
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• What went into Trump's stunning victory

  09-11-2016 20:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  From the beginning, everyone underestimated Donald Trump. He pulled off a stunning victory after the most unprecedented of presidential campaigns.
  
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• Scott Walker: Get rid of the filibuster for Trump

  09-11-2016 20:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday in the wake of Donald Trump's surprising victory that Republicans should get rid of the Senate filibuster.
  
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• U.S. defense shares hit record highs, boosted by Trump win

  09-11-2016 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. defense shares jumped on Wednesday, with companies including Northrop Grumman hitting lifetime highs, as the presidential victory by Republican Donald Trump lifted expectations of increased military spending here and overseas.
  
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• Pharma, biotech shares soar as Trump win calms pricing talk

  09-11-2016 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical and biotechnology shares soared on Wednesday as Republican Donald Trump's U.S. presidential election calmed investor fears of tough action on drug pricing that has pressured the sector for more than a year. Hospital shares tumbled as a Republican sweep of Congress raised prospects for a rollback of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which expanded the number of patients in government health plans. Fears of a win by Hillary Clinton and Democrats gaining powe
  
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• Democrat Hassan wins New Hampshire Senate race

  09-11-2016 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan, a Democrat, has been elected to the U.S. Senate, ousting incumbent Republican Kelly Ayotte, the New Hampshire secretary of state confirmed on Wednesday. Hassan won by a narrow margin, recording 354,640 votes to Ayotte's 353,617, according to a final tally posted online on Wednesday. "It will be my job in the U.S. Senate to make the best decisions for New Hampshire to work with President-elect Trump when it is in the best interest of New Hampshire and the cou
  
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• U.S. stocks jump along with bond yields after Trump shock, peso falls

  09-11-2016 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sinead Carew New York (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks rose sharply on Wednesday, bouncing from a dramatic overnight sell-off, while the Mexican peso was battered as investors reacted to Donald Trump's surprise win in the U.S. presidential election. After sharp declines in U.S. stock futures overnight, equity investor panic eased but bond investors pushed up Treasury yields as they worried Trump's policies would ultimately weaken the dollar and hike inflation. U.S. long-dated Treasury yields ro
  
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• Omarosa: Trump campaign keeping 'list' of enemies

  09-11-2016 20:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump surrogate Omarosa Manigault said the President-elect's campaign is keeping a list of people who did not support his run to the White House.
  
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• Obama hopeful Trump won't seek criminal revenge on Clinton: White House

  09-11-2016 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama hopes the U.S. tradition of people in power not using the criminal justice system against their opponents will continue, the White House said on Wednesday when asked about Republican President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to jail his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. "We've got a long tradition in this country of ... people in power not using the criminal justice system to exact political revenge. ... The president is hopeful that it will continue," White House spokesman Jo
  
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