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• Trump may discuss U.S. secretary of state job with critic Romney: source

  17-11-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump planned a Saturday meeting with Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee and fierce Trump critic, and may discuss whether he should be a candidate for secretary of state, a source familiar with the meeting said on Thursday. Trump already has a lengthy list of potential candidates for the post of top U.S. diplomat, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bo
  
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• Congress could undo Obama-era student loan relief

  17-11-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress could as soon as January start to dismantle President Barack Obama's transformation of student loan rules by blocking freshly minted regulations designed to help students who say they were defrauded by for-profit colleges. The new measures, which lay out loan relief procedures for the students, were issued by the Department of Education just days before the election. It gives Congress 60 legislative days to reverse regulations with a simpl
  
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• France's conservative frontrunners Juppe, Sarkozy say no to Turkey in EU

  17-11-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey does not belong in the European Union, the two leading conservative candidates for France's 2017 presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy and Alain Juppe, said on Thursday, restating their opposition to continuing accession talks with Ankara. Both also told a televised debate ahead of the Nov. 20 and 27 vote for the conservative candidate that President Bashar al-Assad cannot be part of the solution in Syria. Whoever wins the conservative primaries has a strong chance of being elected Franc
  
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• Some members of Trump team can begin agency briefings: White House

  17-11-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team can now begin work with officials at certain government agencies as they prepare for the new administration to take over in January, the White House said on Thursday. "The President-elect's team has now completed the necessary steps for an initial group of authorized individuals to begin receiving briefings and other materials from our transition teams at select agencies across the government," said White House spokeswoman Brandi Hof
  
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• Trump team set to do 'Thank America tour'

  17-11-2016 22:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump will host a new round of rallies in the coming weeks to celebrate his 2016 election win, according to one of his top aides.
  
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• Factbox: Contenders for key jobs in Trump administration

  17-11-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New candidates to serve in U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet have emerged, including U.S. Senator Ted Cruz as a potential attorney general and North Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as secretary of state, as he works to fill administration positions ahead of his inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump said on Sunday he would hire Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff and named Stephen Bannon, f
  
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• Trump may discuss secretary of state job with critic Romney: Reuters source

  17-11-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump will meet on Sunday with Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential candidate, and may discuss bringing him on to his team as secretary of state, a source familiar with the meeting said on Thursday. It would be an extraordinary turn of events, given that Romney was a fierce critic of Trump and had urged Republicans to vote for anyone but him while the party was picking its presidential nominee. The source told Reuters that a broad discussion was expected during th
  
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• Israel looks forward to working with Trump senior adviser Bannon: ambassador

  17-11-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Israel looks forward to working with all members of President-elect Donald Trump's administration, including senior White House adviser Steve Bannon, Israel's ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer said on Thursday on leaving the Trump Tower in New York. Trump's appointment of Bannon has been criticized by Democrats, civil rights organizations and some Republicans, who denounce the former Breitbart News chief as having made the website a forum for the "alt-right," a loose groupin
  
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• Rep. Tim Ryan announces challenge to Pelosi

  17-11-2016 21:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nancy Pelosi may have a fight on her hands.
  
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• Trump considering Mitt Romney for secretary of state: NBC News

  17-11-2016 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is considering Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, for secretary of state, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, is due to meet Trump on Sunday to discuss the position, NBC News said. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)
  
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• Japan's Abe to get hastily arranged meeting with Trump in New York

  17-11-2016 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland and Kiyoshi Takenaka NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, rattled by Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric that cast doubt on longstanding U.S. alliances, meets the American president-elect on Thursday for talks whose details were arranged only at the last minute. A day before the afternoon meeting in New York, basic logistics such as the time, the place, and who would be in the room were still up in the air, causing anxiety for Japanese officials who are already
  
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• Americans want Trump to focus on healthcare first: poll

  17-11-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Healthcare is the top issue Americans want Donald Trump to address during his first 100 days in the White House, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday, an apparent rebuke of outgoing President Barack Obama's signature reform, Obamacare. Some 21 percent of Americans want Trump to focus on the healthcare system when he enters the White House on Jan. 20, according to the Nov. 9-14 poll, conducted in the week after the Republican won the U.S. presidential election. Jobs took second
  
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• Arkansas attorney general says open to working in Trump administration

  17-11-2016 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said on Thursday she was open to working in the incoming Trump administration, saying she wanted to do whatever she could to help roll back regulations that are hurting U.S. businesses. "My interest is in helping the Trump administration," Rutledge told reporters as she arrived for meetings at Trump Tower in New York. "Whether that's continuing on as the attorney general of Arkansas or (working) in the administration, then my ears are open."
  
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• #TrumpsComingChallenge sends students fleeing

  17-11-2016 20:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Move over, #MannequinChallenge, there's a new hashtag in town.
  
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• This photo the House Republicans tweeted out is making some waves

  17-11-2016 20:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Look closer. Do you see why?
  
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• Trump's potential Pentagon chief sounds strong support for NATO

  17-11-2016 20:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A contender for the post of defense secretary in the incoming Donald Trump administration offered a robust endorsement of NATO Thursday.
  
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• First on CNN: Donald Trump, Mitt Romney to meet this weekend

  17-11-2016 20:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump will meet this weekend with one of his fiercest critics: 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney, a senior Republican source told CNN on Thursday.
  
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• Trump 'unbelievably impressed' with Sen. Sessions: statement

  17-11-2016 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump has been deeply impressed with U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, his transition team said on Thursday of the longtime supporter who is under consideration for secretary of defense and attorney general. "While nothing has been finalized and he is still talking with others as he forms his Cabinet, the president-elect has been unbelievably impressed with Senator Sessions and his phenomenal record as Alabama's Attorney General and U.S. Attorney," the team said in a
  
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• Top Democrat calls for investigation into Russia's role in US election

  17-11-2016 20:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee called Thursday for an investigation into Russia's meddling in the US election, in a letter sent to the Republican in charge of the committee.
  
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• Kaine on a 2020 run: 'Nope'

  17-11-2016 19:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Democrats scrambling to find new party leaders will have to look somewhere other than former vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine. He said Thursday that he has no plans to put his name in the ring in 2020.
  
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• Graham knocks Paul: 'He is my friend, he's a libertarian, but he's an outlier'

  17-11-2016 19:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sen. Lindsey Graham gave his full support to both Rudy Giuliani and John Bolton as picks for secretary of state by the incoming Trump administration, while chiding critics like Sen. Rand Paul who have vowed to oppose the potential nominees.
  
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• Sanders: If Trump has the 'guts' to take on corporate America, he's got an ally

  17-11-2016 19:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump will find himself with an unlikely ally If he makes good on his promise to be an economic populist challenging corporate America, Bernie Sanders said Thursday.
  
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• Trump, Japan's Abe to hold hastily arranged talks in New York

  17-11-2016 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland and Kiyoshi Takenaka NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, rattled by Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric that cast doubt on longstanding U.S. alliances, meets the American president-elect on Thursday for talks whose details were arranged only at the last minute. A day before the afternoon meeting in New York, basic logistics such as the time, the place, and who would be in the room were still up in the air, causing significant anxiety for Japanese officials who
  
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• Trump supporter used internment to justify Muslim policy

  17-11-2016 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A supporter of Donald Trump said Wednesday that Japanese internment during World War II could serve as precedent for the President-elect's hard-line immigration policies -- drawing immediate condemnation from both Fox News host Megyn Kelly and a Japanese-American member of Congress.
  
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• Obama issues warning to Trump on Russia

  17-11-2016 19:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama returned to Berlin Thursday, the city where he introduced himself to the world in 2008 but where he now faces persistent questions about the future of a liberal global order.
  
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• Giuliani discussed foreign business ties in 2012 Serbian TV interview

  17-11-2016 18:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, in a 2012 appearance on Serbian television, discussed his then-ongoing consulting work for Serbian politicians as well as work he did in other foreign nations.
  
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• French conservative primaries race tightening, Juppe still ahead: poll

  17-11-2016 18:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France's former prime minister Alain Juppe is fighting an increasingly tight race to win the conservatives' nomination for next year's presidential election, an Ifop-Fiducial poll for Sud Radio showed on Thursday. Juppe is seen getting 31 percent of votes in the first round of the primaries on Sunday, versus 30 percent for ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy and 27 percent for another former prime minister, Francois Fillon. The poll was carried out online Nov 10-17 with 744 people certain to vote in th
  
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• Pence tells House GOP to 'buckle up' for breakneck pace

  17-11-2016 18:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Vice President-elect Mike Pence told his former colleagues in the House Thursday to "buckle up" for an ambitious open to the new administration, marked by efforts to roll back Obamacare and regulations and tackle tax reform.
  
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• House Republicans pursue short-term government funding bill

  17-11-2016 18:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have decided to pursue a short-term measure to keep the government funded at current levels until March in order to give incoming President-elect Donald Trump more of a say on budget and appropriations issues, lawmakers said on Thursday. The decision, which surfaced as House Republicans prepared to meet Vice President-elect Mike Pence, calls for replacing a funding measure that expires on Dec. 9 with a similar resolution that would run through Mar
  
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• Ford CFO says too early to assess election effect, likes Trump's 'change in tone'

  17-11-2016 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ford Motor Co Chief Financial Officer Bob Shanks told investors on Thursday it is too early to assess the impact of the election of Donald Trump U.S. president on its business over the next several years. Shanks said that Ford officials are communicating with the Trump transition team and that he was encouraged by the "change in tone" in Trump's comments since his election last week. Shanks, speaking with Wall Street industry analysts in New York, said he expects that the North American Free Tra
  
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• No U.S. car market disruption in short term under Trump: Daimler CEO

  17-11-2016 18:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said he did not expect any disruption to the U.S. auto market in the short term when Donald Trump takes office but he warned that limiting trade with Mexico would hurt both countries. "Both economies are so extremely closely intertwined that one could only actually ruin both if one were to draw a dividing line there," Zetsche said.
  
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• Sanders to build base outside of Washington in new Democratic post

  17-11-2016 18:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Bernie Sanders, a former Democratic presidential candidate, said on Thursday he will help rebuild party support outside of Washington and craft a new economic message for all Americans. Sanders, who will become outreach chair on the Senate Democrats leadership team, will try to engage Americans who feel disconnected from the political process. Sanders is an Independent from Vermont but tends to vote with Democrats.
  
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• Pelosi faces new threats to her job

  17-11-2016 17:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nancy Pelosi may have a fight on her hands.
  
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• Top US intelligence official: I submitted my resignation

  17-11-2016 17:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper submitted his letter of resignation to the House Select Committee on Intelligence Wednesday night, he told the committee Thursday.
  
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• Daimler CEO sees no U.S. market disruptions once Trump takes office

  17-11-2016 16:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said he did not expect major policy changes in the United States once Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president in January. "We have hope there will be a gulf as wide as possible between campaign and presidency but that is something no one can safely predict," Zetsche said at an automotive conference on Thursday. "We assume that there will at least be no disruptions over the short term," the CEO said. (Reporting by Andreas Cremer; Editi
  
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• House Republican pursue short-term bill to fund government

  17-11-2016 16:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have decided to pursue a short-term measure to keep the government funded at current levels until March in order to give incoming President-elect Donald Trump more of a say on budget and appropriations issues, lawmakers said on Thursday. The decision, which surfaced as House Republicans prepared for a meeting the Vice President-elect Mike Pence, calls for replacing a funding measure that expires on Dec. 9 with a similar resolution that would run i
  
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• New York City mayor tells Trump about 'how fearful' residents are

  17-11-2016 16:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he conveyed to President-elect Donald Trump concerns he has about immigration policies that would merge the roles of police officer and immigration agent, and how "fearful" citizens are about proposed changes.
  
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• Japan's Abe, Trump set to meet; Abe seeking to build trust

  17-11-2016 16:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland and Kiyoshi Takenaka NEW YORK/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday he wants to build a relationship of trust when he meets U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, stressing that the two-way alliance is the core of Tokyo's diplomacy and security. Abe, set to meet Trump later on Thursday in New York, is expected to be the first foreign leader to do so since the real estate magnate won a surprise victory in the U.S. election on Nov. 8. An adviser to Trum
  
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• Golf legend tees up Aus PM's call with Trump

  17-11-2016 15:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US election with a little help from golfing legend, Greg Norman.
  
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• Potential Trump CIA director opens door to waterboarding

  17-11-2016 15:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former US Rep Pete Hoekstra said Thursday he would accept the position of CIA director if offered to him by the incoming Trump administration, while also taking positions on waterboarding and Russia likely to inflame critics in a potential confirmation battle.
  
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• White nationalism now front and center

  17-11-2016 14:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist and senior counselor swept a new term out of the fringes and into the mainstream: white nationalism.
  
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• Kushner vs. Christie: Nasty Trump transition fight goes back a decade

  17-11-2016 14:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The first time Chris Christie squared off with a Kushner, the scene was a federal court and the outcome -- along with all the tabloid drama -- helped vault the future governor of New Jersey into the Republican elite.
  
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• Japan PM Abe to meet with Trump Thursday, seeks to build trust

  17-11-2016 14:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Brunnstrom and Linda Sieg WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday he wants to build a relationship of trust when he meets U.S. President-elect Donald Trump this week, stressing that the two-way alliance is the core of Tokyo's diplomacy and security. Abe, set to meet Trump later on Thursday in New York, is expected to be the first foreign leader to do so since the U.S. real estate magnate's election on Nov. 8. The U.S.-Japan alliance "is the corne
  
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• CNN's 'Unprecedented': Lee tried to forge Rubio-Cruz alliance

  17-11-2016 14:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Mike Lee had the plane ticket, the Miami hotel suite, and the buy-in. All he needed was for Marco Rubio to show up.
  
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• Europe at risk of collapse; France, Germany must lead - French PM

  17-11-2016 13:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle Martin and Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union is in danger of breaking apart unless France and Germany, in particular, work harder to stimulate growth and employment and heed citizens' concerns, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in the German capital on Thursday. Valls said the two countries, for decades the axis around which the EU revolved, had to help refocus the bloc to tackle an immigration crisis, a lack of solidarity between member states, Britain's loomin
  
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• Obama, Merkel huddle ahead of Trump presidency

  17-11-2016 13:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama returned to Berlin Thursday, the city where he introduced himself to the world in 2008 but where he now faces persistent questions about the future of a liberal global order.
  
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• There's anxiety in Europe over Trump and NATO, former British minister says

  17-11-2016 12:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  America's European allies are experiencing "real anxiety" over President-elect Donald Trump's commitment to NATO in light of his burgeoning relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the former British Minister of State for Europe.
  
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• Obama returns to Berlin facing uncertain future

  17-11-2016 12:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama returned to Berlin Thursday, the city where he introduced himself to the world in 2008 but where he now faces persistent questions about the future of a liberal global order.
  
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• Sessions dogged by old allegations of racism

  17-11-2016 12:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Jeff Sessions, the first US senator to endorse Donald Trump, has been one of the President-elect's top supporters so it's no surprise that he is being considered as a potential Cabinet member -- defense secretary or attorney general.
  
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• Austria's far-right presidential hopeful inspired by Trump victory

  17-11-2016 12:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kirsti Knolle and Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer sees Donald Trump's U.S. victory as proof that he is on the right track with his populist Austria-first election campaign that includes calls to stop immigration. "Wherever the elites distance themselves from voters, those elites will be voted out of office," the Freedom Party's presidential hopeful said in an interview with Reuters. Like the U.S. president-elect, 45-year-o
  
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