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• Many in Milwaukee Neighborhood Didn’t Vote — and Don’t Regret It

  21-11-2016 23:52 via nytimes.com
  As Democrats pick through the wreckage of the campaign, one lesson is clear: The election was notable as much for the people who did not show up, as for those who did.
  
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• Rick Scott: I won't serve in Trump White House

  21-11-2016 23:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he will not accept a post in the Trump White House despite a friendly visit with the President-elect in New York last week.
  
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• Photo of Trump-Kobach meeting reveals apparent DHS proposal

  21-11-2016 23:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A photo-op Sunday with Donald Trump may have revealed prospective Cabinet member Kris Kobach's plans for the Department of Homeland Security.
  
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• President Obama Expanded Overtime Pay For Millions Of Workers. President Trump Could Take It Away. - Huffington Post

  21-11-2016 23:31 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  President Obama Expanded Overtime Pay For Millions Of Workers. President Trump Could Take It Away.
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  President Barack Obama likes to say he'll use the power of the pen to do whatever he can for American workers. But now that Donald Trump has won the White House, the real estate mogul can use the same pen to undo one of Obama's most far-reaching ...
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• Frances' Juppe sets battle lines with 'brutal' Fillon before primary runoff

  21-11-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Former French prime minister Alain Juppe sought to regain momentum on Monday in the battle for the center-right's presidential nomination, accusing his rival Francois Fillon of pushing a "brutal" economic program that would break France. Fillon, prime minister between 2007 to 2012 under Nicolas Sarkozy, won 44 percent of votes in the first-round of the center-right's nomination race, some 15 percent more than Juppe, whom he now faces in the second-round runoff. A
  
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• Howard Dean calls Bannon 'a Nazi'

  21-11-2016 22:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean called President-elect Donald Trump's chief strategist pick Steve Bannon "a Nazi."
  
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• Obama: Snowden has to face trial - CNET

  21-11-2016 22:04 via cnet.com
  
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  President Barack Obama isn't going to talk about whether he'll pardon Edward Snowden. That's because Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked government documents to journalists, has to return to the US to face trial, Obama told Der Spiegel and ...
  Obama says he won't pardon Edward Snowden, despite pressureMashable
  Obama says he can't pardon Snowden, even though he couldThe Verge
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• Trump's Interior Department shortlist vexes employees, green groups

  21-11-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's shortlist of candidates to lead the U.S. Department of Interior has employees and environmental advocates fearful of a shift in the agency's direction, from one focused on preserving public lands to one that would open them up to more drilling and mining. The outcome will have implications for industry access to millions of acres of national parks, reserves and tribal territories stretching from the Arctic to the Gulf of
  
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• At New York immigration museum, guides cope with hostile remarks

  21-11-2016 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A New York City history museum that celebrates immigration to the United States is giving its guides new training to help them deal with an increase in hostile remarks among visitors about immigrants. New York's Tenement Museum has long organized tours for small groups with the stated mission of enhancing the public's appreciation for the role immigration plays in shaping the United States' national identity.
  
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• Cabinet hopefuls continue trek to Trump Tower

  21-11-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Melissa Fares and Emily Stephenson NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump met with a stream of Cabinet hopefuls at his Manhattan office tower on Monday, but made no further announcements, keeping candidates and the public guessing about the shape of the administration that will take over on Jan. 20. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard and former Texas Governor Rick Perry were among those who made their way across the opulent lobby
  
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• Trump considering Dallas investor Ray Washburne for interior secretary: CNBC

  21-11-2016 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump is considering Dallas investor Ray Washburne as a possible interior secretary, CNBC reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources on Trump's transition team. Washburne's company, Charter Holdings, is involved in real estate, restaurants and diversified financial investments. A top Republican fundraiser, Washburne has served as vice chair of Trump Victory Committee. (Reporting by Tim Ahmann in Washington; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Frances Kerry)
  
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• Bannon rejects white nationalism: 'I'm an economic nationalist'

  21-11-2016 20:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's selection for White House chief strategist, says he's an "economic nationalist" but rejects racist and anti-Semitic elements of the nationalist alt-right movement.
  
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• As Obama's Tour Ends, He Says US Involvement Abroad Must Not - New York Times

  21-11-2016 19:56 via nytimes.com
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  As Obama's Tour Ends, He Says US Involvement Abroad Must Not
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  But in his final news conference on his last foreign trip as president, President Obama argued on Sunday for a foreign policy in which America continues to take on the biggest global problems of the day, lead where others stand on the sidelines and ...
  Obama and Putin trade stone-cold stares in tense standoffNew York Post
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• Trump's energy plans look to roll back Obama's climate moves - Fox News

  21-11-2016 19:04 via foxnews.com
  
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  Trump's energy plans look to roll back Obama's climate moves
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  With the election of Donald Trump -- and a transition team that includes GOP energy lobbyist Mike McKenna and outspoken climate change skeptic Myron Ebell -- both sides now see their fortunes reversing amid Trump's promise to rescind Obama's signature ...
  Isaac Orr: Trump to Obama's Energy Legacy: 'You're Fired'Breitbart Newsall 66 news articles »
  
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• Will Trump’s Business Interests Harm His Presidency?

  21-11-2016 19:03
  
  As far as Presidents go, there haven’t been any in the past with the portfolio of business interests and holdings comparable to Donald Trump. Anchored mostly in real estate, Trump holds properties and businesses literally all over the United States, and all over the world. From Florida to Nevada, from Scotland to Dubai, there are […]
  
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• Trek to Trump Tower continues for Trump Cabinet hopefuls

  21-11-2016 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Gina Cherelus and Emily Stephenson NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A steady stream of Cabinet hopefuls made their way across the opulent lobby of New York's Trump Tower to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, spurring continued speculation about the policies he will put in place when he takes office on Jan. 20. Trump spoke often with reporters camped out at his New Jersey golf course over the weekend about his deliberations, but has not yet given a traditional news conference to
  
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• Seoul would have to take greater defense burden if Trump demands: minister

  21-11-2016 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea would have to embrace the idea of taking a greater share of defense costs "if there is a huge demand" for this from the future U.S. administration of Donald Trump, a South Korean minister said on Monday This would mean having to cut back on other budget spending, inviting opposition and posing a dilemma for the Seoul government, Chang Myoung-jin, South Korea's minister for defense acquisition program administration, told a Washington seminar
  
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• FEC hits Trump on 1,100 errors, totaling roughly $1.3M

  21-11-2016 18:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Federal Election Commission is asking the campaign of Donald Trump to correct more than 1,000 errors in its latest financial filing.
  
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• Trump's pick for national security adviser once bashed torture, drone strikes, night raids

  21-11-2016 18:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's pick for national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn, has in past interviews strongly criticized torture, drone strikes, and night raids conducted by the U.S. Army.
  
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• Oklahoma Governor Fallin speaks to Trump about possible Interior Department job: spokesman

  21-11-2016 17:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin met on Monday with President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence and discussed the possibility of serving in the new administration, including in the Department of the Interior, her spokesman said. "It was a wonderful discussion ... I was not offered a position," Fallin told reporters in the lobby of the Trump Tower in New York. "It was just an initial meeting to address a wide range of topics." A spokesman said they discussed the poss
  
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• A very Trumpsgiving at Mar-a-Lago

  21-11-2016 17:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump and his family will spend Thanksgiving at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, according to a spokesperson.
  
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• Top contender for defense secretary faces legal issue

  21-11-2016 17:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ret. Marine Corps Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis has emerged as a favorite for the position of Defense Secretary in the new Trump administration. However, a legal statute could prevent him from being eligible for the job unless a congressional waiver is procured.
  
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• After Trump and Brexit, French voting hard to call

  21-11-2016 17:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew Callus and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - "The polls are still getting it wrong," a friend of deeply unpopular French President Francois Hollande said cheerfully on Monday after the latest voting upset to hit pollsters. Socialist Hollande is weighing whether to make an apparently suicidal run for a second term as president next year in the face of polls that show him unlikely to even reach double figures if he goes ahead as a candidate. The experience of former prime minister Franc
  
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• Factbox: Contenders for key jobs in Trump's administration

  21-11-2016 17:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump, working to fill administration positions ahead of his inauguration on Jan. 20, was scheduled to hold talks in New York on Monday with former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is being considered for Cabinet posts including defense, energy and veterans affairs. Trump met with aides and contenders for top U.S. posts over the weekend at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, including with Mitt Romney, who was a fierce Trump critic during the presidential
  
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• Source: Gabbard meeting with Trump, talking top jobs in DC

  21-11-2016 16:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is meeting with President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team Monday for a possible top job in the new administration, a source said.
  
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• Trump: Melania and Barron will not move to the White House initially

  21-11-2016 16:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump told reporters he will live in the White House after he takes the oath of office, but that his wife Melania and 10-year-old son Barron will be living in New York temporarily to allow their son to finish out the year at the same school.
  
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• Factbox: Trump to meet with Oklahoma governor, ex-Texas governor Perry, Hawaii Democrat Gabbard, others

  21-11-2016 16:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump holds more meetings on Monday as he continues to form the cabinet and administration that will take over from President Barack Obama on Jan. 20. He is scheduled to meet with the following people, according to his transition team: MONDAY ELAINE CHAO *U.S. labor secretary under President George W. Bush *Deputy U.S. transportation secretary under President George H.W. Bush *Wife of U.S. ...
  
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• U.S. actor says no apology needed for 'Hamilton'; remarks to Pence

  21-11-2016 16:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An actor from the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton" who angered Donald Trump when he appealed on-stage for Vice President-elect Mike Pence to ensure the incoming administration respected all Americans said on Monday he would not apologize for the remarks. President-elect Trump has complained several times about the comments delivered on behalf of the cast by actor Brandon Victor Dixon when Pence attended the show on Friday evening. In a series of weekend Twitter messages, Trump accused the cast of
  
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• Trump could meet the Queen in 2017

  21-11-2016 15:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Just over a week after revealing his mother was a big fan, President-elect Donald Trump may get his own audience with Queen Elizabeth II.
  
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• Source: Democratic Rep. Gabbard meeting with Trump, talking top jobs in DC

  21-11-2016 15:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is meeting with President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team Monday for a possible top job in the new administration, a source said.
  
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• Trump to meet Oklahoma governor, Democratic lawmaker Gabbard

  21-11-2016 15:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump has meetings scheduled on Monday with Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Democratic U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, according to his advisers. Fallin and former Texas Governor Rick Perry were among those visiting the Republican president-elect at Trump Tower in New York, according to transition officials. Gabbard, of Hawaii, was on the schedule, as were former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Elaine Chao, labor secretary under former President
  
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• Obama advice to daughters about election: 'Don't get into a fetal position'

  21-11-2016 15:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama's advice to his two daughters and anyone worried about the election of Donald Trump is not to "get into a fetal position" and put the outcome in context.
  
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• Ellison slams Trump appointments: 'We gave him a chance already'

  21-11-2016 15:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rep. Keith Ellison sounded a defiant tone Monday when asked about giving President-elect Donald Trump a chance to succeed, saying that Trump "has already made it pretty clear where he's going with this thing" with his appointments so far.
  
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• Undocumented immigrant mom wants Trump to walk in her shoes

  21-11-2016 14:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  With tears in her eyes Lili explains her deportation contingency plan.
  
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• Conway defends Trump's 'Hamilton' Twitter scrap: 'Why do you care?'

  21-11-2016 14:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway on Monday defended President-elect Donald Trump's Twitter vendetta against the Broadway musical "Hamilton," arguing that social media use is "a great way" to "cut through the noise or silence" and that Trump has the right to offer his criticism.
  
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• The latest feud Trump won't let go

  21-11-2016 14:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump isn't letting slights go -- even after the ego-boosting accomplishment of winning the presidency.
  
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• Ex-PM Fillon is favorite to win French conservative presidential ticket

  21-11-2016 13:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) - Former prime minister Francois Fillon is favorite to become the French center-right's presidential candidate after a voting upset that puts him in pole position for a showdown with far right leader Marine Le Pen in next year's election. Fillon, who has said he will cut public sector jobs and rein in government spending, won 44 percent of votes in Sunday's first-round of voting for the center-right's nomination. Former President Nicolas Sarkozy came third and, a
  
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• Summers: Trump's economic plans could 'cripple government for a generation'

  21-11-2016 11:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump's proposals to implement major tax cuts and roll back oversight of the financial industry risk triggering another economic crisis and crippling the country for a generation, warns former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
  
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• Fillon, Juppe go head-to-head for French conservative presidential ticket

  21-11-2016 09:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Fillon heads into a five-day runoff campaign for France's conservative presidential ticket as favorite over opponent Alain Juppe after a stunning first-round vote result that ousted ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy from the race. Market analysts say the outcome opens up fresh uncertainty about the result of next year's actual presidential election, potentially increasing a still remote risk that far-right leader Marine Le Pen can win it. Before that though
  
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• Fillon, Juppe kick off race for support for French presidential ticket

  21-11-2016 06:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Fillon heads into a runoff campaign for France's conservative presidential ticket on Monday as favorite after winning the endorsement of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy whom he ousted from the race after a stunning late surge in polls. Fillon is up against another former prime minister, Alain Juppe, who has a week to turn around his momentum-sapped campaign and win over the supporters of the other candidates. At stake is an almost certain place in th
  
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• Obama offers 'wait and see' approach to Trump, but adds he'll be watching

  21-11-2016 03:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama in his final press conference abroad advised the world to "take a wait and see approach" for what a Donald Trump presidency may mean in terms of policy, but added that he would weigh in if the "ideals" of the country are called into question.
  
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• Flynn, on trip to Russia, said 'who knows' whether Syria gas attack was a 'false flag'

  21-11-2016 03:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  During a 2015 trip to Russia, Donald Trump's pick to be national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, said he didn't know whether the 2013 sarin gas attack in Syria was conducted by the Syrian Army or by other forces in an attempt to draw the United States into the conflict.
  
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• Editorial: Donald Trump’s Swamp Gets Murkier

  21-11-2016 03:09 via nytimes.com
  A disturbing number of lobbyists and special interest players are joining the transition team.
  
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• In weekend of deliberation, Mattis favored for Trump Pentagon chief

  21-11-2016 03:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland BEDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday assessed several more contenders for top U.S. posts including Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani, as blunt-spoken retired Marine Corps General James Mattis emerged as a leading candidate for defense secretary. Trump held meetings at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, with candidates for senior administration jobs after he takes office on Jan. 20. On Saturday, he conferred with Mattis and Mitt Romney, forme
  
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• Trump Turns Staid Process Into Spectacle as Aspirants Parade to His Door

  21-11-2016 03:00 via nytimes.com
  President-elect Donald J. Trump hinted strongly that he was considering picking James N. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, to be defense secretary.
  
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• Melania and Barron Trump Won’t Immediately Move to White House

  21-11-2016 02:42 via nytimes.com
  They will remain in New York for at least another six months after the inauguration, transition officials said, out of concern for uprooting him in the middle of the school year.
  
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• Obama says Pelosi a strong leader, showing support for re-election bid

  21-11-2016 01:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dustin Volz LIMA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday called U.S. House Democratic chief Nancy Pelosi a remarkable leader, giving strong praise to the California lawmaker as House Democrats consider whether to re-elect to the post. Democrats need to fight for their principles but must be willing to work with the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, Obama told a news conference after the APEC summit in Lima. (Reporting by Jeff Mason in Lima and Dustin Volz in Washin
  
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• France's Fillon wins top spot in conservative primary, Sarkozy out

  21-11-2016 01:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French voters defied expectations on Sunday by throwing ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy out of the race to be the conservatives' nominee for the presidential election and propelling his ex-prime minister Francois Fillon to top spot. A social conservative with economically liberal ideas, Fillon will face Alain Juppe, another ex-prime minister, in a runoff on Nov. 27 which is likely to produce France's next president in May. Long trailing his rival
  
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• Venezuela hopes for improved U.S. relations in Trump presidency

  21-11-2016 00:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Diego Oré CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday he hopes for an improvement in relations with nemesis the United States after Donald Trump's White House win, despite last year calling the real estate tycoon a "bandit and thief." Since he came to power in 2013, Maduro has railed against the United States, blaming it for being behind an "economic war" which has left the OPEC nation in crisis with triple-digit inflation and major shortages. Trump said in J
  
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• Obama says not worried about being last Democratic U.S. leader for a while

  21-11-2016 00:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LIMA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday said he is not worried about being the last Democratic U.S. president for a while, noting democrat Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and his own approval rating remained high. He added, however, that the Democratic Party needed to organize better and better convey its message. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by Caroline Stauffer; Editing by Sandra Maler)
  
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