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• Clinton thanks supporters for yard sign display

  24-11-2016 23:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton on Thursday afternoon gave a Thanksgiving shout-out to supporters in the recent presidential campaign.
  
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• Mayor says Trump backs Los Angeles' 2024 Olympic Bid: NBC

  24-11-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump told the Los Angeles' mayor he would support the city's 2024 Olympics bid when the two spoke this week, NBC reported on Thursday, citing the mayor's spokeswoman. Trump and Mayor Eric Garcetti, a Democrat, spoke by phone on Wednesday and "had a productive conversation about ways to expand infrastructure investments and opportunities in communities across America," spokeswoman Connie Llanos said, according to NBC. Reuters could not immediate
  
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• Inside President Obama's Final White House Thanksgiving - ABC News

  24-11-2016 20:53 via abcnews.go.com
  Inside President Obama's Final White House Thanksgiving
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  President Obama is celebrating his final Thanksgiving at the White House with family today, and he reflected on his past eight years at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. “When I look back over the years, what strikes me most about my girls is that, despite the ...and more »
  
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• Trump likely to tap Cubs co-owner for deputy Commerce post

  24-11-2016 20:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is likely to pick Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts to be deputy secretary of the Commerce Department, according to two sources.
  
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• On the Thanksgiving table: Trump, US jobs and Mexico

  24-11-2016 20:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Carrier Corp. in Indiana said Thursday that it's had talks with the incoming administration hours after President-elect Donald Trump tweeted he is working to keep the furnace-making plant from shipping jobs to Mexico.
  
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• Green Party raises $3.5 million for presidential vote recounts

  24-11-2016 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said on Thursday she has raised $3.5 million to force recounts of the Nov. 8 election results in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, three states where Donald Trump scored narrow wins. The campaign said it exceeded its initial goal for raising $2.5 million and has enough money to pay Wisconsin's $1.1 million filing fee due on Friday.
  
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• Trump spends Thanksgiving 'working hard' on Carrier plant

  24-11-2016 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Susan Heavey WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he was spending part of his Thanksgiving holiday trying to convince an Indiana air conditioner maker to stay in the United States - reflecting his election campaign pledge to stop the flow of jobs abroad. Trump, who is also weighing decisions on his Cabinet during a family retreat at his Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida, said on Twitter that he was "working h
  
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• Thanksgiving through the years with Donald Trump

  24-11-2016 18:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump is spending his first Thanksgiving as President-elect at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, where he is joined by his family for the holiday.
  
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• Nigel Farage offers to help UK govt. mend fences with Donald Trump

  24-11-2016 18:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  UK politician Nigel Farage told CNN Thursday he'd like to act as a "middle man" to improve relations between the British government and US President-elect Donald Trump after a bumpy start.
  
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• Conway tweets about Trump base anger over Romney

  24-11-2016 18:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Kellyanne Conway publicly sounded alarm bells Thursday in a series of tweets highlighting the anger among President-elect Donald Trump's base of supporters with Mitt Romney, reportedly to be a leading contender for secretary of state.
  
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• Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway weighs in on idea of Romney as State Department boss - CNBC

  24-11-2016 16:45 via cnbc.com
  
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  Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway weighs in on idea of Romney as State Department boss
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  ... "deluge of social media" and private communications about Romney, whose name has been floated to head the State Department under a Trump Administration but whose loyalty has been called into question by Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich and others.
  
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• Your questions about the potential US election recount, answered - Quartz

  24-11-2016 16:37 via qz.com
  
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  Your questions about the potential US election recount, answered
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  Pressure is mounting from Hillary Clinton's supporters for a recount of votes in three key states that Donald Trump narrowly won in the recent presidential election. Now Jill Stein, who ran for the presidency on the Green Party's ticket, has raised ...
  Why are people giving Jill Stein millions of dollars for an election recount?Chicago Tribune
  Jill Stein's Election Recount Campaign Raises More Than $3 MillionFortune
  
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• Trump aide mocks election challenge

  24-11-2016 16:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A top aide to Donald Trump mocked Hillary Clinton supporters Thursday for not accepting the presidential election results.
  
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• Trump aide mocks election challenge - CNN

  24-11-2016 15:57 via cnn.com
  
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  Trump aide mocks election challenge
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  Clinton won 2 million more votes than Trump and some academic and voting experts have suggested that the election results in three key states should be challenged because of possible irregularities in voting patterns that they say could be the result ...
  Your questions about the potential US election recount, answeredQuartz
  Jill Stein's Election Recount Campaign Raises More Than $3 MillionFortune
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• WTO chief says no indication that Trump wants to take U.S. out of group

  24-11-2016 15:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo said on Thursday he had no indictation that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump wanted to withdraw the United States from the global trading body. "I think that at this point in time what we have to do is be ready for a conversation," Azevedo told reporters, adding that he was convinced the United States could be a very important partner in reviving global trade growth. Trump suggested during his election campaign that
  
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• 9 things Democrats still have to be thankful for

  24-11-2016 14:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's been a bad couple of weeks for Democrats.
  
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• 'I'm very proud of you': Obama meets 6-year-old who wrote to him about adopting Syrian boy - Washington Post

  24-11-2016 14:06 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  'I'm very proud of you': Obama meets 6-year-old who wrote to him about adopting Syrian boy
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  Young Alex left the president clear instructions: Obama could park in his family's driveway or on the street in front of their home in Scarsdale, N.Y., and the Myteberis would be waiting with flags, flowers and balloons. Alex already had a friend at ...and more »
  
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• Obama calls for unity in Thanksgiving message - CNN

  24-11-2016 14:04 via cnn.com
  
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  Obama calls for unity in Thanksgiving message
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  "As a country, we've just emerged from a noisy, passionate, and sometimes divisive campaign season," Obama said in his weekly address. "After all, elections are often where we emphasize what sets us apart. We face off in a contest of 'us' versus 'them.
  Obama Lets Bad Puns Fly at Turkey Pardoning Tinged With SadnessNew York Times
  Obama's final Thanksgiving message is a touching tribute to his daughtersMashable
  Obama Pardons Thanksgiving Turke
  
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• Obama calls for unity in Thanksgiving message

  24-11-2016 14:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama called for unity in his final Thanksgiving address Thursday, just weeks after what he called the "sometimes divisive campaign" came to a close.
  
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• Green Party raises $2.5 million for presidential election recount in Wisconsin

  24-11-2016 13:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on Thursday reached her goal to raise $2.5 million to request a recount in Wisconsin, one of three states where she plans to seek an audit of U.S. presidential election results, her campaign said. Stein will ask Wisconsin to verify vote totals tallied by electronic machines that her campaign called "highly vulnerable to hacking and malicious reprogramming" in a statement on its website.
  
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• WTO chief says no indication that Trump wants to take U.S. out of WTO

  24-11-2016 12:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GENEVA (Reuters) - World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo said on Thursday he had no indication that U.S. President-elect wanted to withdraw the United States from the global trading body. "I think that at this point in time what we have to do is be ready for a conversation," Azevedo told reporters, adding that he was convinced the United States could be a very important partner in the task of seeking a more dynamic growth environment globally. (Reporting by Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebeh
  
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• In India's Punjab, Haley relatives cheer appointment as UN envoy

  24-11-2016 11:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nikki Haley may have been born in the United States but her extended family back in India is thrilled that the South Carolina governor has been named by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as ambassador to the United Nations.
  
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• Trump shares message of unity on Thanksgiving Eve

  24-11-2016 02:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump shared a message of unity Wednesday in a video published on the official White House transition team's YouTube page.
  
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• Overtime Rule Is but the Latest Obama Initiative to End in Texas Court - New York Times

  24-11-2016 02:06 via nytimes.com
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  Overtime Rule Is but the Latest Obama Initiative to End in Texas Court
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  Over the last two years, Federal District Court judges in the state have chipped away at Mr. Obama's legacy by striking down or suspending no fewer than five regulations, executive orders or actions, and guidelines, including an action that would have ...
  Obama should quickly appeal court ruling stopping new overtime rulesLos Angeles Times
  Federal Judge Blocks Obama Administration's Overtime Pay
  
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• Clinton's lead in popular vote nears 2 million

  24-11-2016 01:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote is now nearing 2 million votes, approaching the milestone as the campaign begins to hear from scientists who want to see a recount in several states.
  
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• Stein, liberals seek voting hack investigation

  24-11-2016 01:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Green Party nominee Jill Stein launched a bid Wednesday to seek a recount in three Rust Belt states, as pressure builds among liberals to challenge election results.
  
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• Polling calls to U.S. Muslims raise surveillance fears

  24-11-2016 01:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Muslims across the United States feared they were being targeted for surveillance this week when they received automated polling calls asking them to press one if they identified as Muslim or two if they did not. Many worried President-elect Donald Trump was making good on his campaign promise to register all Muslims in the country or private citizens were laying the groundwork for a registry. The calls were in fact sent out as part of a survey by Emerge US
  
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• Restaurant sales dropped in week ahead of U.S. vote: Knapp

  24-11-2016 00:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. full-service chains such as Olive Garden , Applebee's and Chili's saw a steep, 5.1 percent drop in sales at established restaurants during the week prior to the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election, data showed on Wednesday. While limited in scope, the data appears to back restaurant executives' claims that the tense and tumultuous U.S. election dented their business. "Sales were down seriously around the country," for the week ending Nov. 6, said Malcolm Knapp, a restaurant consultant whose K
  
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