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• Lawmakers warn that ISIS is evolving

  01-12-2016 23:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  ISIS and other terrorist groups are evolving in ways that will force the US and Europe to adapt new counterterrorism strategies, according to US lawmakers, analysts and European security officials.
  
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• Carrier employee: Trump is 'my hero' after saving jobs

  01-12-2016 23:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  He's the man Donald Trump credits with spearheading an effort to save more than 1,000 jobs at an Indiana plant, and Will Cornett is returning the favor by calling the President-elect his hero.
  
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• Trump kicks off 'thank you' tour in Cincinnati

  01-12-2016 23:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The election is over, but Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail.
  
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• Trump wants Mattis for defense secretary

  01-12-2016 23:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump wants retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his secretary of defense, two sources with knowledge of the transition told CNN.
  
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• Trump chooses Mattis for defense secretary

  01-12-2016 23:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his secretary of defense, a source with knowledge of the transition says.
  
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• Mattis reported named for Pentagon but Trump team denies

  01-12-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate retired General James Mattis to lead the Pentagon, two media outlets reported on Thursday, but a Trump spokesman said no decision had been made. The Washington Post said Trump had chosen Mattis and that an announcement was likely to be made early next week. CNN also reported that Trump had settled on Mattis.
  
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• Senate GOP has 'high level of angst' over Petraeus nomination

  01-12-2016 22:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Several GOP senators privately said Thursday they were concerned about the political fallout if David Petraeus is nominated as secretary of state.
  
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• Austria's presidential candidates trade accusations in final debate

  01-12-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tetchy accusations of lying dominated the final televised presidential debate in Austria between far-right candidate Norbert Hofer and former Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen on Thursday. A Hofer victory would make him the first far-right head of state in the European Union. Van der Bellen narrowly won a run-off vote in May, which was annulled due to sloppy counting.
  
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• Grim Hollande says he won't seek second term as French president

  01-12-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande shocked France on Thursday by announcing he would not seek a second term next year, acknowledging his deep unpopularity and making way for another leftist candidate to take on conservative Francois Fillon and far-right leader Marine Le Pen. The surprise announcement - effectively an admission that by running again he would hurt his party's chances - marks the first time since France's fifth Republic was created in 1958 that an incu
  
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• Trump picks retired Gen. James Mattis for Pentagon chief: Washington Post

  01-12-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate retired General James Mattis to lead the Pentagon, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, choosing a revered figure in the Marine Corps known for his tough talk, distrust of Iran and battlefield experience in Iraq and Afghanistan. The choice of a seasoned military strategist could be another indication that Trump, a Republican, intends to steer U.S. foreign policy away from Democratic President Barack Obama's increased reliance on U.S. allies to
  
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• Ousted campaign chief Paul Manafort seeks to shape Trump transition

  01-12-2016 22:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Paul Manafort has reemerged as a player in the fight to shape the new administration, senior Republicans with knowledge of the transition tell CNN on Thursday, after resigning under pressure as the chairman of Donald Trump's campaign this summer.
  
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• Ousted campaign chief Manafort seeks to shape Trump transition

  01-12-2016 22:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Paul Manafort has reemerged as a player in the fight to shape the new administration, senior Republicans with knowledge of the transition tell CNN on Thursday, after resigning under pressure as the chairman of Donald Trump's campaign this summer.
  
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• Unpopular Hollande doomed by failure of jobs promise

  01-12-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande staked his political fate on a promise to bring down unemployment, and it was his failure to turn around the economy that made him France's most unpopular president ever. In a glum address from the Elysee Palace on Thursday, Hollande became the first modern French head of state not to seek re-election, acknowledging he lacked the support to win.
  
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• Pharma execs weigh in on possible changes under Trump

  01-12-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Since he was elected, Trump, who has said he wants to repeal Obamacare and reform Medicare and Medicaid, has not addressed the sharp drug price increases that dominated the Presidential campaign. Pharma companies are breathing a sigh of relief, but Trump could be more critical of drugmakers and their price increases than the industry expects, Allergan Inc Chief Executive Brent Saunders said on Thursday. Saunders, speaking at the annual Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York, predicted Trump could
  
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• Sons of convicted communist spy Ethel Rosenberg ask Obama to exonerate her

  01-12-2016 22:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, two convicted communist spies who were sentenced to death during the Cold War, visited the White House without an invitation on Thursday to call on President Barack Obama to exonerate their mother, in what they see as their final shot.
  
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• Trump warns of consequences for U.S. firms sending jobs abroad

  01-12-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson INDIANAPOLIS, (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday warned that U.S. companies will face "consequences" for outsourcing jobs overseas, as he touted his early success in persuading an air conditioner maker to keep around 1,000 jobs in the United States rather than move them to Mexico. "Companies are not going to leave the United States any more without consequences. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, did not say what the consequences would be but during the ele
  
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• Heitkamp's Trump meeting sets off alarm bells for Democrats

  01-12-2016 22:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is set to meet Friday with North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a red-state Democrat, which could put Senate Democrats at a further disadvantage if she were to join the Trump administration.
  
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• Heidi Heitkamp's Trump meeting sets off alarm bells for Democrats

  01-12-2016 22:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is set to meet Friday with North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a red-state Democrat, which could put Senate Democrats at a further disadvantage if she were to join the Trump administration.
  
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• Senate votes to extend sanctions against Iran

  01-12-2016 21:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Senators overwhelmingly approved Thursday a 10-year extension of tough economic sanctions against Iran they believe is needed to ensure Iran doesn't violate the terms of the recent international accord to curb that country's nuclear program.
  
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• Mexico's Slim: If Trump succeeds, so does Mexico

  01-12-2016 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Christine Murray MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim said on Thursday that if President-elect Donald Trump succeeds in office, it will be good news for Mexico, and that he would be more worried as an American than a Mexican about the next U.S. government. Slim, a telecoms tycoon who spent several years as the world's richest man, says he has never met Trump, but the two businessmen traded barbs during a bruising U.S. election campaign in which Trump vowed to build a wall a
  
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• France's Hollande says he won't seek re-election

  01-12-2016 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday he would not seek a second term in next year's presidential election, a surprise move that clears the way for an alternative left-wing candidate. Hollande is the most unpopular president in French polling history, a fact he tacitly acknowledged in a speech from the Elysee Palace. "I am aware today of the risk that going down a route that would not gather sufficient support would entail, so I have decided not
  
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• Trump visits Indiana to celebrate Carrier jobs deal

  01-12-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson and Melissa Fares INDIANAPOLIS, (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump visited a factory in Indiana on Thursday to kick off a "thank you tour" for his election win and celebrate persuading air conditioner maker Carrier Corp to preserve around 1,000 jobs in the state rather than move them to Mexico. In an early victory for Trump before he takes office on Jan. 20, Carrier said this week it agreed to keep more than 1,000 jobs at the plant and at its headquarters, while st
  
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• Xavier Becerra to leave Congress for California attorney general post

  01-12-2016 20:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rep. Xavier Becerra announced Thursday he would be leaving Congress to serve as California's attorney general, a move that takes the senior Democrat out of Washington but not off the front lines of the battle against the Trump administration.
  
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• Trump packs transition team with Washington veterans, review shows

  01-12-2016 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson and Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump, who pledged on the campaign trail to "drain the swamp" in Washington, is staffing his on-the-ground transition teams mostly with government veterans, including ex-lobbyists, a Reuters review of publicly available information shows. Drawing heavily from former military, congressional and agency staff, he has named about 140 operatives to "landing teams" at various government departments to smooth the transiti
  
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• Becerra to leave Congress for California AG post

  01-12-2016 20:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rep. Xavier Becerra announced Thursday he would be leaving Congress to serve as California's attorney general, a move that takes the senior Democrat out of Washington but not off the front lines of the battle against the Trump administration.
  
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• How did Trump get Carrier to stay?

  01-12-2016 20:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Carrier is getting a modest $7 million in financial incentives over the next 10 years from the state of Indiana to keep 1,000 jobs at an Indianapolis plant, sources familiar with the deal tells CNN.
  
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• New Jersey's Christie mulls run to lead Republican Party: report

  01-12-2016 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, an early supporter of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, is considering a run to lead the Republican National Committee, Politico reported on Thursday. Christie, whose term as governor ends in January 2018, had been leading Trump's transition team until U.S. Vice President-elect Mike Pence recently took over earlier this month. Current RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has been tapped to serve as Trump's chief of staff when he starts his White House term Jan. 20, 20
  
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• Mexico mogul Slim says if Trump succeeds, so does Mexico

  01-12-2016 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Christine Murray MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim said on Thursday that if President-elect Donald Trump succeeds as U.S. leader, it will be good news for Mexico, offering a more upbeat view on the outlook for a Trump government than he had previously. Slim, a telecoms tycoon who spent several years as the world's richest man, says he has never met Trump, but the two impresarios traded barbs during a bruising U.S. campaign. In October, Trump accused Slim, the top shareho
  
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• Ellison faces renewed scrutiny over past ties to Nation of Islam, defense of anti-Semitic figures

  01-12-2016 19:19 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rep. Keith Ellison's past ties to the Nation of Islam and his defense of its anti-Semitic leader, Louis Farrakhan, are resurfacing as he campaigns to lead the Democratic National Committee.
  
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• Indiana agrees $7 million tax break to keep Carrier jobs in state: company

  01-12-2016 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Indiana state officials have agreed to give United Technologies Corp $7 million worth of tax breaks over 10 years to encourage the company to keep about 1,000 jobs at its Carrier unit in Indianapolis, Carrier said on Thursday. In the election campaign, Trump vowed to impose hefty tariffs if Carrier did not reverse course on shifting jobs to Mexico. The deal means Carrier will still send an estimated 1,300 jobs there.
  
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• Why Trump supporters stand by debunked claim

  01-12-2016 18:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's claim that he lost the popular vote because "millions of people" voted illegally has been debunked, but some of his supporters are sticking by it.
  
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• Indiana granting $7 million in tax breaks to keep Carrier jobs in state: WSJ

  01-12-2016 18:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials in Indiana have agreed to give United Technologies $7 million worth of tax breaks over 10 years to encourage the company to keep about 1,000 jobs at its Carrier unit in the state, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
  
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• Secretary of State David Petraeus? Supporters Make Their Case

  01-12-2016 17:43 via nytimes.com
  Backers of the former C.I.A. director are urging President-elect Donald J. Trump to overlook his past legal problems and put him in charge at the State Department.
  
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• Wisconsin first state to start presidential election recount - New York Post

  01-12-2016 17:24 via nypost.com
  
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  MADISON, Wis. — The first candidate-driven statewide recount of a presidential election in 16 years began Thursday in Wisconsin, a state that Donald Trump won by less than a percentage point over Hillary Clinton after polls long predicted a Clinton ...
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• Gingrich mocks Romney for 'sucking up' to Trump

  01-12-2016 17:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich mocked Mitt Romney on Wednesday for "sucking up" to President-elect Donald Trump as he contends for the position of secretary of state in the new administration.
  
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• Questions resurface about who would succeed longtime Goldman CEO

  01-12-2016 16:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Wall Street investment bank's president and chief operating officer, Gary Cohn, was widely considered Blankfein's heir apparent but is now a candidate to lead the White House budget office. Meanwhile, Michael Sherwood, who has also been floated over the years as a Blankfein successor, retired as Goldman's head of European operations last week.. While Cohn has not yet been officially picked for a role in the White House, his talks with President-elect Donald Trump cast light again on successi
  
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• French Left try to start fightback while they wait for Hollande

  01-12-2016 16:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - France's ruling Socialists, staring at prospective humiliation in next year's presidential election, are cranking up their election machine in a bid to re-energise voters disenchanted by Francois Hollande's five years in power. As they marshaled forces for a weekend rally of leftist groups in Paris, leftist politicians piled pressure on the president, who has yet to say whether he intends to run for a second term. Hollande has until mid-December to decide.
  
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• Hillary Campaign Seeks Volunteers for MI Recount

  01-12-2016 16:45
  
  What started off as the Clinton campaign offering some “people” to assist in Jill Stein’s recount affair has now morphed into a volunteer-recruting effort. The Hillary website now features a signup form if you’d like to help with the recount, specifically in Michigan. Report from The Hill: The Hillary Clinton campaign is looking for volunteers […]
  
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• Lindsey Graham is preparing a bill to make part of Obama's executive amnesty permanent - TheBlaze.com

  01-12-2016 16:37 via theblaze.com
  
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  Lindsey Graham is preparing a bill to make part of Obama's executive amnesty permanent
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  If President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to repeal Obama's executive orders regarding immigration, does not get on board with the bill, Graham would need to build enough support to override a potential veto. The beneficiaries of Obama's 2012 ...
  Lindsey Graham Working on Bill to Protect Dreamers if Trump Revokes Obama Executive ActionsMediaiteall 31 news articles »
  
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• Pence's new neighbors put up LGBT pride flags in protest

  01-12-2016 16:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Some Washington residents who disagree with Mike Pence's positions on gay rights are making their values known to their new neighbor.
  
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• Who cares if Mitt Romney is a sellout? - Washington Post (blog)

  01-12-2016 16:00 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Mitt Romney has sold out. Or so they say. Over dinner at Jean-Georges restaurant at Trump International Hotel & Tower New York, the erstwhile Republican presidential nominee — a finalist to serve as Donald Trump's secretary of state — hobnobbed with ...
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  Newt Gingrich goes in on Romney, accuses him of 'sucking up' to Trump for secretary of state
  
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• An election recount will only further divide a fractured America - Quartz

  01-12-2016 15:25 via qz.com
  
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  An election recount will only further divide a fractured America
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  By demanding an audit and recount of the presidential election results in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, Green Party nominee Jill Stein is playing into the narrative that the elections might have been manipulated and that Donald Trump might not ...and more »
  
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• McAuliffe thinks the Clintons are done with politics

  01-12-2016 14:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a longtime confidante of Hillary and Bill Clinton, said Wednesday that he thinks they're done with politics following Hillary Clinton's devastating loss in the 2016 presidential race.
  
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• Trump interviews generals for his Cabinet after criticizing them

  01-12-2016 14:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The parade of administration hopefuls passing through the Trump Tower lobby includes quite a few who have worn stars on their shoulders -- the kind of military men President-elect Donald Trump derided during the campaign as "embarrassing."
  
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• Trump reportedly praises Pakistan's 'terrific' PM

  01-12-2016 14:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's a case of he said, he said between two of the world's most powerful men.
  
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• Donald Trump reportedly praises Pakistan's 'terrific' PM

  01-12-2016 14:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's a case of he said, he said between two of the world's most powerful men.
  
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• In a race to the finish, Obama administration presses ahead with ambitious rules - Washington Post

  01-12-2016 14:04 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  In a race to the finish, Obama administration presses ahead with ambitious rules
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  President Barack Obama talks with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. ... As the future Trump administration begins to take shape, the Obama White House is engaged in a frenzied, final effort to put in place as ...and more »
  
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• Democrats can't stop Trump nominees, but they can make confirmation very painful

  01-12-2016 13:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Senate Democrats almost certainly cannot stop Donald Trump's Cabinet from being confirmed. But that doesn't mean they won't make the process as painful as possible for the new President.
  
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• Mike Pence's new neighbors put up LGBT pride flags in protest

  01-12-2016 13:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Some Washington residents who disagree with Mike Pence's positions on gay rights are making their values known to their new neighbor.
  
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• Terry McAuliffe thinks the Clintons are done with politics

  01-12-2016 13:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a longtime confidante of Hillary and Bill Clinton, said Wednesday that he thinks they're done with politics following Hillary Clinton's devastating loss in the 2016 presidential race.
  
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