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• Trump targets another company, draws Sanders' criticism

  03-12-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump drew a rebuke from former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday, after turning his attention to another Indiana company planning a move to Mexico. "Rexnord of Indiana is moving to Mexico and rather viciously firing all of its 300 workers. Rexnord Corp , an industrial supplier based in Milwaukee, announced plans in October to move a bearing plant, and its 300 jobs, from Indianapolis to Mexico, employees tol
  
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• Jon Huntsman: Trump's 'nontraditional thinking' could signal a new approach to U.S.-China relations - Salt Lake Tribune

  03-12-2016 23:58 via sltrib.com
  
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  Jon Huntsman: Trump's 'nontraditional thinking' could signal a new approach to U.S.-China relations
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  Huntsman served an LDS mission in Taiwan and later worked there before serving as ambassador to China during the first term of President Barack Obama. He told The Tribune on Saturday that Trump "provides an element of nontraditional thinking and ...and more »
  
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• Top Tories: hard Brexit stance could lose us next election - The Guardian

  03-12-2016 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Top Tories: hard Brexit stance could lose us next election
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  The Tory party could lose the next general election if Theresa May alienates its core of moderate supporters by imitating Ukip and pushing through a hard Brexit, a group of former Conservative ministers and MPs says. The warning to the prime minister ...and more »
  
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• Bowe Bergdahl Asks Obama For Pardon Before Trump Takes Office - Huffington Post

  03-12-2016 22:56 via huffingtonpost.com
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  Bowe Bergdahl Asks Obama For Pardon Before Trump Takes Office
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  WASHINGTON - U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who is charged with desertion for walking away from his combat post in Afghanistan in 2009, has asked President Barack Obama for a pardon, the White House said on Saturday. Obama will relinquish ...
  Bowe Bergdahl seeks pardon from Obama to avert desertion trialLos Angeles Times
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• Donald Trump Thrusts Taiwan Back on the Table, Rattling a Region

  03-12-2016 22:11 via nytimes.com
  A single protocol-shattering phone call with Taiwan’s president raises fears of igniting tensions in Asia and emboldening China.
  
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• France's Left starts fightback after Hollande bows out of presidential race

  03-12-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Elizabeth Pineau and Richard Balmforth PARIS (Reuters) - France's Left on Saturday launched a bid to re-energize supporters disenchanted by Francois Hollande's five years in power and find a candidate to unite the ranks ahead of a presidential election next year where it could face humiliation. Hollande threw the Socialist nomination of a candidate for next spring's presidential election wide open last Thursday when he announced he would not seek a second term in the Elysee. As leftist groups
  
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• Bowe Bergdahl seeks pardon from Obama to avert desertion trial - Los Angeles Times

  03-12-2016 20:55 via latimes.com
  
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  Bowe Bergdahl seeks pardon from Obama to avert desertion trial
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  The Obama administration's decision in May 2014 to exchange him for five Taliban prisoners being held at the U.S prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, touched off a firestorm of criticism, with some Republicans accusing Obama of jeopardizing the safety of a ...
  Bowe Bergdahl Asks Obama For Pardon Before Trump Takes OfficeHuffington Post
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• Hearings Will Unmask ‘Swamp Creatures’ in Trump’s Cabinet, Democrats Say

  03-12-2016 20:33 via nytimes.com
  Democrats hope to highlight positions held by cabinet nominees that are inconsistent with Donald J. Trump’s campaign promises and paint them as untrustworthy.
  
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• McCrory administration won't explain decision that slowed election lawsuit - News & Observer

  03-12-2016 19:47 via newsobserver.com
  
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  McCrory administration won't explain decision that slowed election lawsuit
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  Civitas says in the lawsuit that there's not enough time between their registration and the State Board of Elections counting their ballots for the local county boards of election to verify applicants' addresses. The group wants those ballots removed ...and more »
  
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• In Trump’s Security Pick, Michael Flynn, ‘Sharp Elbows’ and No Dissent

  03-12-2016 19:22 via nytimes.com
  Past colleagues paint a mixed picture of a man who will have nearly unfettered access to the Oval Office and help guide President Trump on world events.
  
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• Stephen A. Smith blasts Colin Kaepernick for not voting

  03-12-2016 19:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  ESPN and Sirius-XM commentator Stephen A. Smith told CNN's Michael Smerconish Saturday that quarterback Colin Kapernick's decision to publicly reveal that he had not voted was "egregious to the highest order."
  
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• Haim Saban: Keith Ellison 'is clearly an anti-Semite and anti-Israel individual'

  03-12-2016 18:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Prominent Democratic donor Haim Saban on Friday described Rep. Keith Ellison, who is running to head the Democratic National Committee, as an "anti-Semite."
  
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• Trump supporter Sarah Palin calls Carrier deal 'crony capitalism'

  03-12-2016 17:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- an early supporter of Donald Trump who is under consideration to serve in his Cabinet -- is criticizing the use of subsidies to keep an Indiana-based air conditioning company from sending jobs to Mexico, a move the President-elect has spotlighted as one of his first victories since being elected.
  
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• Trump supporter Palin calls Carrier deal 'crony capitalism'

  03-12-2016 17:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- an early supporter of Donald Trump who is under consideration to serve in his Cabinet -- is criticizing the use of subsidies to keep an Indiana-based air conditioning company from sending jobs to Mexico, a move the President-elect has spotlighted as one of his first victories since being elected.
  
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• Brexit leader: I'll do 'whatever I can' to make US, UK closer under Trump

  03-12-2016 16:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One of the most prominent supporters of the Brexit movement Nigel Farage said Saturday he wants to use his close connection to President-elect Donald Trump to improve the relationship between the United State and the United Kingdom.
  
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• Obama's CEO Secretary warns Trump: Don't privatize the VA - Fortune

  03-12-2016 16:01 via fortune.com
  
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  Obama's CEO Secretary warns Trump: Don't privatize the VA
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  Bob McDonald, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, is a rare breed in the Obama administration: An official who brought top-level corporate executive experience to the job. As the former Procter & Gamble CEO makes way for a president who's only ever ...and more »
  
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• Can Trump send American citizens to Guantanamo Bay?

  03-12-2016 16:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump will face any number of thorny legal battles once he takes office in January, but if he decides to make good on his campaign pledge to "load up" the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with new domestic terror suspects caught in the US -- including American citizens -- legal experts say he is asking for an unprecedented constitutional showdown.
  
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• Meet the 'Mad Dog' Trump wants to lead the Pentagon

  03-12-2016 15:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The next possible US secretary of defense went by the military call sign "Chaos."
  
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• Meet the 'Mad Dog' Donald Trump wants to lead the Pentagon

  03-12-2016 15:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The next possible US secretary of defense went by the military call sign "Chaos."
  
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• Longtime Hillary Clinton staffer mulls lieutenant governor run in Virginia

  03-12-2016 15:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Adam Parkhomenko, a staffer for both of Hillary Clinton's presidential bids, is looking at running for office himself, seeking Virginia's lieutenant governorship in 2017.
  
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• Since Trump's Election, Mark Zuckerberg's Net Worth Has Fallen $3.7 Billion - Forbes

  03-12-2016 15:00 via forbes.com
  
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  Since Trump's Election, Mark Zuckerberg's Net Worth Has Fallen $3.7 Billion
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  Four days after November's presidential election, Mark Zuckerberg wrote a lengthy note downplaying the role that fake news on Facebook had in the outcome. More difficult for him to dispute, though, is the recent downward trajectory of his fortune ...
  Mark Zuckerberg Loses $3.7 Billion Following Trump ElectionBreitbart Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Gabon postpones legislative elections citing lack of money

  03-12-2016 13:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gabon has postponed legislative elections set for Dec. 27 until next July because of a lack of money, the interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday. "The constitutional court has ... decided that the means invoked constitute a case of force majeure justifying the delay of the legislative elections," the statement said. Oil-producer Gabon is set to stage the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament in January and political analysts said the government appeared to want to delay the electio
  
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• Duterte: Trump says Philippines tackling drug problem 'the right way'

  03-12-2016 13:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump told Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte that he is going about his controversial fight against drugs "the right way," Duterte said.
  
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• China lodges complaint over Trump-Taiwan call

  03-12-2016 13:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump spoke with the President of Taiwan on Friday, according to a statement from his transition team, a move that could trigger a diplomatic disagreement with China, which claims the island as part of its own country.
  
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• Will Ivanka Trump Be the Most Powerful First Daughter in History?

  03-12-2016 12:00 via nytimes.com
  Ivanka Trump is about to become the most influential first daughter since Alice Roosevelt Longworth. But can she do so without damaging her own brand?
  
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• Trump says he'll cancel Obama's 'unconstitutional' executive actions. It's not that easy. - Washington Post

  03-12-2016 11:04 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Trump says he'll cancel Obama's 'unconstitutional' executive actions. It's not that easy.
  Washington Post
  During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged to “cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama.” The good news was that Trump did not simply use the phrase “executive order” to describe ...
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• For the Record's week in review: Election wounds reopened - USA TODAY

  03-12-2016 11:01 via usatoday.com
  
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  For the Record's week in review: Election wounds reopened
  USA TODAY
  Bob Corker, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and of course — the big one everyone is watching — “choker” Mitt Romney. Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor, was really hard on Trump during the election, often ...
  Cooper Hammers Kellyanne Conway on Trump's Taiwan Flub: Obama 'Never Spoke to the President of Taiwan'AlterNet
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• Transition Briefing: Trump Unveils High-Powered and Well-Heeled Business Council, and Invites Filipino Strongman to White House

  03-12-2016 08:28 via nytimes.com
  The president-elect’s new business council will be headed by the hedge fund billionaire Stephen Schwarzman. His overture to Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines is sure to raise eyebrows.
  
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• Rodrigo Duterte Says Donald Trump Endorses His Violent Antidrug Campaign

  03-12-2016 06:37 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Duterte, the president of the Philippines, described a phone call with Mr. Trump, who had not confirmed Mr. Duterte’s comments.
  
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• Trump Speaks With Taiwan’s Leader, an Affront to China

  03-12-2016 06:01 via nytimes.com
  The president-elect spoke by phone with the president of Taiwan in the first such contact since the United States severed diplomatic relations with the island.
  
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• Question Facing Keith Ellison: Could He Lead D.N.C. as Part-Timer?

  03-12-2016 06:00 via nytimes.com
  On a night when Howard Dean dropped out of the contest for Democratic committee chairman, Mr. Ellison said he would considering resigning from Congress to lead the party.
  
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• US Ambassador: Trump 'winging it' with Taiwan call

  03-12-2016 05:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Continuing with the theme that paced his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump was anything but a traditional politician on Friday, holding a phone call with the President of Taiwan.
  
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• China labels Trump call 'petty action' by Taiwan: Phoenix TV

  03-12-2016 05:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen was a "petty action" by Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday, Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television reported. The conversation was the first such contact with Taiwan by a U.S. president-elect or president since President Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 1979, acknowledging Taiwan as part of "one China".
  
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• Trump Kicks Off ‘Thank You’ Tour, Reveling in Crowd and Campaign Themes

  03-12-2016 05:27 via nytimes.com
  The event resurrected signature applause lines and carried the hallmarks of Mr. Trump’s whiplash style during the election: indicting and promising, nostalgic and forward-looking.
  
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• Fearing Loss of U.S. Money Under Trump, New York Begins Urgent Review

  03-12-2016 04:37 via nytimes.com
  The president-elect’s threat to punish “sanctuary cities” has prompted officials to examine just what federal money could be lost.
  
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• Council Bill Could Make Campaign Fraud Easier in New York, Critics Say

  03-12-2016 03:37 via nytimes.com
  The Manhattan district attorney is among those sharply criticizing proposals that would alter the city’s campaign finance system.
  
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• Obama Lifts Some Sanctions Against Myanmar - New York Times

  03-12-2016 03:07 via nytimes.com
  Obama Lifts Some Sanctions Against Myanmar
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  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday lifted sanctions against Myanmar, declaring that the government there had made “substantial progress in improving human rights,” even though the country's army is in the midst of a brutal campaign to drive out ...and more »
  
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• Obama Lifts Some Sanctions Against Myanmar

  03-12-2016 03:07 via nytimes.com
  The low-key announcement came despite the fact that Myanmar’s army is in the midst of a brutal campaign to drive out the Rohingya, a Muslim minority.
  
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• G.O.P. Plans Immediate Repeal of Health Law, Then a Delay

  03-12-2016 03:04 via nytimes.com
  Congressional Republicans plan to move quickly to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but they are also likely to delay the effective date.
  
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• James Mattis, Trump’s Choice for Defense, Favors Working With Allies

  03-12-2016 02:58 via nytimes.com
  The hawkish former head of United States Central Command views a tough American posture overseas as a deterrent to war, officials close to him say.
  
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• Trump is 'well aware' of what U.S. policy has been on Taiwan: spokeswoman

  03-12-2016 02:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Donald Trump is "well aware" of what U.S. policy has been on Taiwan, Trump's spokeswoman said, after the U.S. president-elect spoke by phone on Friday with Taiwan's president, a move likely to infuriate China. "President-elect Trump is fully briefed and fully knowledgeable about these issues on an ongoing basis, regardless on who is on the other end of the phone," Trump spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway told CNN.
  
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• Taiwan presidential office says Trump, Tsai exchanged views on Taiwan-U.S. relations

  03-12-2016 02:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen exchanged views with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, touching on strengthening bilateral interactions and establishing closer cooperation between the two sides, Taiwan's presidential office said in a statement on Saturday. Tsai took the call with her national security council chief Joseph Wu and Taiwan Foreign Minister David Lee also on the line, the statement said. The two also shared their views about "promoting domestic economic development and strengthening n
  
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• Trump's choice for education secretary raises questions

  03-12-2016 02:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos and her husband are major political power brokers in their home state of Michigan.
  
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• Trump risks showdown with China after call with Taiwan

  03-12-2016 02:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump spoke with the President of Taiwan on Friday, according to a statement from his transition team, a move that could trigger a diplomatic disagreement with China, which claims the island as part of its own country.
  
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• Trump's Charm of Not Being Obama - Wall Street Journal

  03-12-2016 01:08 via wsj.com
  
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  Trump's Charm of Not Being Obama
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  Barack Obama will retire a president personally popular with the American people yet who served them (and himself, and his party) badly. He fretted in 2012 that he would lose the election just in time for Mitt Romney to get credit for an Obama recovery.
  
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• Silicon Valley Chiefs Notably Absent From Trump’s Cabinet of Business Advisers

  03-12-2016 00:51 via nytimes.com
  The President’s Strategic and Policy Forum is a bipartisan mix of business executives drawn from the worlds of finance, media and manufacturing.
  
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• Trump national security pick once wrote Manning should be tried for treason, executed if guilty

  03-12-2016 00:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  KT McFarland, Donald Trump's pick to be his deputy national security adviser, once wrote that former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning should be tried for treason and executed if found guilty.
  
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• Trump national security pick once wrote Chelsea Manning should be tried for treason, executed if guilty

  03-12-2016 00:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  KT McFarland, Donald Trump's pick to be his deputy national security adviser, once wrote that former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning should be tried for treason and executed if found guilty.
  
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• Trump speaks with Taiwan's President

  03-12-2016 00:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump spoke with the President of Taiwan on Friday, according to a statement from his transition team, a move that could trigger a diplomatic disagreement with China, which claims the island as part of its own country.
  
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• Obama Moves to Block Chinese Acquisition of a German Chip Maker - New York Times

  03-12-2016 00:25 via nytimes.com
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  Obama Moves to Block Chinese Acquisition of a German Chip Maker
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  HONG KONG — President Obama on Friday moved to block a Chinese deal to buy a high-tech company on national security grounds, an unusual step that could set the stage for greater tensions between his successor, Donald J. Trump, and a Chinese ...
  Obama Blocks Chinese Bid for Technology Firm AixtronWall Street Journal
  Obama bars China's Fujian from buying Aixtron's US businessReuters
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