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• Reality Check: Landslide? What landslide?

  12-12-2016 23:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump likes to boast about the size of his win over Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College. The problem is he has an inflated sense of the word "landslide."
  
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• Senators struggle with Exxon CEO as Trump secretary of state

  12-12-2016 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Doina Chiacu and Gina Cherelus WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The front-runner for secretary of state in President-elect Donald Trump's administration, Exxon Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson, faces a struggle getting confirmed by U.S. senators concerned about his close ties to Russia. Lawmakers from both major parties also raised questions on Monday about former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, who has been mentioned as a possible No. 2 State Department official and has voiced hawki
  
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• Trump taps Goldman Sachs executive Cohn for key economic post

  12-12-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tim Ahmann and Olivia Oran WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he would appoint Goldman Sachs Group Inc President and Chief Operating Officer Gary Cohn to head the White House National Economic Council, a group that coordinates economic policy across agencies. "As my top economic adviser, Gary Cohn is going to put his talents as a highly successful businessman to work for the American people," Trump said in a statement. Cohn will follow former senior Goldma
  
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• Senate Republican leader backs investigation into Russian hacking

  12-12-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dustin Volz and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Senate Republican broke with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday over whether Russian hacking during the U.S. election merited closer scrutiny, a fissure between Trump and his party that appeared to grow as lawmakers pressed for a special investigation into the matter. The divide raised the possibility of enduring clashes between Trump and Republicans during his presidency over how to handle Russian President Vladimir Putin,
  
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• Russian hacking and the 2016 election, explained

  12-12-2016 22:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The top Senate Republican joined the growing chorus of powerful voices on Capitol Hill Monday calling for a bipartisan probe of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
  
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• U.S. calls Gambia crisis 'very dangerous' ahead of presidents' visit

  12-12-2016 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Edward McAllister and Michelle Nichols BANJUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday Gambia had reached "a very dangerous moment" as West African leaders prepared to travel there to tell long-ruling leader Yahya Jammeh to accept his election defeat and step down. Jammeh had quickly conceded defeat to Adama Barrow, his challenger in the Dec. 1 presidential election.
  
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• Source: Trump to pick Ronna Romney McDaniel to head RNC

  12-12-2016 22:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Michigan Republican Party Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the next Republican National Committee chair, a transition source tells CNN.
  
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• Navy tests out phone app to prevent sexual assault

  12-12-2016 22:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The US Navy is testing the effectiveness of a smartphone app in an attempt to curb military sexual assaults.
  
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• House intelligence chairman: no benefit in opening new Russia hack probe

  12-12-2016 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Monday his committee has been conducting "vigorous oversight" of the investigations into election-related cyber attacks and he did not see any benefit in opening more probes. "At this time I do not see any benefit in opening further investigations, which would duplicate current committee oversight efforts and Intelligence Community inquiries," Representative Devin Nunes said in a statement. (R
  
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• U.S. says 'one China' policy should not be used as bargaining chip

  12-12-2016 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ayesha Rascoe and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday insisted that Washington’s “one China” policy should not be used as a “bargaining chip” with Beijing after President-elect Donald Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to be bound by its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of China. Signaling further resistance Trump will face in Washington if he tries to overturn a principle that has underpinned more than fo
  
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• Obama Must Declassify Evidence of Russian Hacking - The Intercept

  12-12-2016 21:10 via theintercept.com
  
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  Obama Must Declassify Evidence of Russian Hacking
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  The only path forward that makes sense is for Obama to order the release of as much evidence as possible underlying the reported “high confidence” of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia both intervened in the election and did so with the intention ...
  Rex Tillerson to be Trump's secretary of state, say reports, after Romney confirms he is outThe Guardian
  Mitt Romney won't be Donald Trump's secretary of
  
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• Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign manager, says she turned down press secretary role

  12-12-2016 21:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Kellyanne Conway, the campaign manager who steadfastly defended Donald Trump through a series of controversies at the end of his campaign, said in a pair of recent interviews she will not serve as his administration's top spokesman.
  
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• Who is Trump Secretary of State pick Rex Tillerson?

  12-12-2016 20:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Wealthy Texan is retiring in March
  
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• Who is potential Trump Secretary of State Rex Tillerson?

  12-12-2016 20:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Wealthy Texan is retiring in March
  
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• Supreme Court clears the way for NFL settlement benefit process to move forward

  12-12-2016 20:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for the NFL concussion settlement to go into effect by declining to take up two cases from a smaller subset of former players who challenged the terms of the agreement.
  
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• Canada, cool on the F-35, says Lockheed jet still an option

  12-12-2016 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canada will consider Lockheed Martin Inc's F-35 in an open competition for fighter jets, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, despite domestic and foreign criticism about the program's cost. Earlier on Monday U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said the cost of Lockheed's F-35 program was "out of control." During last year's Canadian election campaign Trudeau said the jets were too expensive and promised not to buy them, but his Liberal government has since softened its position. "It's an
  
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• White House suggests Trump benefited from Russia hacking

  12-12-2016 20:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The White House strongly suggested Monday that Donald Trump was the beneficiary of Russian meddling in the US election, saying it was the President-elect who praised Vladimir Putin on the campaign trail.
  
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• Clinton campaign backs intelligence briefing for Electoral College electors

  12-12-2016 20:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta on Monday backed Electoral College electors who are asking to receive an intelligence briefing on foreign interventions into the 2016 election ahead of their December 19 vote.
  
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• McCain says 'no information' Russia sought to influence election, probe needed

  12-12-2016 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There is "no information" that Russian hacking of American political organizations was aimed at affecting the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, U.S. Republican Senator John McCain said Monday. McCain's comment contrasted with an assertion by a senior U.S. intelligence official that American intelligence agencies concluded with "high confidence" that not only did their Russian counterparts direct the hacking of Democratic Party organizations and leaders, but did so to undermine Democrati
  
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• U.S. says situation in Gambia 'dangerous,' U.N. council briefed

  12-12-2016 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday discussed ruling Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's refusal to step down, with U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power later describing the situation in the West African country as "very dangerous." Jammeh, in power for 22 years, quickly conceded defeat to opposition candidate Adama Barrow after a Dec. 1 presidential election. "It is a very dangerous moment," Power told reporters after the briefing. "We know that t
  
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• Trump attack on Lockheed Martin foreshadows war on defense industry

  12-12-2016 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump on Monday widened his attack on defense contractors, slamming Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet program as too expensive as aides to the president-elect said he intends to keep pushing to cut the costs of military hardware. Lockheed shares dropped 3.4 percent and other defense contractors also tumbled. "The F-35 program and cost is out of control," Trump said on Twitter, echoing campaign promises to cut waste in federal spending.
  
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• Who is Michael Flynn, Trump's national security adviser pick?

  12-12-2016 20:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The man President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to be his national security adviser was once fired from a key military intelligence role by President Barack Obama.
  
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• White House, Hill Republicans both break with Trump on Russia

  12-12-2016 19:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ignoring the conclusions of the intelligence community that Russia sought to meddle in the US election is dangerous, Sen. Angus King said Monday.
  
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• State-of-the-art F-35 jets bound for Israel grounded by bad weather

  12-12-2016 19:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A major ceremony celebrating the arrival of two cutting-edge F-35 stealth jets intended to demonstrate the bond between the US and Israel was delayed by several hours Monday due to their inability to take off in bad weather.
  
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• Fiorina talks hacking, China with Trump

  12-12-2016 19:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's former primary rival Carly Fiorina emerged from a meeting with the President-elect Monday, calling the gathering "really productive" and stoking speculation that she is under consideration for a Cabinet post.
  
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• Trump considering Dr. Scott Gottlieb to head FDA

  12-12-2016 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a partner at one of the world's largest venture capital funds and a former deputy commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is being considered by President-elect Donald Trump to run the agency, according to sources close to the transition team. Gottlieb, 44, a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, is well known in health policy circles and is a frequen
  
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• White House says supports congressional review of Russian hacking

  12-12-2016 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it supported reviews by Congress of Russian interference into the 2016 U.S. presidential election, saying intelligence agencies have been cooperating closely with lawmakers from both parties. "We certainly have long supported the principle of congressional review of this matter," spokesman Josh Earnest told a news briefing. (Reporting by Ayesha Rascoe and Eric Walsh; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
  
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• Exclusive: McCain backs Trump criticism of F-35, says president can't cancel it

  12-12-2016 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said on Monday he backed President-elect Donald Trump’s criticism of the costs of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet program, but said a president does not have the authority to cancel it because funds have already been appropriated. In an interview with Reuters, McCain, a leading Republican voice on national security and outspoken critic of Pentagon cost overruns, said, however, that Trump would have the power to reduce futur
  
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• West African leaders to tell Gambia's Jammeh to step down

  12-12-2016 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Edward McAllister BANJUL (Reuters) - Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will lead a delegation of West African heads of state on Tuesday to tell Gambia's long-ruling leader Yahya Jammeh to accept his election defeat and step down, regional diplomatic sources said. The show of unity by regional leaders came as diplomats said the United Nations Security Council would meet behind closed doors later to discuss Jammeh's refusal to hand over power. Jammeh had quickly conceded defeat to his c
  
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• Who is Steven Mnuchin, Trump's pick for Treasury secretary?

  12-12-2016 18:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The first thing you need to know about Steven Mnuchin is it is pronounced "mah nu chin."
  
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• McConnell, senators unite behind Russian hacking investigation

  12-12-2016 18:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ignoring the conclusions of the intelligence community that Russia sought to meddle in the US election is dangerous, Sen. Angus King said Monday.
  
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• Trump considering Fiorina for director of national intelligence: New York Times

  12-12-2016 18:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke on Monday to former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina about the job of director of national intelligence, the New York Times reported, citing a senior Trump transition team member. Fiorina, once a rival for the White House Republican nomination who clashed with Trump during primary debates, visited Trump Tower, his transition team said on a conference call. (Reporting by Tim Ahmann; Writing by Eric Walsh; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
  
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• Reid: Comey's letter cost Democrats the election, Senate

  12-12-2016 18:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Monday FBI Director James Comey was "heavily involved as a partisan" in the weeks leading up to the election and that Comey's actions handed the presidency to Donald Trump.
  
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• Trump tweet hits Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet costs

  12-12-2016 18:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump on Monday criticized Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet program as too expensive, the latest attack by the U.S. President-elect on large defense contractors. Lockheed shares dropped 5.1 percent and shares of several other defense contractors also tumbled. "The F-35 program and cost is out of control," Trump said on Twitter, echoing campaign promises to cut waste in federal spending.
  
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• Contenders for U.S. diplomatic jobs under Trump face Senate resistance

  12-12-2016 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Doina Chiacu and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contenders for President-elect Donald Trump's two top diplomatic roles, Rex Tillerson and John Bolton, will face a tough review in confirmation hearings in a U.S. Senate led by Trump's fellow Republicans. Lawmakers from both major political parties have raised concerns about Tillerson, president and chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp who has close ties with Russia and has met Russian President Vladimir Putin several times, and about Bolto
  
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• Obama to open post-presidency office in World Wildlife Fund headquarters - Washington Post

  12-12-2016 17:49 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Obama to open post-presidency office in World Wildlife Fund headquarters
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  Obama has agreed to lease office space in the headquarters building of the World Wildlife Fund, at 1250 24th St. NW in the West End, according to two people familiar with the agreement. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal has not ...
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• Federal judge blocks Stein's Pennsylvania recount push

  12-12-2016 17:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A federal judge blocked Green Party candidate Jill Stein's push for a Pennsylvania recount Monday, saying her suspicion of hacking "borders on the irrational."
  
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• McConnell will not give timeline for Obamacare replacement

  12-12-2016 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday the Senate will move to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare law shortly after Jan. 1, but declined to give a timeline for a plan to replace it. McConnell said the Senate would vote as soon as it returns from its year-end recess to repeal Obamacare. Asked repeatedly, McConnell did not give any timeline for when the Republicans would offer their own plan.
  
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• Obama aide on new show, president's basketball skills and beef over Duke-UNC rivalry - Washington Post

  12-12-2016 17:01 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Obama aide on new show, president's basketball skills and beef over Duke-UNC rivalry
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  In the debut episode of Monumental Sports Network's interview series “The Walk-and-Talk,” host Reggie Love, a former personal aide to President Obama, goes inside the kitchen and wanders Blagden Alley with The Dabney chef Jeremiah Langhorne.and more »
  
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• U.S. judge rejects Jill Stein bid for Pennsylvania recount

  12-12-2016 16:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The decision came on the same day that Wisconsin election officials expect to complete their state's recount, although the results will not change the outcome. Stein, who finished fourth in the election behind President-elect Donald Trump, had challenged the results in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.
  
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• West Africa to tell Gambia's Jammeh to go: Senegal

  12-12-2016 16:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAKAR (Reuters) - West African heads of state from Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana will travel to Gambia on Tuesday to tell Yahya Jammeh to accept his defeat in this month's presidential election and "leave power", Senegal said on Monday. (Reporting by Diadie Ba; Writing by Ed Cropley; Editing by Stella Mapenzauswa)
  
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• U.N. Security Council to discuss Gambia political crisis on Monday

  12-12-2016 16:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss the refusal by Gambia's ruling President Yahya Jammeh to step down, diplomats said, a move the 15-member body condemned in a statement on Saturday. U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman will brief the council behind closed doors. Jammeh had quickly conceded defeat to Barrow after a presidential election on Dec. 1. But in an about-face on Friday that drew international condemnation, he denounced t
  
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• Mcconnell says Russian hacking investigations cannot be partisan

  12-12-2016 16:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday added his voice to calls for bipartisan cooperation on investigations into Russian hacking aimed at interfering with the American presidential election. "Any foreign breach of our cybersecurity measures is disturbing and I strongly condemn any such efforts," McConnell said at a news conference. "This simply cannot be a partisan issue." (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Writing by Doina Chiacu)
  
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• Liberia's Johnson Sirleaf to lead mediation mission to Gambia

  12-12-2016 16:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Edward McAllister BANJUL (Reuters) - Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will lead a mission to Gambia on Tuesday to mediate in a crisis brought on by long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh's refusal to step down, president-elect Adama Barrow said. Jammeh had quickly conceded defeat to Barrow after a presidential election on Dec. 1. Barrow told Reuters on Monday that Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel peace laureate and current chair of the West African regional organization ECOWAS, would head a dele
  
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• U.S. judge rejects bid for Pennsylvania election recount

  12-12-2016 16:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The decision came on the same day that Wisconsin election officials expect to complete that state's recount, although the results will not change the outcome. Stein, who finished fourth in the election behind President-elect Donald Trump, had challenged the results in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.
  
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• Trump renews questions about election hacking reports

  12-12-2016 16:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Monday renewed his questions about U.S. intelligence reports that Russia intervened in the presidential election by targeting his rival. In two posts on Twitter, Trump also suggested that politics played a role in the news reports on the Russian hacking that emerged late last week. "Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and WE tried to play the Russia/CIA card.
  
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• Trump targets Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet costs

  12-12-2016 16:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took aim at another major defense contractor on Monday, saying the cost of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet program was too high. The aerospace giant's shares dropped about 4 percent in early trading after Trump's tweet, while shares of several other defense contractors also weakened. "The F-35 program and cost is out of control," Trump said on Twitter.
  
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• Goldman's Cohn to accept key economic post: CNBC

  12-12-2016 15:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc's President and Chief Operating Officer Gary Cohn will shortly accept the post to head the National Economic Council (NEC), CNBC reported, citing a source.
  
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• Trump on dismantling Obama's legacy: 'No, no, no'

  12-12-2016 15:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump says he isn't set on dismantling President Barack Obama's legacy -- but wants to streamline federal agencies' interactions with businesses.
  
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• Angus King: Ignore intelligence 'at your peril'

  12-12-2016 14:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ignoring the conclusions of the intelligence community that Russia sought to meddle in the US election is dangerous, Sen. Angus King said Monday.
  
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