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• Senator Looks to Expand Protections for Whistle-Blowers

  22-12-2016 23:56 via nytimes.com
  Senator Claire McCaskill asked federal agencies for information on managers who were said to have retaliated against employees who reported wrongdoing.
  
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• Radio City Rockettes to perform at Trump's inauguration

  22-12-2016 23:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Looks like President-elect Donald Trump will be holding an Inauguration Day Spectacular.
  
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• Man removed from flight after allegedly harassing Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner

  22-12-2016 23:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  JetBlue forced a man off a Thursday morning flight after an apparent incident involving Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who was also aboard the plane.
  
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• One President at a time? For Trump, no qualms in contradicting Obama

  22-12-2016 23:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump isn't waiting until Inauguration Day to assert his posture on foreign policy, even in areas plainly at odds with the sitting commander-in-chief.
  
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• Trump discussed Mideast peace in call with Egypt's Sisi

  22-12-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump discussed laying the groundwork for peace in the Middle East in a phone call on Thursday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a Trump transition official said. The official did not know whether Trump and Sisi talked specifically about Egypt's decision to postpone a vote set for Thursday in the U.N. Security Council on a resolution demanding that Israel end settlement building. (Reporting by Emily Stephenson in Hawaii; Writing by Eric Beech;
  
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• Passenger removed from flight after confrontation with Ivanka Trump

  22-12-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A JetBlue airline passenger, who media outlets and a witness described as making angry remarks at the sight of Ivanka Trump on his flight, was removed from the plane on Thursday by the airline. JetBlue Airways Corp confirmed in a statement that a passenger had been removed from a flight set to depart from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, but provided no information on the incident. Another passenger on the flight, Marc Scheff, said that when the man saw President-elect Donald Tr
  
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• Trump picks Sean Spicer as White House press secretary, Jason Miller as communications director

  22-12-2016 22:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Republican National Committee communications director Sean Spicer to serve as White House press secretary, Trump's transition team announced Thursday.
  
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• Financial Vetting Goes Slowly for Trump’s Wealthy Cabinet Picks

  22-12-2016 22:01 via nytimes.com
  The slack pace may imperil a quick start for the new administration.
  
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• Trump team floats a 10% tariff on imports

  22-12-2016 21:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Trump transition team is floating the possibility of an early executive action to impose tariffs on foreign imports, according to multiple sources.
  
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• Charter schools controversy will only grow under Trump

  22-12-2016 21:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump hasn't been coy about his vision for public schools: He wants them to become more like their private counterparts.
  
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• First on CNN: Four governors back Tom Perez for DNC chair

  22-12-2016 21:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Labor Secretary Tom Perez is set to receive the endorsements of four governors Thursday in his bid to become the next Democratic National Committee chair.
  
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• Trump tweet referred to preventing nuclear proliferation: spokesman

  22-12-2016 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump's statement Thursday that the United States needs to strengthen its nuclear capabilities referred to the need to prevent nuclear weapons from spreading to unstable countries or terrorist groups, a spokesman said. "President-elect Trump was referring to the threat of nuclear proliferation and the critical need to prevent it - particularly to and among terrorist organizations and unstable and rogue regimes," spokesman Jason Miller said.
  
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• Trump taps RNC's Spicer for White House spokesman

  22-12-2016 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer will serve as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's press secretary in the White House when he takes office next month, Trump announced on Thursday. To round out his communications team, the president-elect appointed loyalists from his upstart presidential campaign. Hope Hicks, Trump's sole spokeswoman when he began what was considered a longshot candidacy in June 2015, will be director of strategic c
  
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• Trump campaign star Conway named as his presidential counselor

  22-12-2016 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kellyanne Conway, a Republican pollster who was widely credited with bringing a more disciplined approach to Donald Trump's presidential election campaign, will become White House counselor when he takes office next month. In her new post, Conway will play a key advisory role, helping to manage Trump's messaging and legislative priorities, the transition team said in a statement on Friday. It praised Conway, 49, as the first woman campaign manager to guide a winning U.S. presidential campaign.
  
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• Trump taps RNC's Spicer for White House spokesman: statement

  22-12-2016 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican National Committee's Sean Spicer will serve as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's spokesman in the White House when he takes office next month, Trump's transition team said in a statement on Thursday. Trump also named other loyalists from his presidential run to top communications posts: Hope Hicks, Jason Miller and Dan Scavino. Spicer served as the RNC's spokesman during Trump's presidential campaign. (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Chris Reese)
  
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• Trump, Putin both seek to boost their nuclear capability

  22-12-2016 19:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he will look to "strengthen and expand" the US's nuclear capability.
  
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• Passenger removed from flight after confrontation with Ivanka Trump: reports

  22-12-2016 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A passenger was removed from a JetBlue Airways Corp plane at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Thursday after verbally accosting Ivanka Trump, the website TMZ reported. Airline personnel escorted the man off the plane after he railed at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's daughter, TMZ said. Ivanka Trump was en route to Hawaii for a vacation with her family, according to an ABC News report on the incident.
  
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• Trump calls for expanded U.S. nuclear weapons capability

  22-12-2016 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called on Thursday for the country to expand its nuclear weapons capabilities until the world "comes to its senses" - a signal he may support costly efforts to modernize the aging U.S. nuclear arsenal. "The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes," Trump said in a post on Twitter. Trump, who is at his Florida resort for the Chr
  
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• Key UN vote on Israeli settlements delayed

  22-12-2016 18:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Egyptians are delaying a showdown vote at the UN Security Council on a resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity after pressure from the Israelis to do so, a Western official said Thursday.
  
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• North Carolina fails to repeal 'bathroom bill' -- now what?

  22-12-2016 18:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A day after North Carolina lawmakers failed to ax the state's "bathroom bill" -- despite holding a special session to do so -- the divisive law might never get repealed.
  
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• Trump denies Gingrich claim that he's dropping 'drain the swamp'

  22-12-2016 18:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  "Drain the swamp" was a refrain of Donald Trump during the presidential campaign, but Newt Gingrich says the president-elect "doesn't want to use it anymore" now that he's knee-deep in alligators.
  
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• Congressional report: Snowden in 'contact with Russian intelligence'

  22-12-2016 18:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Edward Snowden has been in contact with Russian intelligence officials since arriving in Russia in 2013, according to a new report from Congress.
  
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• Icahn says EPA, bank regulations hamper U.S. economy: CNBC

  22-12-2016 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn targeted environmental and banking regulations on Thursday as big drags on U.S. corporate investment and said revamping them would be a top priority in his role as adviser to President-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Trump team promises transparency regarding Icahn's advisory role

  22-12-2016 17:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team on Thursday pledged proper oversights and transparency regarding billionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn's special advisory role on regulatory issues.
  
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• Congo forces arrest dozens after deadly anti-Kabila protests

  22-12-2016 17:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Aaron Ross and Tim Cocks KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo authorities swept through the southeastern mining hub of Lubumbashi on Thursday making dozens of arrests, local activists said, after at least 34 people died in protests against President Joseph Kabila. Lubumbashi mayor Jean Oscar Sanguza told Reuters it was a "sweep up" operation targeting "criminals and bandits", and that security forces were looking for arms. "As soon as you go by on the road and you're a young man, you're in a group of t
  
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• Congo authorities sweep southeast city, arresting dozens

  22-12-2016 17:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo authorities swept through the southeastern mining hub of Lubumbashi on Thursday, making dozens of arrests after deadly protests against President Joseph Kabila, local activists said. Lubumbashi mayor Jean Oscar Sanguza told Reuters it was a "sweep up" operation targeting "criminals and bandits", and that security forces were looking for arms, but local activists said they were arresting young men suspected of being opposition. ...
  
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• Obama ends program used to track Arab and Muslim men

  22-12-2016 17:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama's administration said Thursday it was ending a dormant program that once was used to track mostly Arab and Muslim men.
  
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• Conway: Trump will not pursue immigration ban based solely on religion

  22-12-2016 16:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Kellyanne Conway, President-elect Donald Trump's former campaign manager and newly named White House aide, said Thursday the new administration would not pursue a ban on Muslims solely based on their religion.
  
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• Cybersecurity firm: Russian military intelligence unit tied to DNC hack

  22-12-2016 16:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A hacking group tied to the incursion on the Democratic National Committee has been linked to Russian military intelligence, according to a new report by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
  
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• Lieberman defends Trump's controversial Israel ambassador pick

  22-12-2016 16:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former Sen. Joe Lieberman on Thursday defended President-elect Donald Trump's controversial selection as the next Israel ambassador, explaining that "some of the things he said really don't reflect what he believes."
  
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• France's Le Pen struggling to raise funds for election campaign

  22-12-2016 15:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French far-right leader Marine Le Pen does not have the funds she needs for her presidential election campaign next year, as banks continue to decline to lend to her National Front for political reasons, a senior party official said on Monday. National Front Secretary General Nicolas Bay told Europe 1 radio he had sought a loan of about 27 million euros ($28 million) for the presidential and legislative campaigns next year "from among banking establishments in France, Europe and around the world
  
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• Kellyanne Conway lands top WH job

  22-12-2016 15:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump tapped former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway as "counselor to the president," the presidential transition announced Thursday morning.
  
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• At least six killed, 150 wounded in southeast Congo ethnic violence

  22-12-2016 14:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least six people were killed and 150 wounded in clashes between Pygmies and Bantus this week in southeastern Congo, a local activist said on Thursday, the latest flare-up in a three-year ethnic conflict that has killed dozens. David Ngoy Luhaka, a priest and member of the Diocesan Commission for Justice and Peace, said fighting broke out on Tuesday when a Pygmy militia attacked the town of Manono, leading to reprisals by Bantu militia. (Reporting by Aaron Ross; Editing by
  
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• Trump names adviser Conway as his presidential counselor

  22-12-2016 14:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway to serve as counselor to the president, his transition team said in a statement.Conway, 49, currently a senior adviser on Trump's transition team, is widely credited with helping him bring a more disciplined approach to campaigning that helped him win the November presidential election. In her new post, Conway will play a key advisory role in the White House when Trump takes office on Jan. 20, h
  
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• Kellyanne Conway lands top WH job in Trump administration

  22-12-2016 13:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump tapped former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway as "counselor to the president," the presidential transition announced Thursday morning.
  
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• 'West Wing' writer says show grew on him during 2000 recount tension

  22-12-2016 13:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Eli Attie spent years as a speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore. So when Attie made the transition to Hollywood as a writer for "The West Wing," he was shocked to learn what an elevated place his fictionalized counterparts held in the imagination of the show's creator, Aaron Sorkin.
  
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• Trump names adviser Conway as his presidential counselor: statement

  22-12-2016 13:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, now a key adviser, as his choice to serve as counselor to the president, his transition team said in a statement.Trump, in the statement, said Conway "played a crucial role in my victory.
  
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• Dreamers prepare for fight against Trump

  22-12-2016 12:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Dreamers are digging in their heels, participating in protests around the country and seeking advice from attorneys on the best ways to fight against Trump's campaign promises.
  
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• Ethnic militia clashes kill 18 in eastern Congo: army

  22-12-2016 10:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KINSHASA (Reuters) - Fighting between Hutu and Nande ethnic militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday killed 17 civilians and one police officer, a local army spokesman said, in a sign of worsening insecurity across the vast country. "Some were killed by gunshots and others by machetes," Captain Guillaume Djike told Reuters. Innocent Gasigwa, a local activist, said the clashes involved the predominantly ethnic Nande "Mai Mai Mazembe" militia and mostly Hutu "Nyatura" fighters.
  
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• Congo security forces killed at least 34 in anti-Kabila protests-HRW

  22-12-2016 10:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) - Security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 34 people during protests this week against President Joseph Kabila's failure to step down at the end of his mandate, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. Congo's capital Kinshasa and other cities were convulsed by violent demonstrations on Tuesday as Kabila, in power since 2001, reached the end of his second term in office without an election in place to choose his successor.
  
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• Russian hackers tracked Ukrainian artillery units using Android implant: report

  22-12-2016 06:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A hacking group linked to the Russian government and high-profile cyber attacks against Democrats during the U.S. presidential election likely used a malware implant on Android devices to track and target Ukrainian artillery units from late 2014 through 2016, according to a new report released Thursday. The malware was able to retrieve communications and some locational data from infected devices, intelligence that would have likely been used to strike again
  
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• Mississippi officials arrest church member in 'Vote Trump' arson case

  22-12-2016 03:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andrew McClinton, 45, was charged with arson of a place of worship for the fire at the Hopewell Baptist Church, said Warren Strain, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. McClinton, who is African-American, was a member of the church, said Kenya Collins, a spokeswoman for the city of Greenville. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, which is part of the Public Safety Department, did not say what led authorities to McClinton or speculate about his motive.
  
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• Sessions' office accused of prosecutorial misconduct in the '90s

  22-12-2016 02:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As Sen. Jeff Sessions awaits a confirmation hearing in hopes of becoming the next US attorney general, a blistering legal opinion on a case he oversaw as Alabama's top prosecutor two decades ago could emerge as an issue for the nominee.
  
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• Trump team floats tariffs

  22-12-2016 02:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Trump transition team is floating the possibility of an early executive action to impose tariffs on foreign imports, according to multiple sources.
  
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• Jeff Sessions' office accused of prosecutorial misconduct in the '90s

  22-12-2016 02:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As Sen. Jeff Sessions awaits a confirmation hearing in hopes of becoming the next US attorney general, a blistering legal opinion on a case he oversaw as Alabama's top prosecutor two decades ago could emerge as an issue for the nominee.
  
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• Mississippi officials arrest man in 'Vote Trump' church arson case

  22-12-2016 01:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Greenville church was painted with the words "Vote Trump" and set ablaze a week before the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election, leading officials initially to view it as a politically motivated hate crime. Andrew McClinton, 45, was charged with arson of a place of worship for the fire at the Hopewell Baptist Church, said Warren Strain, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
  
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• Trump extracts pledge from Boeing on Air Force One costs

  22-12-2016 00:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Melissa Fares PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump extracted a promise from Boeing Co's chief executive on Wednesday that the cost of replacing Air Force One would not exceed $4 billion, his latest move to use the bully pulpit to pressure companies to help advance his economic agenda. Trump met with Dennis Muilenburg of Boeing and Marillyn Hewson, chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp - two defense companies he has made an example of since his Nov. 8 election, send
  
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• Boeing CEO vows to keep Air Force One costs below $4 billion

  22-12-2016 00:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The heads of Boeing and Lockheed Martin emerged from meetings with President-elect Trump vowing to rein in the costs of new Air Force Ones and the nation's premier fighter jet.
  
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• Trump hotels reach deal with unions, ending labor board cases

  22-12-2016 00:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hotels in Las Vegas and Washington owned by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reached agreements with their workers' unions that will end a series of cases alleging the hotels violated federal labor law, the Trump Organization and unions said on Wednesday. More than 500 food and beverage and housekeeping employees at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas entered into a four-year collective bargaining agreement effective Jan. 1 that guarantees annual raises and pension and healthcare benefits,
  
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• It's official: Clinton swamps Trump in popular vote

  22-12-2016 00:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.
  
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