Trump Eyes House Members For Cabinet Jobs

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Trump eyes House members for Cabinet jobs
By Scott Wong
Donald Trump has already tapped one House lawmaker for a key post in his fledgling administration: Conservative Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas) is likely to be the next CIA director. But other relatively obscure House lawmakers — including Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Tom Price, Mike McCaul and Marsha Blackburn — could make the leap from lower chamber to presidential Cabinet.
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Trump to name SC governor as UN ambassador

By Reid Wilson
President-elect Donald Trump will name South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) as the nation’s next ambassador to the United Nations.
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Carson: I’ve been offered job at HUD

By Jonathan Easley and Lisa Hagen
Ben Carson said Tuesday that he’s been offered several jobs in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration including helming the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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Trump signals softer approach in Times meeting

By Jonathan Easley and Jonathan Swan
Donald Trump on Tuesday answered questions from the New York Times on his relationship to the alt-right, his web of business entanglements and his relationship with the press in an extraordinary event live-tweeted by the Grey Lady’s reporters and editors.
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Right expresses betrayal as Trump backs off Clinton probe
By Julian Hattem
Conservatives expressed feelings of betrayal on Tuesday after a top advisor to President-elect Donald Trump said that the incoming administration would decline to pursue a criminal case against former rival Hillary Clinton.
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Trump: I don’t want to ‘energize’ alt-right movement
By Lisa Hagen
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he did not want to “energize” the alt-right movement and denounced the conference held over the weekend where white nationalists cheered his election and used Nazi-era terms and salutes.
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By Tim Devaney and Lydia Wheeler
The Labor Department’s contentious overtime rule was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Texas, putting one of President Obama’s top regulatory initiatives in jeopardy.
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Biden not interested in leading DNC

By Jessie Hellmann
Vice President Joe Biden has nixed the idea of running to become the chair of the Democratic National Committee.
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By Ali Breland
Demand for Airbnb rentals in Washington on Inauguration Day is skyrocketing as D.C. residents look to cash in on Donald Trump’s swearing-in.
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Stars flood White House for Obama’s final Medal of Freedom ceremony
By Judy Kurtz
The White House saw stars on Tuesday, as more than 20 famous names — including Michael Jordan, Bruce Springsteen, Vin Scully, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Diana Ross and many others — gathered to be honored by President Obama in his final Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony.
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The Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump raises prospect of keeping ties to his firms
By Alexandra Berzon, Damian Paletta and Michael Rothfeld
Trump indicated he was unlikely to fully disentangle himself from his businesses, raising questions about conflicts of interest.
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The New York Times: At Donald Trump’s properties, a showcase for a brand and a president-elect
By Jeremy W. Peters
Questions are being raised about whether Mr. Trump is exploiting the high profile of the presidency to conduct what could be seen as a promotional tour for the Trump Organization.
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The Associated Press: Trump stance on illegal immigration may aid private prisons
By Rebecca Boone
President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of immigrants in the country illegally and his selection of tough-on-crime Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general could mean big money for the private prison industry.
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Reuters: Trump keeping ‘open mind’ on pulling out of climate accord
By Roberta Rampton
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was keeping an open mind on whether to pull out of a landmark international accord to fight climate change, in a softening of his stance toward global warming.
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USA Today: Harassment or Hail Mary? Electors feel besieged
By Joseph Gerth, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Joseph Baucum
To supporters of Hillary Clinton, the number looks intoxicating: 155 electors in states where the popular vote went for Donald Trump — some by slim margins — who apparently aren’t legally bound to vote for the GOP presidential nominee when the Electoral College meets Dec. 19.
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