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How Trump DOJ could upend one of the biggest business cases facing SCOTUS
ReutersIn ordinary circumstances, the U.S. Supreme Court would almost certainly agree that it’s time for the justices to decide whether employers can require employees to arbitrate disputes individually instead of banding together in group actions. -
JUST IN: Ex-congressman Ford being considered for U.S. transportation secretary - PoliticoFormer Democratic Representative Harold Ford Jr of Tennessee is being considered for U.S. transportation secretary or another Cabinet post in Donald Trump's administration, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed sources.Ford, who served five terms in Congress, has yet to meet with president-elect Trump but there have been some preliminary feelers put out about potential Cabinet-level posts, including transportation secretary, and Ford appears open to putting himself in the mix, Politico reported.(Writing by Eric Beech; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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German archivists have found a letter written by President-elect Donald Trump's grandfather, asking to be allowed to return to his German homeland after his wife didn't warm to life in the United States.
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The stunning post-election market rally continues:
Wall Street extends record streak; Dow ends above 19,000
ReutersU.S. stocks extended their post-U.S. election rally on Tuesday with moderate gains that pushed the Dow above 19,000 and the three major indexes to record closing levels for a second straight day. -
The highlights from Trump's meeting with NYT reporters and editors so far https://t.co/henpHjUrdp https://t.co/8hbPUwXRxy
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Trump on son-in-law's role:Trump: Jared Kushner could help make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.1:59 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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Trump says he is "seriously considering" Mattis for DoD, says he asked Mattis about waterboarding, was surprised he didn't favor it.2:01 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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“I would love to be the one who made peace with Israel and the Palestinians, that would be such a great achievement."1:59 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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Trump says he condemns, disavows recent alt-right conference in Washington.Asked point-blank about Nazi conference in DC over wknd: @realDonaldTrump tells @nytimes "of course" "I disavow and condemn them"1:45 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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Trump on his choice to hire Steve Bannon as chief White House strategist.On Bannon:"If I thought he was a racist or alt-right or any of the things, the terms we could use, I wouldn't even think about hiring him."1:34 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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Trump on Bannon: "I think it's very hard on him. I think he's having a hard time with it. Because it's not him."1:36 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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Trump on his businesses/conflict q's: "The law's totally on my side, the president can't have a conflict of interest."1:25 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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"In theory I could run my business perfectly and then run the country perfectly. There's never been a case like this,"he says of his tangles1:31 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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"I'd assumed that you'd have to set up some type of trust or whatever and you don't," Trump says.But he adds "I would like to do something."1:31 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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Trump on climate change:Tom Friedman asks if Trump will withdraw from climate change accords. Trump: “I’m looking at it very closely. I have an open mind to it."1:17 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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"I think there is some connectivity" between humans and climate change, Trump says.1:19 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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Trump on the ClintonsTrump is pressed if he has definitively ruled out prosecuting Hillary Clinton. “It’s just not something that I feel very strongly about."1:14 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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“I don’t want to hurt the Clintons, I really don’t. She went through a lot and suffered greatly in many different ways."1:14 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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The New York Times set up a landing page for live coverage of its meeting with President-elect Donald Trump:
Donald Trump at The New York Times: Live on Twitter
The New York TimesThe president-elect is meeting today with journalists and editorial columnists. Here are their tweets about the on-the-record interview. -
Dean Baquet asks if Trump feels like he did things to energize the alt-right movement. “I don’t think so, Dean,” Trump replies.1:11 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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Trump: “I don’t want to energize the group, and I disavow the group.” (1/2)1:12 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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Trump: "It’s not a group I want to energize, and if they are energized, I want to look into it and find out why.” (2/2)1:12 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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From New York Times media reporter Mike Grynbaum:Trump’s remarks about NYT’s “rough” coverage of him- “I’ve been treated very unfairly"- lasted about 4 min. Now onto reviewing the campaign.1:08 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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“I would like to turn it around,” Trump says of his relationship with the NY Times. “I think it would make the job I am doing much easier."1:06 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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More from Maggie Haberman of the New York Times. Trump said:"The African-American community liked me. They liked what I was saying," Trump says.1:09 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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A couple New York Times reporters are live-tweeting the ongoing meeting between the Times and Trump:Trump on the experience of the campaign: "It's been 18 months of brutality in a true sense."1:06 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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"We had a great victory," Trump says. "I'll see every once in awhile someone says, 'Well, the popular vote.'"1:07 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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"I'd rather do the popular vote," Trump says. "I think we'd do as well or better." Says he was "never a fan of the electoral college."1:07 PM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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I am seriously considering Dr. Ben Carson as the head of HUD. I've gotten to know him well--he's a greatly talented person who loves people!12:10 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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Trump’s foundation says it violated 'self-dealing' prohibition: report
ReutersRepublican President-elect Donald Trump's charitable Foundation appears to have told the IRS that it violated a ban on so-called "self-dealing" and had transferred income or assets to a "disqualified person," The Washington Post reported, citing copies of the group's 2015 tax filings. -
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They're on. They're off. They're on for now. At this point, @nytimes must be feeling a bit like Chris Christie in their dealings with Trump.10:16 AM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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Happy to announce that my meeting with the dentist IS BACK ON.10:11 AM - 22 Nov 2016
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Q for everyone saying Dems would have won with diff policy ideas: Since media completely failed to cover policy, how would this have worked?10:12 AM - 22 Nov 2016
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Can you take credit for uniting the nation by setting aside a charge that you yourself leveled on national televisi… https://t.co/qHgkBHOMQS10:14 AM - 22 Nov 2016
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Turning to the retired officers reflects Mr. Trump’s preference for having strong, even swaggering, men around him. But it worries national security experts and even other retired generals, who say that if Mr. Trump stacks critical jobs purely with warriors, it could lead to an undue emphasis on military force in American foreign policy.
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President-elect Donald Trump abruptly canceled a meeting scheduled for Tuesday with The New York Times newspaper that he has frequently criticized, complaining in morning Twitter posts about inaccurate coverage and a "nasty tone."
The move came a day after the Republican real estate magnate met with television anchors and news industry executives and reporters in New York in a session The Washington Post described as a contentious but generally respectful.
I cancelled today's meeting with the failing @nytimes when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. Not nice6:16 AM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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Perhaps a new meeting will be set up with the @nytimes. In the meantime they continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!6:31 AM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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The failing @nytimes just announced that complaints about them are at a 15 year high. I can fully understand that - but why announce?6:36 AM - 22 Nov 2016- Reply
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CNN host Wolf Blitzer departs after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, Nov. 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
President-elect Donald Trump met with senior executives and anchors from the major broadcast and cable news outlets yesterday afternoon and used the opportunity to criticize them for their election and postelection coverage, Joe Flint from the Wall Street Journal reportedThe full story is here (subscription required)
Or as New Yorker's David Remnick reported:
The over-all impression of the meeting from the attendees I spoke with was that Trump showed no signs of having been sobered or changed by his elevation to the country’s highest office. Rather, said one, “He is the same kind of blustering, bluffing blowhard as he was during the campaign."
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Should I stay or should I go? U.S. civil servants gird for Trump
ReutersDonald Trump's surprise victory in the U.S. presidential election has set off a round of resume-polishing across Washington, as the nation's federal civil servants prepare for a leader who has promised to freeze hiring and reverse many of the policies they have spent the past eight years putting in place. -
Sneakers complicate Trump's anti-trade job revival plan - Reuters TV
Reuters TVThe sneaker industry, one of the to move to Asia to benefit from low labor costs, highlights how hard it's going to be for President-elect Donald Trump to bring jobs back to American factories. -
Trump: Farage would be 'great' U.S. envoy - Reuters TV
Reuters TVDonald Trump tweets that "many people" would like to see Brexiteer-in-chief Nigel Farage become the UK ambassador to the U.S.. The controversial populist politician would do a "great job" in one of the UK's top diplomatic posts, says Trump. -
Federal workers gird for Trump era - Reuters TV
Reuters TVAs President-elect Donald Trump begins selecting his cabinet, the federal workforce that would be responsible for executing his policy is getting nervous. -
VERBATIM: Trump to quit TPP trade pact - Reuters TV
Reuters TVIn a video posted on his Facebook page, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says his team has comprised "a list of executive actions" to take on "day one to restore our laws and bring back our jobs", including withdrawing from the 12-nation pan-Pacific free trade deal. -
Trump plays hide-and-seek with the press - Reuters TV
Reuters TVPresident-elect Trump released a video laying out his vision for his first 100 days in office, instead of holding a press conference -- which he hasn't done in months. -
Willing to oppose Trump, some Senate Republicans gain leverage
ReutersIt is no surprise that Democrats in the U.S. Congress will oppose Donald Trump but the most important resistance to fulfilling the president-elect's agenda is beginning to emerge from Republicans on Capitol Hill. -
Trump outlines plans for first day in office, meets with Cabinet hopefuls
ReutersU.S. President-elect Donald Trump outlined plans on Monday for his first day in office, including withdrawing from a major trade accord and investigating abuses of work visa programs, and met with Cabinet hopefuls at his Manhattan office tower. -
Democrats search for answers to stem a spreading Republican tide
ReutersStill sifting through the wreckage of the Nov. 8 election, Democratic leaders nationwide are struggling to find a new message to claw back support and avoid years in the political wilderness. -
Trump's NAFTA revamp would require concessions, may borrow from TPP
ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump's plan to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to make it "a lot better" for U.S. workers would not be a one-way street for his administration, as Canada and Mexico prepare their own list of demands that could require difficult U.S. concessions.
Plane taking Brazilian soccer team to cup final in Colombia crashes, 71 dead
LA UNION, Colombia/ CHAPECO, Brazil A plane taking Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense to a South American cup final crashed in Colombia after reporting an electrical fault, killing 71 people, including most of the team and accompanying journalists. | Video
