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Trump warns of 'retribution' for companies that offshore jobs, threatening 35 percent tariff
By Ylan Q. Mui
Wonkblog
December 4 at 10:22 AM

President-elect Donald Trump fired another warning shot Sunday at U.S. companies considering moving their operations out of the country, threatening "retributions or consequences" such as a hefty border tax if they do.

The pronouncements came in a string of early morning tweets. Trump said he intends to incentivize businesses to stay in America by lowering corporate taxes and slashing regulations, two key components of his economic agenda. But he also warned that companies with offshore factories would face a 35 percent tariff on goods sold back to the United States.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/04/trump-warns-of-retribution-for-companies-that-offshore-jobs-threatening-35-percent-tariff/?utm_term=.2f75e25770bc&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%2Bnation
 
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HUMOR

Obama Politely Asks Trump to Wait Until Inauguration Before Destroying World

By Andy Borowitz
, 10:10 A.M.

According to the aides, Obama said that, while he understood that Trump was eager to create potentially cataclysmic diplomatic crises around the world, tradition dictated that he wait until he is actually President to do so.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/obama-politely-asks-trump-to-wait-until-inauguration-before-destroying-world?mbid=nl_120416 Borowitz Newsletter (1)&CNDID=39283289&spMailingID=9987122&spUserID=MTMzMTg0NjA0OTgzS0&spJobID=1060339081&spReportId=MTA2MDMzOTA4MQS2
 
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Trump taps Ben Carson for HUD secretary
By David Wright
Updated 2:01 PM ET, Mon December 5, 2016

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(CNN)Ben Carson will be nominated as the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday.

"I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development," President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement. "Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities and families within those communities."

During their primary fight, though, Trump had derided Carson as "super low energy" and delivered a number of sharp attacks on Twitter, questioning Carson's temperament and qualifications for office.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/politics/ben-carson-hud-secretary-nomination/index.html
 
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D.C. Mayor Bowser to meet with Trump in NYC on Tuesday
By Aaron C. Davis
D.C. Politics
December 5 at 10:54 AM

President-elect Donald Trump will meet with D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Tuesday in New York City, according to Trump's transition team and a spokeswoman for the mayor.

The meeting is a first for the two since the groundbreaking for Trump's luxury hotel in D.C., when Trump was a real estate mogul and not yet a candidate for the presidency.

Next month, Trump will move to a city where voters overwhelmingly rejected his campaign - just 4 percent of D.C. voters backed him while 90 percent voted for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It was the worst showing for a Republican candidate for president in the city in decades.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...=.264628d65319&wpisrc=al_alert-local-politics
 
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Dec 5 2016, 5:42 pm ET
Georgia Dad Justin Ross Harris Sentenced to Life in Son's Hot Car Death
by Daniella Silva

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A Georgia father convicted of murder after leaving his toddler son in a hot car two summers ago was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Monday.

Jurors last month convicted Justin Ross Harris of malice murder and other charges in the June 18, 2014, death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper, who was left in a Hyundai Tucson for seven hours in sweltering heat. Jurors believed Harris left the little boy to die on purpose.

Harris, 35, was also convicted of eight counts of malice murder, felony murder, cruelty to children in the first and second degree, sexual exploitation of and dissemination of harmful material to minors.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ho...-ross-harris-sentenced-life-son-s-hot-n692086
 
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Aide says Trump sold stocks in June, provides no evidence
By JULIE PACE and CHAD DAY
| Dec. 6, 2016 3:44 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump sold all of his stocks in June as he plunged into the costly general election campaign, his transition team abruptly announced Tuesday. His advisers provided no proof of the transactions and would not explain the apparent sell-off.

The announcement comes amid swirling questions about potential conflicts of interest between Trump's expansive financial holdings and the decisions that will reach his desk as president. Some details of Trump's finances are unknown given that he never released his tax returns during the presidential campaign, breaking decades of precedent.

http://elections.ap.org/content/aide-says-trump-sold-stocks-june-provides-no-evidence
 
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Obama hands off legacy on terror to sharp critic
By Stephen Collinson, CNN
Updated 9:55 PM ET, Tue December 6, 2016

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(CNN)A commander in chief who prizes nuance and restraint put his legacy in the war on terror Tuesday in the hands of a brassy successor who embodies gut-check leadership.

Forty-five days before the inauguration, Barack Obama and Donald Trump struck a contrast that not only reflected their chalk-and-cheese political styles, but their radically different doctrines for how best to keep America safe.

Obama traveled to MacDill Air Force Base in Florida to bid a poignant farewell to his troops. He offered one of his characteristic, professorial examinations of his own motives, place in history and responses to the threat from terrorism that has evolved but hardly waned during his eight years in office.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/06/politics/obama-trump-terrorism-views/index.html
 
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The Latest: Republicans unveil temporary spending bill
Dec. 6, 2016 7:56 PM EST

The legislation would prevent the government from shutting down this weekend and buy several months for the new Congress and incoming Trump administration to wrap up more than $1 trillion worth of unfinished agency budget bills.

Democrats complained the GOP measure shortchanged New York City by giving it just $7 million to cover police overtime and other security costs for President-elect Donald Trump. And they complained that a provision to help retired Appalachian coal miners keep their health benefits for a few months was inadequate.

http://elections.ap.org/content/latest-republicans-unveil-temporary-spending-bill
 
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Dec 7 2016, 2:47 pm ET
Thousands Pay Tribute at Pearl Harbor, 75 Years After Attack
by Jon Schuppe

VIDEO

America marked the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor Wednesday with a solemn but inspirational ceremony that honored the dwindling number of veterans who survived the 1941 bombing and framed their defense against the Japanese as a symbol of the country's enduring fight against tyranny.

The servicemen and civilians who fought and died in the assault "left us a warning: Remember Pearl Harbor. Keep America alert. And eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," Admiral Harry B. Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, told a gathering at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam at the site of the bombing near Honolulu.

That message, Harris said, remained clear on 9/11 and stands today, as the United States continues to fight terrorism across the world.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thousands-pay-tribute-pearl-harbor-75-years-after-attack-n692986
 
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Trump is Time magazine's Person of the Year
By LAURIE KELLMAN
| Dec. 7, 2016 8:18 AM EST

Gibbs said Time gives the title to the person who has had the greatest influence on events "for better or worse."

Trump went from fiery underdog in the race for the GOP presidential nomination to defeating Clinton in the Nov. 8 election. Trump won 306 electoral votes, easily enough to make him president when the electors meet on Dec. 19. Clinton won the popular vote.

http://elections.ap.org/content/trump-time-magazines-person-year
 
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Who's in Trump's Cabinet?
By CNN Staff
Updated December 07, 2016

President-elect Trump will have about 4,000 government positions to fill, including some of the most important posts in the US government. Cabinet positions require Senate confirmation, but other key posts are completely up to the discretion of the President.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2016/11/politics/new-cabinet/
 
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Dec 7 2016, 6:38 pm ET
Senate Celebrates 'Friend' Joe Biden, Paying Tribute to 44-Year Career
by Leigh Ann Caldwell and Andrea Mitchell

VIDEO

True to form, Vice President Joe Biden was late to the party and the last one to leave.

An emotional Biden presided over the Senate Thursday for the next-to-last time as more than a dozen senators of both political parties spent more than two hours paying tribute to the man who has spent 36 years as the senator from Delaware and eight years as president of the Senate in his role as vice president of the United States.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...e-biden-paying-tribute-44-year-career-n693316
 
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Dec 7 2016, 6:35 pm ET
Senate Passes Sweeping 21st Century Cures Act Funding Medicine
by Maggie Fox

VIDEO

The Senate passed an extensive medical funding bill Wednesday, sending it to the desk of President Barack Obama, who says he'll happily sign it.

It was a rare demonstration of unity in a Congress badly split by politics and usually determined to thwart any initiatives coming out the White House. But the $6.3 billion legislation easily passed the Senate in a vote of 94-5.

The measure pays for some of Obama's pet projects, including the Cancer Moonshot that Vice President Joe Biden leads.

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...st-century-cures-act-funding-medicine-n693351
 
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American Dream collapsing for young adults, study says, as odds plunge that children will earn more than their parents
Jim Tankersley
December 8 at 11:48 AM

Rising income inequality has eroded the ability for American children to grow up to earn more than their parents, according to a new study from a team of researchers that could carry deep implications for President-elect Donald Trump's policy agenda.

The research from a group led by Stanford's Raj Chetty, and also including economists and sociologists from Harvard and the University of California at Berkeley, estimates that only half the children born in the 1980s grew up to earn more than their parents did, after adjusting for inflation. That's a drop from 92 percent of children born in 1940.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...?utm_term=.e524f9195275&wpisrc=nl_wonk&wpmm=1
 
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Donald Trump will remain EP on 'Celebrity Apprentice'
by Dylan Byers @CNNMoney December 8, 2016: 8:20 PM ET

VIDEO

That agreement, first reported by Variety and confirmed by sources at NBC and the Trump campaign, means the president will have an interest in a show aired by a media company that also reports on his presidency -- a major conflict of interest for the network.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/08/media/trump-apprentice-ep/
 
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Hillary Clinton Jokes at Her Own Expense for Harry Reid's Retirement
By Serena Marshall
Dec 8, 2016, 5:07 PM ET

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Hillary Clinton didn't shy away from some dark humor in her opening remarks at retiring Sen. Harry Reid's tribute and portrait unveiling today.

"This is not exactly the speech at the Capitol I hoped to be giving after the election," she said. "But after a few weeks of taking selfies in the woods, I thought it would be a good idea to come out. And I'm very grateful to Harry for inviting me to be a part of this celebration."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hill...ense-harry-reids-retirement/story?id=44072018
 
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Robert Reich: Has Trump no decency?
By Robert B. Reich
Updated 7:23 PM ET, Thu December 8, 2016
Robert Reich served as secretary of labor in the Clinton administration. He is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of "Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few." A version of this piece appeared on his website. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.

Story highlights



    • Robert Reich: Trump's tweets on union boss, Boeing, show unwillingness to take criticism; this poses danger to democracy
    • Reich: Democracy requires freedom to criticize those in power without fear of retribution. Fascists, dictators traffic in such fear


http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/opini...critics-reich/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial
 
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Dec 9 2016, 3:01 pm ET
Dylann Roof's Videotaped Confession Stuns Courtroom
by Corky Siemaszko

VIDEO

Dylann Roof began his videotaped confession with 11 chilling words: "I went to that church in Charleston and I did it."

And then for the next two or three hours, the self-declared white supremacist described to the FBI how he gunned down nine black worshippers last year at a historic South Carolina church in a bid to spark a race war.

"What I did is still minuscule to what they're doing to white people every day," Roof insisted at one point.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dylann-roof-s-videotaped-confessions-stuns-courtroom-n694036
 
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Obama orders review of election hacking
Elizabeth Weise and Gregory Korte , USA TODAY 5:27 p.m. EST December 9, 2016

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WASHINGTON - President Obama has ordered a full review of hacking-relating activity on the part of Russia linked to attempts to disrupt the November presidential election. He wants the report before he leaves office on January 20.

The news came at a breakfast arranged by the Christian Science Monitor Friday morning.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/12/09/obama-orders-review-election-hacking/95204588/
 
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Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House
By Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller
December 9 at 10:45 PM

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The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.

Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, according to U.S. officials. Those officials described the individuals as actors known to the intelligence community and part of a wider Russian operation to boost Trump and hurt Clinton's chances.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...d88a9&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%2Bnation
 
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December 10, 2016
Weekly Address: It's Time to Get Covered on the Health Insurance Marketplace

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WASHINGTON, DC - In this week's address, President Obama discussed Open Enrollment on the Health Insurance Marketplace, which began November 1. The deadline to sign up for coverage beginning on January 1 is this Thursday, December 15, and the final deadline to sign up for 2017 coverage is January 31. Today, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, every American with insurance is covered by the strongest set of consumer protections in history. For every person with insurance, preventive care is available with no cost sharing; there are no more annual or lifetime limits on essential health care; you can't get charged more just for being a woman; young people can stay on a parent's plan until they turn 26; seniors get discounts on their prescriptions; and no one can be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Although Republicans in Congress want to repeal this law, the President emphasized that we should build on the progress we've already made. To sign up for health care coverage, visit HealthCare.gov or call 1-800-318-2596.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/weekly-address
 
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