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Trump's Private Security Team Is 'Unprecedented'

He may bring some to White House, where experts worry it'll wreak havoc with Secret Service

(Newser) - Donald Trump says he's giving up his business , but he has no plans to give up his private security team when he enters the White House next month, reports Politico . Though he'll have the Secret Service at his disposal, Trump will keep at least part of his private...

Obama's SCOTUS Pick Is Going Back to Work

But not at the job he'd hoped

(Newser) - Merrick Garland is ready to move on, 10 months after President Obama nominated him to the Supreme Court. After withdrawing from cases after his nomination in March, Garland will return to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit beginning Jan. 18, reports BuzzFeed . The move suggests Garland has...

An Unlikely Pair: Samantha Bee, Glenn Beck Talk Trump

There were insults, conciliatory gestures, and even hand-holding on Monday's 'Full Frontal'

(Newser) - Some "far-fetched alliances" emerged from Election 2016 (Kanye West and Donald Trump—really?), notes the Daily Beast , but on Monday night, another unlikely celebrity pair put on their best ugly Christmas sweaters and dished about Trump on late-night TV. On Full Frontal , conservative pundit Glenn Beck joined host Samantha...

Texas Moves to Ban 'Faithless Electors'

Across the US, there were a record 7 this year

(Newser) - Only two Republican electors voted against Donald Trump in the Electoral College Monday—but that was two too many for leading Republicans in Texas, where both of the "faithless" GOP electors hail from. The Hill reports that moments after the vote, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted that he was...

M-W Word of the Year Proves 2016 Was Nuts

Merriam-Webster chooses 'surreal'

(Newser) - You're not the only one who'd describe 2016 as "surreal." Merriam-Webster has chosen the synonym for "unbelievable"—officially defined as "marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream"—as its word of the year, noting searches for "surreal" spiked following...

Here&#39;s What to Know About Monday&#39;s Electoral College Vote
What to Know About Monday's
Electoral College Vote
THE RUNDOWN
Dec 19, 2016 5:32 AM CST

What to Know About Monday's Electoral College Vote

Votes are tallied at Jan. 6 joint session of Congress

(Newser) - Donald Trump will be officially elected president of the United States on Monday unless the Electoral College does something unprecedented—and leaves him " unpresidented ." Some 538 electors will meet across the country and 306 of them are supposed to vote for Trump, reflecting the election outcomes in their...

Stallone Turns Down Trump Arts Role
Stallone
Turns Down
Trump Arts Role
Dec 19, 2016 4:11 AM CST

Stallone Turns Down Trump Arts Role

But he's open to taking position helping veterans

(Newser) - Donald Trump has chosen a wrestling exec to head the Small Business Administration, but he's not getting Rocky to head the National Endowment for the Arts. Sylvester Stallone announced late Sunday that he isn't interested in taking the arts leadership role in the Trump administration, though he might...

John Podesta: Russia &#39;Clearly Intervened&#39;



John Podesta:  
Russia 'Clearly
Intervened'
SUNDAY TALK SHOWS
Dec 18, 2016 11:27 AM CST

John Podesta: Russia 'Clearly Intervened'

Also, the FBI contacted him once about his emails—2 days after Wikileaks dropped them

(Newser) - John Podesta continued his assault on the FBI on Sunday, telling Meet the Press that he only heard from the bureau once about his hacked emails—and that was two days after WikiLeaks started dropping them. The timeline, per Podesta: On Oct. 7, the controversial Access Hollywood tape depicting Donald...

SNL: Putin Pops Down Chimney, 'Hillary, Actually'

'Please, Mr. Trump, you are the gift'

(Newser) - The holiday season descended soundly upon Saturday Night Live, with Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump getting a surprise visitor down the chimney while Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton reappeared to make a Love, Actually-inspired cue-card plea to an unrequited love—a member of the Electoral College. After hearing a sound...

'We're Mourning the Death of an Idea Called America'

A view on Donald Trump and a declining America from Down Under

(Newser) - "I was not raised in America, but I was raised in the American century," Lisa Pryor writes in the New York Times . "I am not yet ready to say goodbye." In a piece titled "Dear America, Why Did You Let Us Down?" the Australian doctor...

Trump Picks 'Fiscal Hawk' for White House Budget Director

Mick Mulvaney has opposed spending increases, even when backed by GOP

(Newser) - Donald Trump says he's picked a "high-energy leader" who will "save our country from drowning in red ink" to be the next White House budget director, the Wall Street Journal reports. Pending Senate confirmation, US Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina will head the Office of Management...

Trump Slams 'Unpresidented' China Act

Beijing says it's talking to the US about seized drone

(Newser) - In what appears to have been a spelling error and not a play on words, Donald Trump slammed China's "unpresidented" seizure of a US underwater drone in a tweet Saturday morning. "China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water...

Trump Thanks 'Vicious, Violent' Supporters

'Thank you' tour reaches Florida

(Newser) - "In many ways, Florida is my second home. In many ways, its my first home," Donald Trump told a rally in Orlando Friday night, thanking state officials as well as voters for his victory and boasting about his support from groups including Hispanic voters, African Americans, and Hindus,...

Level of Wealth in Trump Administration 'Unprecedented'

His cabinet is worth more than one-third of US households combined

(Newser) - With many Americans wondering where all the money is, they might want to check the pockets of the new Trump cabinet. Quartz reports the 17 people Donald Trump has selected for his cabinet or cabinet-level posts have a combined wealth of more than $9.5 billion. That's more money...

Trump's Pick for Israel Envoy Angers Liberal US Jewish Groups

Hard-liner David Friedman backs moving embassy to Jerusalem

(Newser) - Donald Trump has announced that he will nominate attorney David Friedman as US ambassador to Israel, selecting an envoy who supports Israeli settlements and other changes to US policies in the region, reports the AP . Friedman says he looks forward to carrying out his duties from "the US embassy...

Trump Went After Vanity Fair. It Just Swung Back

Magazine is boasting about his criticism

(Newser) - One of Donald Trump's latest targets on Twitter appears to share his belief that there's no such thing as bad publicity. The Week reports that after Trump slammed Vanity Fair as "dead" following its terrible review of the Trump Tower steakhouse, the magazine "totally owned" the...

Trump Promises Syria &#39;Safe Zones&#39;
Trump Promises
Syria 'Safe Zones'
Dec 16, 2016 1:34 AM CST

Trump Promises Syria 'Safe Zones'

Situation 'so sad,' he tells crowd at victory rally

(Newser) - Donald Trump's "Thank You" tour rolled into Hershey, Pa., Thursday night, where he promised to do something to end suffering in Syria. "When I look at what's going on in Syria, it's so sad," he said, per the New York Times . "It's...

A Brutal Vanity Fair Review, a Scathing Trump Tweet

President-elect says magazine is 'dead' and in 'big trouble' after it trashed his Trump Tower restaurant

(Newser) - On Wednesday, Vanity Fair published an unflattering review of NYC's Trump Grill(e) restaurant (yes, it's spelled both ways on signage), Donald Trump got wind of it, and … you probably know where this is going to end up. To be fair, the review of the steakhouse in Trump...

How 270 Electors Could &#39;Blow Up the System&#39;
How 270 Electors
Could 'Blow Up
the System'
THE RUNDOWN
Dec 15, 2016 10:32 AM CST

How 270 Electors Could 'Blow Up the System'

Such an insane scenario is still possible

(Newser) - With days to go until 538 electors officially decide on the next US president, the "faithless" are hard at work to ensure that person is not Donald Trump. Activists need to convince 232 Democratic electors plus 38 Republican electors to vote for someone else. That person would presumably be...

Current Hysteria Harkens Back to Witch Hunts of WWII, Cold War

We risk repeating the 'tragedy' of civil rights violations of past, 1.2K historians warn

(Newser) - Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it—which is why 1,200 US history scholars have a lesson for America. In a statement, they ask people to recall World War II, when 120,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned simply because of racism and hysteria. Next fast-forward...

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