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    Clinton-DNC Agreement Comes to Light

    A memo obtained by NBC News details the way in which the Democratic National Committee struck a deal with Hillary Clinton in 2015 that gave her campaign input on some party hiring and spending decisions. According to the memo, it related only to preparations...
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    Trump-Russia Ties Deepen

    Onetime Trump campaign advisor Carter Page told the House Intelligence Committee today that he met with Russian government officials during a visit to Moscow in the summer of 2016, the New York Times reported. Page, who testified for more than five hours...
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    • over 5 years ago
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    Obama Administration Kept Russia Claims Quiet

    FBI Director James Comey tried to make public information about Russia's interference in the presidential election in the summer of 2016, but was blocked by the Obama administration, according to a Newsweek report. “He had a draft of it or an...
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    Hillary Historic in Defeat

    In the final, certified presidential-election tally, Hillary Clinton received more votes than any other losing candidate in U.S. history. She won about 2.9 million more votes than President-elect Donald Trump, with a total of 65,844,954—or 48.2...
  • william.miller
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    Trump is Person of the Year

    President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2016. The cover reads “Donald Trump: President of the Divided States of America,” and Trump marked the announcement with an appearance on NBC's Today...
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    Trump Inauguration Loses Another Performer

    Singer Jennifer Holliday has pulled out of performing at Donald Trump’s inauguration and apologized to LGBT fans over what she called a “lapse of judgment” made clear to her by a Daily Beast article. The Grammy award-winning singer released...
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    Trump's First Press Conference

    In his first press conference as president-elect yesterday, Donald Trump addressed the unverified documents published the prior evening alleging that Russia had blackmail materials about his financial and sexual life. The reports alleged Trump paid prostitutes...
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    Trump Taps Price for HHS Post

    Donald Trump has picked Representative Tom Price (R-GA) to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, The New York Times reports. Price, a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act, would likely be central to Trump’s plan to repeal or change...
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    Nikki Haley to be UN Ambassador

    South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has accepted President-elect Donald Trump’s offer to be his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, NBC News confirmed this week. Although Haley has little diplomatic or foreign-policy experience, a Post and Courier...
  • william.miller
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    • over 5 years ago
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    Tempers Flare Over Romney

    President-elect Donald Trump is “furious” at spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway’s comments knocking Mitt Romney during her TV appearances earlier today , MSNBC reported on Morning Joe early Monday. Conway’s comments suggested that The...
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    Sanders Humiliated for Democrats

    Bernie Sanders, the progressive firebrand who challenged Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination this year, expressed his disappointment yesterday that the Democratic party was unable to successfully woo enough white working-class voters...
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    Protests Rage Against Trump Election

    Protesters across the nation hit the streets yesterday to protest Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Thousands gathered in New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and Portland, chanting slogans like, “No Trump! No KKK! No racist USA...
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    Trump Wins

    President-Elect Donald Trump took the stage at the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan early this morning to a jubilant crowd, vowing to heal the wounds caused by this year’s presidential campaign. He told the crowd that Hillary Clinton called him...
  • william.miller
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    Debate Games from the Trump Team

    Donald Trump’s campaign team reportedly tried to psych out Hillary Clinton during last night’s presidential debate by seating Bill Clinton’s sexual-assault accusers in the Trump family’s VIP box at the event. The Washington Post...
  • william.miller
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    • over 5 years ago
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    Billy Bush-Donald Trump Fiasco Takes Another Turn

    Billy Bush bragged to NBC staffers about the lewd Donald Trump tape that got him suspended, Page Six cited multiple sources as saying. According to the report, Bush told staffers that he had a “tape of Trump being a real dog” while covering...
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    What Happens to the Court Post-Election?

    Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz suggested the Republican Party may keep a vacancy on the Supreme Court indefinitely if it means preventing a Democratic choice. GOP senators have so far refused to even consider filling the ninth seat with President Obama’s...
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    FBI Revisiting Clinton E-mails; No Impact in Polls at this Time

    Following FBI Director James Comey’s bombshell news right before the weekend about new emails that could pertain to the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server , the presidential race hasn’t been dramatically...
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    Biden and Trump Spar over PTSD and Troops

    Vice President Joe Biden gave a passionate r esponse to Donald Trump’s controversial comments about post-traumatic stress disorder and military veterans from earlier in the week, at one point asking the crowd: “Where in the hell is he from...
  • william.miller
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    Trump Tied to Iranian Terrorists?

    Donald Trump’s company did business with an Iranian bank that has been linked to terrorist groups , according to a report from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Public records obtained by the ICIJ show the Trump Organization...
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    Gingrich Doesn't Care Who Wins

    This morning, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” if he believed it was likely that Americans would come “together once the [presidential] election is over,” regardless of whether Hillary...
  • william.miller
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    • over 5 years ago
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    Miss USA Contestant Speaks Out Against Trump

    A former Miss USA contestant has revealed details of what she said were unwanted sexual advances from Donald Trump. In a new NBC News interview, Temple Taggart McDowell said that on at least two occasions Trump kissed her on the lips without her permission;...
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    More Problems for Trump

    Another woman will come forward today to accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault, attorney Gloria Allred said after last night’s presidential debate. Allred and the woman will hold a press conference at the London Hotel in New York City. Allred will...
  • william.miller
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    • over 5 years ago
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    Brewer Defends Trump

    Former Arizona Governor and Donald Trump supporter Jan Brewer defended the Republican nominee Sunday morning for threatening to sue the women accusing him of sexual assault . And she did so with some unfortunate imagery. “He’s been waterboarded...
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    Trump Changes Lead Strategists

    Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has diminished the role of campaign chairman Paul Manafort and brought on Breitbart News executive Stephen Bannon and Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway. Bannon has been named the campaign’s new chief...
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    Trump Backtracks on Iran Plane Video

    After publicly declaring multiple times this week that he had seen “top-secret” footage of a plane unloading money the same day the Iranian government released four American detainees, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump finally admitted...
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