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Trump: I'm Spending Thanksgiving Fighting for Jobs

He says he's 'working hard' to keep factory in US

(Newser) - Donald Trump has softened on a few campaign promises lately but he says he spent Thanksgiving trying to fulfill one: Persuading Carrier Corp. to keep an air-con factory in Indiana instead of moving it to Mexico. He tweeted Thursday that he was "working hard" on saving the factory and...

Trump Isn't Receiving His Daily Intelligence Briefings: Officials

'Trump has a lot of catching up to do'

(Newser) - George W. Bush and Bill Clinton received daily intelligence briefings after winning their elections, and Barack Obama was said to be an "avid consumer of intelligence" as president-elect. But US officials tell the Washington Post that Donald Trump has only had two intelligence briefings since defeating Hillary Clinton and...

Trump Names His Secretary of Education

And confirms Gov. Nikki Haley as ambassador to UN

(Newser) - President-elect Donald Trump has chosen prominent charter school advocate Betsy DeVos as his secretary of education, the AP reports. It's also been confirmed that Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will serve as US ambassador to the UN . Together, they are the first women selected for top-level administration posts in Trump'...

Amazon Apparently Trying to Fend Off Megyn Kelly Trolls

After flood of one-star book reviews, some are coming down

(Newser) - Megyn Kelly's new book has been getting the Amy Schumer treatment on Amazon since its release last week, with critics leaving one-star reviews along with comments such as "put some clothes on." Now Amazon has apparently stepped in. Publisher Harper Collins says it alerted Amazon to reviews...

Sources: Trump Offers Nikki Haley Cabinet Slot

SC governor is reportedly president-elect's pick for UN ambassador

(Newser) - Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as his UN ambassador, marking his first appointment of a woman to a Cabinet-level position, reports the Post and Courier by way of sources. Another source tells NBC News Haley has accepted. The move is expected to be announced Wednesday and...

Trump Policy Shifts Surprised NYT Interviewers

Some were alarmed, some were encouraged

(Newser) - Donald Trump visited the New York Times on Tuesday , and some of the people present say that while they were pleasantly surprised by his apparent policy shifts on issues like prosecuting Hillary Clinton, dealing with climate change, and bringing back waterboarding, it was also a jolt to realize that he...

Dalai Lama Has 'No Worries' About Trump Election

Buddhist leader is looking forward to meeting him

(Newser) - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Wednesday he has "no worries" about Donald Trump's election as US president, adding that he expects the businessman will align his future policies with global realities. Commenting at the conclusion of a four-day visit to Mongolia, the leader of Tibetan...

Trump to NYT: 'I'm Not Overwhelmed' by Presidency

His positions on Clinton, climate change, torture have shifted

(Newser) - Donald Trump gave his first post-election newspaper interview to one of his least favorite publications: the New York Times , which he has called "failing" in numerous tweets but called a "great American jewel" in a wide-ranging talk with reporters and editors at the newspaper's offices Tuesday. The...

Peter Thiel Having Hard Time Finding Tech Advisers for Trump

He's trying to find members for a 'brain trust'

(Newser) - The tech industry got used to "an administration that doted on us" under President Obama, one tech lobbyist tells the Mercury News . Now, with Donald Trump on his way to the White House, Silicon Valley needs to figure out how to have a voice in the government without angering...

'Long Shot' Effort to Dump Trump Underway

'Faithless electors' are lobbying GOPers to renege on their Electoral College pledges

(Newser) - A Change.org petition lobbying the Electoral College's electors to make Hillary Clinton president based on her winning the popular vote is indeed a long shot—but the petition has more than 4.5 million signatures, and a plan is now being floated by a handful of electors to...

Trump Backs Out of Meeting With &#39;Nasty&#39; NYT
Trump Meeting
With NYT
Is Back On
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Nov 22, 2016 10:28 AM CST

Trump Meeting With NYT Is Back On

He canceled it via tweet but has apparently reconsidered

(Newser) - It looks like Donald Trump will meet with the New York Times after all on Tuesday. The president-elect tweeted in the morning that he had canceled a meeting "with the failing @nytimes when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. Not nice."...

Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Keeps Climbing

She now leads by 1.7M votes

(Newser) - Donald Trump is going to the White House, but Hillary Clinton might find some consolation in the popular vote. She currently leads Trump by 1.7 million votes, up from 1.1 million , with some states still evaluating absentee and provisional ballots, reports USA Today . The Electoral College, of course,...

Network Anchors, Execs Summoned to Trump Tower

Sources say Trump slammed election coverage during meeting

(Newser) - Donald Trump met with some of America's top news anchors and execs at Trump Tower on Monday—and it wasn't to thank them for doing a tremendous job. The meeting was officially off the record, but sources tell Politico and the Wall Street Journal that Trump slammed the...

Trump Breaches Protocol in Tweet About the Brits

President-elect names the man he'd like for ambassador to the US

(Newser) - Yet another unconventional move from the president-elect: On Monday night, Donald Trump tweeted that "many people" would like to see United Kingdom Independence Party leader Nigel Farage "represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States." "He would do a great job!" Trump added....

Homeland Security Candidate Accidentally Leaks His Plan

Kris Kobach's ideas include 'extreme vetting'

(Newser) - Potential Homeland Security chief Kris Kobach has a thing to learn about keeping his own documents secure: The Kansas secretary of state was photographed with his "Department of Homeland Security Kobach Strategic Plan for First 365 Days" clearly visible before a meeting with Donald Trump on Sunday, the AP...

One of Trump's Closest Advisers Is Bakery Owner You've Never Heard Of

Politico takes a close look at heiress Rebekah Mercer

(Newser) - You may never have heard of one of the Trump advisers that Politico says is "wielding the most clout." Meet Rebekah Mercer, 42-year-old heiress to a hedge fund fortune who co-owns a boutique cookie business, homeschools her kids, and steers millions to various conservative groups in work that...

Trump: I'm Pulling Out of TPP on Day One

Releases list of first-day executive actions

(Newser) - Donald Trump railed against the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a candidate, and now he plans to do far more as president. Trump said Monday in a video address that he would announce a US is withdrawing from the pact on his first day in office. Trump called the pact, a deal...

Trump Document That 'Changed World History' Is Found

1905 decree forced Donald Trump's grandfather to leave state of Bavaria

(Newser) - It's being called a document that "changed world history," at least as of Nov. 8. Germany's Bild reports historian Roland Paul has uncovered the 1905 decree that banished Donald Trump's grandfather from Germany. The Guardian has the timeline: In 1885, a then 16-year-old Friedrich Trump...

In or Out? Christie&#39;s Fate Is Tough to Call
In or Out? Christie's
Fate Is Tough to Call
the rundown
Nov 21, 2016 9:49 AM CST

In or Out? Christie's Fate Is Tough to Call

New Jersey governor lost Trump's confidence, say a slew of reports

(Newser) - Maybe the toughest question to answer in the midst of Donald Trump's effort to assemble his administration is the status of Chris Christie. The New Jersey governor met with Trump on Sunday, nine days after being dumped suddenly as head of the transition team, and afterward the president-elect called...

Trump&#39;s Popularity Has Spiked
Trump's
Popularity
Has Spiked
Nov 21, 2016 9:03 AM CST

Trump's Popularity Has Spiked

Welcome to the 'honeymoon phase'

(Newser) - Twitter wars apparently aren't putting a dent in voters' opinion of Donald Trump. His popularity has soared since the election, according to a poll from Politico and Morning Consult . The national survey conducted Wednesday to Friday shows 46% of voters have a favorable opinion of Trump with a...

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