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Trump Has Potential Conflicts of Interest in 18 Countries

He has at least 111 companies to distance himself from

(Newser) - Donald Trump has a web of international business interests with few rivals in American history, let alone presidential history, warn ethics experts getting ready to take on a Trump presidency. According to a Washington Post analysis, at least 111 Trump companies have business interests in 18 countries and territories, including...

Got Trump Angst? Prof Wants You to Hug a Boa

Texas Tech professor leaves 'coddled' students a note

(Newser) - For the poor, tired students left with existential angst in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential victory, one Texas Tech professor has a suggestion, after reading a news story about universities offering comfort: "After reading the article and reflecting on my often repeated statement to you that '...

Pence: Job No. 1 Is Repeal ObamaCare
Pence Talks ObamaCare,
Romney as SecState, Hamilton
SUNDAY TALK SHOWS
Nov 20, 2016 9:26 AM CST

Pence Talks ObamaCare, Romney as SecState, Hamilton

Repeal is job No. 1, says VP-elect

(Newser) - Priority No. 1 in Donald Trump's White House is making ObamaCare go away, says Mike Pence in his first interview as vice president-elect. "Decisions have been made by the president-elect that he wants to focus out of the gate on repealing ObamaCare and beginning the process of replacing...

Baldwin's Trump: 'Google, What Is ISIS?'

Actor returns to 'SNL,' this time as the president-elect; actual Trump is unimpressed

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin made his return as the president-elect on Saturday Night Live—a week after his conspicuous absence in a muted Cold Open —and it is again safe to assume that his performance did not go over well with the future occupant of the Oval Office, reports the AP...

Trump to Hamilton Cast: 'Apologize!'

'The theater must always be a safe and special place'

(Newser) - Last night, the cast of the smash musical Hamilton thanked Mike Pence for coming to the show and asked him to please "uphold [the] inalienable rights" of all Americans as vice president. Well, Donald Trump wasn't going to let that kind of "harassment" slide, USA Today reports....

Trump May Use New Hotel to Profit Directly From Presidency

Foreign diplomats are already thinking of staying there to get in his good graces

(Newser) - The new Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, may do booming business in the next few years as foreign diplomats and others try to get in the president's good graces, the Washington Post reports. Donald Trump's new hotel hosted dozens of diplomats on Tuesday, serving them Trump-brand champagne,...

Playground Named for Beastie Boy Defaced With Swastikas

Someone also spray-painted 'Go Trump!' on Adam Yauch Park

(Newser) - A Brooklyn playground named for the late Beastie Boys' star Adam Yauch was vandalized with swastikas and the words "Go Trump!" the AP reports. Photos show the swastikas and words were spray-painted on playground equipment in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. The city named the park for the late...

How New AG Might Change Justice Department
How Sessions Might
Shake Up Justice Department
THE RUNDOWN
Nov 19, 2016 8:19 AM CST

How Sessions Might Shake Up Justice Department

Goodbye, closing Gitmo

(Newser) - Sen. Jeff Sessions is Donald Trump's pick to be the next attorney general and the Alabaman is expected to bring some major changes to the Justice Department, the Washington Post reports. Aides predict Sessions—a leading opponent of closing Guantanamo Bay—will make national security his main priority, reversing...

Trump Fans Are Protesting Starbucks by Buying Starbucks

The #TrumpCup movement took off Friday

(Newser) - Trump supporters are protesting Starbucks by...spending money at Starbucks. The Hill reports fans of the president elect are ordering drinks at Starbucks and giving their names as "Trump" so baristas have to write "Trump" on their cups and yell it out. The movement took off Friday, with...

Trump Settled Those Trump University Lawsuits After All

The president elect will pay $25M total in 3 lawsuits

(Newser) - Donald Trump has agreed to settle three lawsuits related to Trump University for $25 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. An inside source tells the New York Daily News it represents a "complete 180 by Trump." "I won't settle because it's an easy case to...

Schumer 'Very Concerned' About Sessions on Civil Rights

But Politico notes he'll likely be confirmed as attorney general

(Newser) - Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's controversial pick for Attorney General, has been accused of racism —and incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has concerns. "Given some of his past statements and his staunch opposition to immigration reform, I am very concerned about what he would do with...

Trump&#39;s Attorney General Pick: Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions
1986 Hearing Could Haunt
AG Nominee Jeff Sessions
the rundown
Nov 18, 2016 9:14 AM CST

1986 Hearing Could Haunt AG Nominee Jeff Sessions

4 prosecutors accused him of making racist comments

(Newser) - Donald Trump has made two more key picks for his administration: He's chosen GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama for attorney general and Republican congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas to lead the CIA, reports Politico . Both will require Senate confirmation, and the AP notes that Sessions could run into...

Kanye Reveals His Presidential Preference, to Boos

Had he voted, it would have been for Trump

(Newser) - Kanye West didn't vote in last week's election, but if he had, "I would have voted [for] Trump," he told a "shocked" crowd at a concert in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, drawing boos, reports CNN . Kanye reportedly said he'd been a Trump supporter...

Trump Son-in-Law Might Test Nepotism Law

Trump wants him in the White House, sources say

(Newser) - A federal nepotism law is about to be tested, stretched, and possibly broken by Donald Trump's son-in-law, insiders say. Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that Trump and members of his inner circle are urging Jared Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, to join the administration as a...

Trump Says He Kept Ford Plant in Kentucky

Company hadn't planned to move whole plant to Mexico

(Newser) - President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday night to announce that Ford Motor Co. won't be moving Lincoln production from Kentucky to Mexico. Trump tweeted that Bill Ford, the company's executive chairman, telephoned him with the news that a Lincoln plant would stay in Louisville. In another tweet...

Trump Has Picked His National Security Adviser

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has been offered the job

(Newser) - Donald Trump has offered retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn the job of national security adviser, according to a senior Trump official. The AP reports the official wouldn't say whether Flynn has officially accepted the job. Flynn has been a close adviser to Trump throughout the presidential campaign and has...

Major Names Added to List of Trump's Possible Secretary of State

Sources say Mitt Romney and David Petraeus are being considered

(Newser) - Thursday saw several new high-profile names added to the list of prospective secretaries of state under President Trump. One of those names is former CIA director and US army general David Petraeus, reports the Guardian , citing several sources. Petraeus resigned as CIA director in November 2012 after the FBI found...

Post-9/11 Muslim Registry May Return Under Trump

Adviser Kris Kobach, who helped write it for President Bush, floats idea

(Newser) - How might Donald Trump translate his calls for restrictions on Muslim immigration into policy? One possibility is the reinstatement of a national registry of visitors from high-risk countries. The revelation comes from a Reuters interview of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who is known for his anti-immigration views within...

Jon Stewart Sees an 'Ultimate Irony' in Trump Win

It's that Republicans will be rewarded for 'cynical' obstruction strategy

(Newser) - Jon Stewart, voice of reason? In his first public comments since the election, Stewart told Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning , "I don't believe we are a fundamentally different country today than we were two weeks ago. The same country with all its grace and flaws, and volatility,...

20K People Just Trolled Mike Pence
20K People
Just Trolled
Mike Pence
Nov 17, 2016 7:34 AM CST

20K People Just Trolled Mike Pence

They donated to Planned Parenthood in his name

(Newser) - Donald Trump has many fearing for the future of women's reproductive freedom, but last week's election outcome wasn't all bad for Planned Parenthood. The organization has seen an "unprecedented outpouring (of) support" in the days since in the form of 160,000 donations, including 20,000...

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