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Trump on Petraeus: -
- Transition team says Trump will meet with retired General Petraeus on Monday.
- Trump will also meet with Frances Townsend, security adviser to former President George W. Bush.
- On Tuesday, Trump will meet with several U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Corker.
- He will also meet with former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
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No evidence of widespread fraud in the Nov. 8 presidential election: White House"What I can say, as an objective fact, is that there has been no evidence produced to substantiate a claim like that," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said at a daily press briefing following a tweet by President-elect Donald Trump alleging election fraud on Sunday.
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#BREAKING: Michigan certifies Trump as winner–Donald Trump has officially won Michigan https://t.co/O4Izzq2pLe2:14 PM - 28 Nov 2016
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Green Party's Stein files in Pennsylvania for recount in presidential vote: Politico
ReutersGreen Party nominee Jill Stein is filing requests in Pennsylvania to start a recount of votes in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election, Politico reported on Monday. -
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THIS WEEK: TRUMP TO MEET WITH PETRAEUS, CORKER, ROMNEY
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump this week will meet with retired U.S. General David Petraeus and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, as well as hold a second meeting with 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Trump's transition team said.
Trump will meet with former CIA Director Petraeus on Monday, and with Corker and Romney on Tuesday, Trump aides told reporters on a conference call. All three have been floated as potential picks to be Trump's secretary of state.
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JUST IN: Trump says he will 'terminate' U.S. 'deal' with Cuba if country is unwilling to 'make a better deal' for Cubans, Cuban-Americans, U.S. - tweetIf Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will terminate deal.9:02 AM - 28 Nov 2016
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Trump faces dilemma as U.S. oil reels from record biofuels targets
ReutersThe Obama administration signed its final plan for renewable fuel use in the United States last week, leaving an oil industry reeling from the most aggressive biofuel targets yet as President-elect Donald Trump takes over. -
Blue-collar Democrats to party: It's still the economy, stupid
ReutersDavid Betras could see trouble coming. -
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JUST IN:Trump will meet with 8 people on Monday, according to his transition team. They include:
- Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins
- Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt
- CEO of General Growth Properties Mathrani
- Texas Public Policy Foundation's Kathleen White
- Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke
- Unio Holdings Founder John Allison
- Republican Representative Barletta of Pennsylvania
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Central Americans surge north, hoping to reach U.S. before Trump inauguration
ReutersCentral American countries warned on Thursday that large numbers of migrants have fled their poor, violent homes since Donald Trump's surprise election win, hoping to reach the United States before he takes office next year. -
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Carson talks with Trump team, says he can make 'inner cities great'
ReutersFormer Republican rival-turned-supporter Ben Carson on Wednesday said he could serve a role under Donald Trump after talks with the president-elect's team. -
Learn more about the President-elect's pick for Education Secretary. https://t.co/zttIdDM6ns https://t.co/tLhxxcbfsN
3:31 PM - 23 Nov 2016- Reply
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President-elect Donald J. Trump will nominate Betsy DeVos, a brilliant and passionate education advocate, as Education Secretary.1:16 PM - 23 Nov 2016
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JUST IN:
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped wealthy Republican donor and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos to lead the U.S. Education Department, a post she has accepted, according to media reports today.
DeVos, former chair of the Michigan Republican Party, met with Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Saturday and discussed "the Common Core mission, and setting higher national standards and promoting the growth of school choice across the nation," according to a Trump transition team statement.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (C) and Vice President-elect Mike Pence (L) emerge with Betsy DeVos after their meeting at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar -
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South Carolina governor and Trump critic Haley picked for U.N. job
ReutersU.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who has little foreign policy experience and who sharply criticized him during his election campaign, for the high-profile post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. -
Mexican cement maker ready to help Trump build border wall
ReutersA Mexican cement maker is ready to lend its services to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to build the wall he wants to erect on the southern border of the United States to curb immigration. -
Just in from the Wall Street Journal:Donald Trump Jr. went to Paris, where he held talks on Syria with Russia supporters https://t.co/SIEk886WhW https://t.co/r6CT4ZS5ml
12:27 PM - 23 Nov 2016- Reply
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I think one girl is all you need, @realDonaldTrump. Drudge: Romney Leads Picks for Secretary of State... Nikki Haley for UN ambassador...11:31 AM - 23 Nov 2016
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Carson talks with Trump team, says he can make "inner cities great"
Former Republican rival-turned-supporter Ben Carson on Wednesday said he could serve a role under Donald Trump after talks with the president-elect's team.
Carson had been offered the job leading the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a Carson spokesman said on Tuesday.
"After serious discussions with the Trump transition team, I feel that I can make a significant contribution particularly to making our inner cities great for everyone," Carson, a former presidential candidate, wrote on Facebook.
"An announcement is forthcoming about my role in helping to make America great again," he added.
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SLIDESHOW: Trump's inner circle
Donald Trump lays the groundwork to take office, gathering loyal advisers and family to plot his transition strategy and take on senior roles in his administration. -
Trump softens position on climate change, Clinton investigation
ReutersU.S. President-elect Donald Trump softened his stance on Tuesday on whether humans have played a role in causing climate change, according to New York Times reporters who attended an interview with the Republican. -
Trump won with lowest minority vote in decades, fueling divisions
ReutersDonald Trump won the U.S. presidency with less support from black and Hispanic voters than any president in at least 40 years, a Reuters review of polling data shows, highlighting deep national divisions that have fueled incidents of racial and political confrontation. -
Ben Carson offered HUD post, will consider it: Carson spokesman
ReutersU.S. President-elect Donald Trump has offered the post of secretary of housing and urban development to former presidential candidate Ben Carson, who will consider it over the Thanksgiving holiday, a Carson spokesman said on Tuesday. -
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How Trump DOJ could upend one of the biggest business cases facing SCOTUS
ReutersIn ordinary circumstances, the U.S. Supreme Court would almost certainly agree that it’s time for the justices to decide whether employers can require employees to arbitrate disputes individually instead of banding together in group actions. -
JUST IN: Ex-congressman Ford being considered for U.S. transportation secretary - PoliticoFormer Democratic Representative Harold Ford Jr of Tennessee is being considered for U.S. transportation secretary or another Cabinet post in Donald Trump's administration, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed sources.Ford, who served five terms in Congress, has yet to meet with president-elect Trump but there have been some preliminary feelers put out about potential Cabinet-level posts, including transportation secretary, and Ford appears open to putting himself in the mix, Politico reported.(Writing by Eric Beech; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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German archivists have found a letter written by President-elect Donald Trump's grandfather, asking to be allowed to return to his German homeland after his wife didn't warm to life in the United States.
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The stunning post-election market rally continues:
Wall Street extends record streak; Dow ends above 19,000
ReutersU.S. stocks extended their post-U.S. election rally on Tuesday with moderate gains that pushed the Dow above 19,000 and the three major indexes to record closing levels for a second straight day. -
The highlights from Trump's meeting with NYT reporters and editors so far https://t.co/henpHjUrdp https://t.co/8hbPUwXRxy
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Trump on son-in-law's role:Trump: Jared Kushner could help make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.1:59 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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Trump says he is "seriously considering" Mattis for DoD, says he asked Mattis about waterboarding, was surprised he didn't favor it.2:01 PM - 22 Nov 2016
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Putin says Russia will follow up fast after Ukraine call with Biden
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would send ideas to Washington within a week to follow up his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the Ukraine crisis.
