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Judge rejects Trump bid to bar campaign statements from fraud trial
ReutersA U.S. judge on Thursday tentatively rejected a broad bid by Donald Trump to keep statements from the presidential campaign out of an upcoming fraud trial over his Trump University venture. -
Tech stocks drop as Wall Street focuses on Trump stimulus
ReutersShares of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and other technology companies sank on Thursday as Wall Street sold them to pay for infrastructure names that could benefit from potential economic stimulus spending by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. -
Trump team contacted JPMorgan's Dimon for Treasury role
ReutersA senior person on President-elect Donald Trump's transition team contacted JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon to see if he would be interested in being U.S. Treasury secretary, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. -
JUST IN: White House says election protesters have a constitutionally protected right to free speech, should be exercised without violence
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MORE: White House says getting Americans to enroll for a plan under Obamacare will be a top priority for remainder of term.
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Trump meets Obama in White House, prepares to take power
ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump held a 90-minute meeting on Thursday with U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House to discuss the transition of power after the Republican's stunning election victory. -
Amazon CEO Jef Bezos:Congratulations to @realDonaldTrump. I for one give him my most open mind and wish him great success in his service to the country.10:01 AM - 10 Nov 2016- Reply
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UPDATE: Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Democrats will fight Trump on mass deportations, 'massive' tax breaks, some Obamacare changes -
After meeting with Speaker Ryan, Trump says he will do 'spectacular' things for the American people. Trump says he will work very rapidly on issues like healthcare and immigration.
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President Barack Obama's Oval Office meeting with his elected successor, Donald Trump, was ''less awkward'' than some might have expected, according to White House spokesman Josh Earnest. -
'We are going to lower taxes, as you know,' Trump tells reporters after meeting with Speaker Ryan.
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UPDATE: White House says Obamacare enrollments spiked yesterday, more than 100,000 people signing up for open enrollment plans
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Elizabeth Warren makes fiery speech - but tells Trump to 'count me in'
- Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren threw down the gauntlet to Trump on Thursday, saying in a fiery speech that her party will fight him on social issues and to uphold financial regulation.
- In a speech to the AFL-CIO labor federation, Warren also said Democrats will fight "every step of the way" against attempts to loosen financial regulation, "gut" the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law and eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
- She also said that fighting bigotry is the first big job for Democrats after the election:
We will fight back against attacks on Latinos, African Americans, women, Muslims, immigrants, disabled Americans - on anyone. Whether Donald Trump sits in a glass tower or sits in the White House, we will not give an inch on this, not now, not ever."- Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren- But Warren did say 'count me in' on Trump's support of new Glass-Steagall law, trade deal reforms, maintaining social security, college and childcare cost help and rebuilding infrastructure.
- Warren sparred frequently over Twitter with Trump and criticized him on the campaign trail in the weeks leading up to Tuesday's election
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Trump's business empire poses unprecedented potential conflicts of interest
ReutersDonald Trump campaigned for president as a savvy billionaire who would apply his business acumen to improving the U.S. economy, cutting taxes for Americans and negotiating better trade deals. -
Paul Ryan shows Melania Trump and Donald Trump the Mall from the Speaker's Balcony on Capitol Hill in Washington. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts -
Investors, economists brace for new dangerous game: parsing Trump's words
ReutersMove over, Janet Yellen. The Federal Reserve chief has a challenger for the title of speaker most scrutinized by Wall Street, and it's Donald Trump. -
Donald Trump meets with Paul Ryan on Capitol Hill. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts -
Christie, Giuliani possible Trump’s cabinet picks - Reuters TV
Reuters TVPresident-elect Donald Trump's early list of potential appointments to top positions appears to reward people who were loyal to him after a campaign in which many Republican Party leaders kept their distance. -
Trump, after meeting with Senate Majority Leader McConnell, discussed immigrating, healthcare and jobs.
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VERBATIM: Obama, Trump meet at White House - Reuters TV
Reuters TVPresident Obama and President-elect Donald Trump meet for the first time at the White House to discuss transition plans. -
Obama and Trump talk transition at White House - Reuters TV
Reuters TVPresident Obama and President-elect Donald Trump meet at the White House to begin the transfer of power after Trump upset Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's election. -
How Hillary Clinton's white voters melted away
ReutersThe unraveling of the coalition that was supposed to carry Hillary Clinton to the White House had a lot to do with voters like Jim McAndrew in counties like Northampton, Pennsylvania. -
Glitch briefly removes 'Muslim ban' proposal from Trump website
ReutersSome of the most controversial proposals Donald Trump made while running for U.S. president disappeared from his campaign website on Thursday, but a spokesman said what some observers took as a softening of Trump's policies was due to a technical glitch. -
MUSLIM BAN IS BACK UP ON TRUMP'S WEBSITE - after technical glitch - my story update coming shortly. https://t.co/kFHjuChcxw4:10 PM - 10 Nov 2016- Reply
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Trump aides considering Representative Hensarling of Texas as a candidate for U.S. treasury secretary: Wall Street Journal
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Trump campaign chief Steve Bannon and RNC chair Reince Priebus are leading candidates for White House chief of staff: New York Times
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Judge tells Trump University litigants they would be wise to settle
ReutersThe U.S. judge overseeing the lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump and his Trump University told both sides they would be wise to settle the case "given all else that's involved." -
JUST IN: Mexican President Pena Nieto says he is optimistic about a new bilateral working relationship with the United States under Trump
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UPDATE: House Financial Services Chairman Hensarling says not pursuing appointment as Trump's treasury secretary
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While President-elect Donald Trump met with President Barack Obama and Republican leaders in Washington, Hillary Clinton was spotted in Chappaqua, New York, on a hike with husband Bill Clinton and their dogs, according to a Facebook post by Margot Gerster, a supporter who says she encountered them on the trail. Gerster posted a photo of herself with the Democratic candidate on Facebook earlier today.
The post is no longer available, but here is a screengrab:
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Demonstrators protest against Donald Trump in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!9:19 PM - 10 Nov 2016
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A fantastic day in D.C. Met with President Obama for first time. Really good meeting, great chemistry. Melania liked Mrs. O a lot!9:10 PM - 10 Nov 2016- Reply
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Scores of protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis, Minnesota Thursday night chanting that "Donald Trump has got to go." -
President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump meet at the White House to begin the transfer of power after Trump upset Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's election.
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Trump could easily erase much of Obama's foreign policy legacy
ReutersU.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy legacy rests in part on a foundation of unilateral actions that his successor Donald Trump could reverse with the stroke of a pen. -
Asia shares, emerging currencies stumble as Trump anxiety deepens
ReutersA searing selloff rocked Asian shares and emerging market currencies on Friday as investors feared higher U.S. interest rates under incoming President Donald Trump will spark capital outflows from the region. -
U.S. multinationals eye foreign profits tax break with Trump win
ReutersDonald Trump's White House victory moves Apple (AAPL.O), Pfizer (PFE.N), Microsoft (MSFT.O) and other big U.S. corporations much closer than they have been in years to winning a big tax break on $2.6 trillion in foreign profits. -
MILAN - Italy's borrowing costs jumped to their highest in more than a year at auction on Friday as investors worried about political instability and rising inflation after Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election.
The growing anti-establishment feelings that helped Trump enter the White House are in focus as Italy approaches a referendum vote on Dec. 4 on a constitutional reform that could destabilise the government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Italy, which has one of the world's largest public debt piles, sold 6.9 billion euros ($7.5 billion) over four bonds, drawing demand for 1.5 times that amount but failing to meet the top of its planned issue range of 7.25 billion euros.
Italy sold a three-year bond due in October 2019 at 0.3 percent, the highest auction yield since July 2015, up from 0.03 percent when it was last sold a month ago.
Yields are still relatively close to record lows reached earlier this year thanks to the European Central Bank's ultra-loose monetary policy despite a global bond sell-off this week sparked by Trump's shock victory.
A seven-year bond due in October 2023 fetched a 1.37 percent yield, the highest since September 2015. It was last auctioned in mid-October at 0.83 percent.
The Rome-based Treasury sold a 30-year bond due in March 2047 at 3.14 percent - the highest since July 2015 - and another bond due in Sept. 2040 at 3.05 percent. Italy last sold a 30-year bond in mid-September paying 2.28 percent.
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Mayors of NY and Los Angeles pledge to remain immigrant sanctuaries
ReutersOfficials in New York and Los Angeles on Thursday said they hoped President-elect Donald Trump would not follow through on a campaign promise to withhold federal funds from "sanctuary cities" that shield people who are in the country illegally. -
Civil rights a major concern on second day of anti-Trump protests
ReutersDemonstrators took to the streets across the United States for a second day on Thursday to protest against Donald Trump's presidential election victory, voicing fears that the real estate mogul's triumph would deal a blow to civil rights. -
Trump win opens way for China to take #climate leadership role https://t.co/fFd4G93T2t via @Reuters @valerievolco #cop2211:16 AM - 11 Nov 2016
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I said Clinton was in trouble with the voters I represent. Democrats didn’t listen. https://t.co/ubUKX6d67U via @PostOpinions12:06 AM - 11 Nov 2016- Reply
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Warren Buffett, who strongly criticized Donald Trump during his campaign against Hillary Clinton, said the stock market is poised to rise long-term regardless of the U.S. election outcome.
"The stock market will be higher 10, 20, 30 years from now, and it would have been with Hillary, and it ... will be with Trump," Buffett said in an interview with CNN.
Asked if he felt optimistic about America, Buffett added: "100 percent. ... The market system works. It doesn't work for everybody. It works in aggregate."
(Reporting by Mohammad Zargham)
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Like most superstars, Ms. Kelly is a metabolic anomaly. She’s willed herself into her own spectacular existence. Along the way, she got the best of the next president of the United States. And the worst" writes Jennifer Senior for the New York Times.
UAE's Israel deal met with Arab dismay but quiet welcome in Gulf
JERUSALEM From cries of "betrayal" to fears about "falling dominoes", the deal making the United Arab Emirates the third Arab state to forge ties with Israel stirred anger and dismay around the Middle East, but a cautious welcome from the UAE's Gulf allies.