Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump taps Rick Perry to head Energy DepartmentDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - President-elect Donald Trump has picked Rick Perry to head the Energy Department, said two individuals familiar with the decision, seeking to put the former Texas govern...
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Kanye West stops by to discuss 'life' with Donald TrumpDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Kanye West, who has kept a very low profile since he canceled his tour following onstage rants and hospitalization for stress and exhaustion, showed up in the most publi...
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Duckworth pushing for law to require seat belts in new school busesDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - Illinois' soon-to-be senator is putting her political weight behind a proposed law requiring that new school buses be equipped with safety belts. U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckwor...
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Donald Trump has a family foundation. Why don't you?Dec 11, 2016 6:05 am - Everyone who is anyone, it seems, has a family foundation. And then some. More than 40,000 of these tax-exempt organizations were actively making grants in the U.S. as o...
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Trump's transition: Who is Rex Tillerson?Dec 11, 2016 12:00 am - So far, President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks have mostly been either multimillionaire and billionaire executives or retired generals. In that context, it's proba...
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Trump hires a third general, raising concerns about heavy military influenceDec 08, 2016 12:00 am - President-elect Donald Trump has selected retired Marine Gen. John Kelly as secretary of Homeland Security, officials familiar with the decision said Wednesday, recruiti...
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Behind Reddit's crackdown on pro-Trump board, 'most toxic users'Dec 03, 2016 6:18 am - Very occasionally, a war on Reddit consumes everyone there. This is one of those times, and it is (in part) chief executive Steve Huffman's own doing. And now Huffman, w...
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Is a retweet an endorsement from President-elect Trump?Dec 03, 2016 6:16 am - Donald Trump has, more than 10,000 times, tweeted something that begins with "@," a reliable sign that he is quoting a tweet from someone else. Last week, the man who wi...
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How does 'e-lancing' fit in with Trump's promised jobs boom?Dec 03, 2016 6:15 am - Donald Trump won the presidency by promising to create a jobs boom for the middle-wage worker. It's questionable whether sorting YouTube videos of dancing babies is what...
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How Trump is using Carrier, Ford to send a message to other American companiesDec 01, 2016 12:00 am - Presidential jawboning is back. American companies beware. Donald Trump isn't even president yet but in a span of just 12 days he's twice claimed victory in getting majo...