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    Can Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos Really End Common Core?

    On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump made big promises about getting rid of Common Core. “We’re going to end Common Core, we’re going to have education an absolute priority,” he said in a campaign video. Upon being nominated secretary of the Department of Education, Betsy DeVos made clear her stance against the national education standards….
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Trump-Tsai Phone Call a Good Start to Reforming US-Taiwan Relations

    The transition team has announced that President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen Friday. Not only is there nothing wrong with this, it could be a sign of good things to come in America’s Taiwan policy. U.S.-Taiwan relations operate under a number of restrictions derived from the three communiques with China…
    Walter Lohman
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    4 Things to Know About ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, Trump’s Pick for Defense Secretary

    President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, retired four-star Marine Gen. James Mattis, is worried that the U.S. is retreating in a chaotic world. “Right now we have an America that is starting to reduce its role in the world,” Mattis said in a speech at The Heritage Foundation last year. “That’s not good.”…
    Josh Siegel
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    One of These 21 Men and Women Will Be Trump’s First Supreme Court Pick

    President-elect Donald Trump is that rare president who will nominate a Supreme Court justice almost immediately after taking office. Trump is expected to act quickly to fill the seat of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February. During a Thursday interview with Sean Hannity, Trump announced he’s narrowed his original list of 21 people to…
    Fred Lucas
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    No, Trump Likely Will Not Mediate India-Pakistan Conflict

    The Indian media is raising concern about President-elect Donald Trump’s phone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and what it might mean for his policies toward the subcontinent. While on the phone, Trump reportedly told the Pakistani prime minister, “I am ready and willing to play any role that you want me to play…
    Lisa Curtis
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    Meet Wilbur Ross, Trump’s Pick for Commerce Secretary

    President-elect Donald Trump tapped Wilbur Ross, an investor and longtime Trump associate, to serve as secretary of the Department of Commerce, the transition team announced Wednesday. “Wilbur Ross is a champion of American manufacturing and knows how to help companies succeed. Most importantly, he is one of the greatest negotiators I have ever met, and…
    Melissa Quinn
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    What to Know About Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s Pick for Treasury

    Though not a widely known quantity in Washington, Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for treasury secretary, has had a seasoned career in high finance, in Hollywood, and, most recently, as finance chairman of the Trump campaign. “I am honored to have the opportunity to serve our great country in this important role,” Mnuchin, 54,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Likely Has Insurmountable Lead Over Clinton in 3 States Challenged by Stein

    Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s effort to force recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania isn’t likely to change the presidential election result, most experts say. “The best hope whenever there is a recount is that it will validate numbers reasonably close to the original canvassing,” said Kay Stimson, spokeswoman for the National Association of Secretaries…
    Fred Lucas
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    See College Students’ Responses When Asked to Compare Castro to Trump

    College students in the nation’s capital thought it was a “tough question” whether former Cuban President Fidel Castro or American President-elect Donald Trump is more favorable. Campus Reform, a project of the Leadership Institute, polled several students at American University in Washington, D.C., and captured the students’ responses in the video below. Many students could…
    Leah Jessen
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    6 Interesting Facts About Elaine Chao, Trump’s Pick for Transportation Secretary

    President-elect Donald Trump tapped Elaine Chao to head the U.S. Department of Transportation, his transition team announced Tuesday. “Secretary Chao’s extensive record of strong leadership and her expertise are invaluable assets in our mission to rebuild our infrastructure in a fiscally responsible manner,” Trump said in a statement. “She has an amazing life story and has…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    After Castro’s Death, Trump Seeks ‘Concessions’ From Cuba

    Under the Castro regime in Cuba, Sebastian Arcos spent a year of his life in prison for trying to escape the grip of communism. But the death of Fidel Castro on Friday did not give Arcos immediate relief, because the regime that altered the course of his life remains in power. “I have become old…
    Josh Siegel
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    How Trump Can Reshape US Policy Toward Refugees

    As a candidate for president, Donald Trump advocated a restrictive U.S. policy toward refugee resettlement and other forms of legal immigration. In his speech accepting the Republican nomination for president, Trump said he would suspend immigration from countries that are “compromised by terrorism.” Trump, when he assumes office in January, will find that he has…
    Josh Siegel
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    Meet Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Pick for Education Secretary

    President-elect Donald Trump has selected billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos, a relatively unknown figure on the national scene, to head the U.S. Department of Education. “Betsy DeVos is a brilliant and passionate education advocate,” Trump said in a press release. “Under her leadership we will reform the U.S. education system and break the bureaucracy that is…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Trump to Follow Reagan Model in Federal Hiring Freeze

    President-elect Donald Trump won’t be saying you’re fired, but he will be saying you’re froze as a one means of shrinking the bureaucracy. Trump has pledged to reduce the federal workforce through attrition, and leaving positions unfilled through a hiring freeze. It’s part of his first 100-day plan that he first laid out during his…
    Fred Lucas
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    Clinton Critics Voice Disappointment After Trump Vows to Drop Investigation

    President-elect Donald Trump asserted Tuesday his administration would not further investigate his vanquished opponent Hillary Clinton. “I don’t want to hurt the Clintons,” Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times. The news came after a rough campaign where Clinton faced an FBI investigation into classified information sent and received on her…
    Fred Lucas
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    We Looked at Cabinet Picks Over the Last 40 Years. Here’s How Trump Stacks Up So Far.

    A Daily Signal analysis of Cabinet nominations dating back 40 years reveals that President-elect Donald Trump is outpacing all of his predecessors, including George H.W. Bush, who was a sitting vice president at the time of his election. Trump's selection of Jeff Sessions as attorney general on Nov. 18 made him the second-fastest president-elect in…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Trump Wants a Short-Term Spending Package. Will Congress Back Him?

    President-elect Donald Trump requested Congress pass a short-term spending bill to fund the government through March, according to reports. House Republican members are looking to pass a spending bill, or continuing resolution, that would fund the government through March 31. A continuing resolution funds government programs short term through appropriations legislation. “I would say the…
    Leah Jessen
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    How Trump Can Reverse Obama Climate Change Regulations

    President-elect Donald Trump will come into power next year with the authority to redefine his predecessor’s ambitious and divisive legacy on climate and energy policy. Just as President Barack Obama has used regulations and executive actions to try and make the U.S. a world leader in cutting planet-warming emissions across much of the nation’s economy—especially…
    Josh Siegel
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    3 Things Congress Must Do to Prepare for a Trump Administration

    Earlier this month, voters all across the country shocked the political and media establishments. America’s message was simple: We are tired of corrupt insider dealing in Washington and the self-serving nature of the establishment political class. This didn’t happen by chance. Millions of Americans found a reason to engage in the political process. Whether it…
    Mike Needham
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    Trump Cabinet Timing in Line With Past Presidents

    An article in Time called President-elect Donald Trump’s transition “chaotic,” while The New York Times asserted that Trump’s transition team is plagued by “discord” and “disarray.” Politico quoted an anonymous insider saying the transition team was having a “knife fight” when it comes to filling Cabinet posts. If very recent history is a guide, it…
    Fred Lucas
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