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Uzbekistan election: acting president expected to win easily

Uzbekistan is holding its first presidential election since the death of Islam Karimov, the man who ruled the Central Asian country with an iron fist for 27 years. The result is predicted to be a foregone conclusion. Acting president Shavkat Miriyoyev, who was long-time prime minister under Karimov, is expected to win by a landslide. […]

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Clinton campaign manager: FBI director’s letter to Congress cost her the election

Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook on Sunday blamed the Democratic presidential nominee’s loss primarily on the letters from FBI Director James Comey regarding her secret email server. Mr. Mook said the letters – particularly the Oct. 28 letter to Congress saying the FBI was reviewing newly emerged emails – were an “incredibly powerful force” that

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Trump Transition: Secretary of State Field Expands

Welcome to Newsweek’s daily rundown of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition process. There are about 4,000 positions to fill, and we’ll be keeping track of appointees through the January 20 inauguration. Donald Trump’s transition team expects the president-elect to nominate someone for the secretary of state post within the next two weeks, although the field of

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Trump, Baldwin Spar Again Over ‘SNL’ Treatment

Donald Trump really, really hates Alec Baldwin’s impersonation of him. The president-elect of the United States and the actor got into another tiff this weekend over Twitter after Trump again used his favorite micro-blogging site to criticize “Saturday Night Live’s” portrayal of him as a feckless, disinterested vulgarian. “Just tried watching Saturday Night Live—unwatchable! Totally

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Exit polls in Austria’s presidential re-run give independent Alexander Van der Bellen slight edge over his far-right rival Norbert Hofer

Will a far-right, gun-loving, anti-immigrant, politician become Austria’s next president? Norbert Hofer and his supporters certainly hope so. After Brexit and Donald Trump, the populist is aiming to be the next figure to ride the anti-establishment wave as Austria once again holds a re-run of its presidential election. The rest of Europe is watching closely

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‘SNL’ skit continues pounding Trump with comedy

Alec Baldwin returned to “Saturday Night Live” to reprise his role as Donald Trump, mocking the president-elect’s prolific Twitter habits in the show’s opening skit. It took just 45 minutes for Trump, on Twitter, to respond. “Just tried watching Saturday Night Live — unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can’t get

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Sarah Palin lambasts Carrier deal

WASHINGTON, December 04, 2016 – Sarah Palin, a public supporter of the President-elect, lashed out against Donald Trump’s recent deal with Carrier to keep a plant in Indiana and nearly 1,000 jobs for US workers. The former Alaska governor wrote an op-ed piece for Young Conservatives called the recent deal ‘crony capitalism.’ Palin wrote, “When

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