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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 […]

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

OAKLAND, Calif. �� The death toll from the fire that raced through an Oakland warehouse during a concert rose to 30 Sunday as searchers continued to sift through the ruins of one of the deadliest fires in modern California history. The search for victims could take two more days, leaving in limbo friends and family

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

LOS ANGELES—Following his appointment as the next Treasury secretary by President-elect Donald Trump, California banker Steven Mnuchin has resigned from his board position at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs partner and one-time co-chairman of the troubled Relativity Media studio, joined the Board of Trustees of the museum in

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to increase military spending. It’s a pledge that had widespread support among the hundreds of defense officials — including members of Congress, military leaders and industry executives — who met Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley to discuss national security. “Peace through

A showdown looms as thousands of veterans from around the country head to North Dakota to be shield Dakota Access Pipeline protesters from police. The plan by an unarmed citizens’ militia, called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, coincides with North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s order to evacuate a protesters’ camp near the pipeline construction site