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But neither he nor Ivanka Trump is expected to take on any formal role in the White House. This accounting of the roles Trump’s family members will play in his second administration is based on conversations with 10 people familiar with the dynamics. “Susie ran the best of his three campaigns, and she’ll run the best White House that he’s had,” the former senior Trump White House official said. Now, the president-elect calls Kushner periodically to get his opinion on some potential hires, the former senior White House official said. A source close to Trump Jr. said he has no designs on an official or unofficial position in Trump’s White House.

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☆ Trump asks Georgia court to dismiss election interference case against him, saying a sitting president can’t be prosecuted
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Nick Valencia | Jason Morris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President-elect Donald Trump has asked a court to dismiss the criminal case against him related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. “A sitting president is completely immune from indictment or any criminal process, state or federal,” Trump’s attorney Steve Sadow wrote in the filing. “Any ongoing criminal proceeding against a sitting president must be dismissed under the U.S. Constitution,” Sadow added in a statement. He noted that two federal criminal cases against Trump – over 2020 election interference and his handling of classified information – have already been dropped by the Justice Department. The Georgia Court of Appeals is considering whether Willis should be allowed to stay on the case, and is expected to issue a ruling by the spring.

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☆ Jeff Bezos says he's optimistic about Trump, will help with reducing regulation
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Trump repeatedly attacked Bezos and his companies, Amazon and The Washington Post, accusing them of dodging taxes or publishing "fake news," among other things. Prior to the 2016 election, Bezos criticized Trump's behavior, saying it "erodes our democracy." Bezos also publicly declared shortly before the election that the Washington Post would not be endorsing a candidate, breaking with decades of tradition. Bezos' space company Blue Origin will frequently interact with Trump's administration when it comes to vying to secure federal contracts. WATCH: Bezos says he's proud of decision not to have Washington Post endorse presidential candidate

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☆ Trump taps crypto enthusiast Paul Atkins to lead the SEC and Gail Slater as the new tech antitrust cop
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The crypto and tech communities finally have some clarity on who they’ll potentially answer to over the next four years. On the crypto front, President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission. “Paul is a proven leader for common sense regulations,” Trump posted on Truth Social. A former legal adviser at the Federal Trade Commission, Slater has handled antitrust investigations involving the tech and pharmaceutical industries. At the time, Slater worked under Democratic FTC Commissioner Julie Brill.

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☆ Jeff Bezos says he wants to be Donald Trump's ally
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementDonald Trump has singled out Jeff Bezos for criticism in the past. He thinks Trump's pitch to cut regulations in the US is a good one, and he wants to help. Also on Bezos's agenda: Convincing Trump that the media — including The Washington Post, which he owns — is not the enemy. And Bezos says he could be a Trump ally because he wants to help the next president cut red tape. And my point of view [is], if I can help him do that, I'm going to help him.

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☆ Bitcoin surges to record high as Trump picks SEC chair seen as being pro-crypto
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | John Towfighi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Chief among the picks is Paul Atkins, whom Trump intends to nominate to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which regulates cryptocurrency. Atkins, a crypto advocate and former SEC commissioner, is expected to regulate cryptocurrency with a lighter touch than Gary Gensler, who leads the commission under the Biden administration. Bitcoin touched $100,000 just hours after Atkins was announced as Trump’s choice for SEC chair. Bitcoin is up 130% for the year so far, with the post-election rally accounting for a significant portion of its gains. That month, he also purchased burgers from a Manhattan bar frequented by crypto enthusiasts using bitcoin.

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And he declared the US as “all-in on Africa” as he finally made good on a two-year promise to visit sub-Saharan Africa. While on the trip, Biden did not substantively weigh in on the matter, only briefly telling reporters he would receive a briefing on the situation involving a key US ally. Biden announced that the US will invest an additional $560 million for projects along the Lobito corridor, from continued infrastructure upgrades to helping build mobile networks. “The United States understands how we invest in Africa is as important as how much we invest,” Biden said Tuesday. But the Biden administration is hoping the investments the US is making now will pay off for the people of Africa in the years to come.

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☆ Spotify Wrapped is out. Here's who topped the 2024 streaming charts
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Cj Haddad | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This photograph taken in Paris on April 19, 2024, shows a smatphone displaying the US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's new album "The Tortured Poets Department" on Spotify. Queen of pop Taylor Swift released her highly anticipated record "The Tortured Poets Department" on April 19, 2024 -- the 11th studio album from the megastar who is already having a blockbuster year. Spotify Wrapped 2024 is out, giving hundreds of millions of users the ability to see their most-played songs and artists over the course of the year. Drake, Lamar's opponent in a renewed public rap battle earlier this spring, surged on the most-streamed artists' list, while Lamar ended up in seventh place on that list. Most-streamed artists in the United StatesTaylor Swift Drake Zach Bryan Morgan Wallen Kanye West"The Joe Rogan Experience," which hosted President-elect Donald Trump in October, took the No.

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In 2024, the polls conducted in the last two weeks understated his support by 2.4 points on average. First, it’s possible that the polls — once again — failed to capture enough new voters or voters who changed their votes from backing Biden in 2020 to backing Trump in 2024. This is a statistical correction that pollster used this cycle to address the previous undercount of Trump voters. Properly understood, pre-election polls can play an important role in democracy by providing a sense of what outcomes seem possible. Instead, we should consider how we can use pre-election polls in ways that convey the electoral possibilities at play and better describe the uncertainties involved.

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☆ Trump agrees to DOJ background checks on administration nominees, appointments
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S., October 30, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team said Tuesday that it reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that sets the stage for the department to conduct background checks and start the security clearance process for Trump administration nominees and appointees. The Trump transition team said its memorandum of understanding with the DOJ "allows the transition team to submit names for background checks and security clearances." Democratic senators have been especially insistent that background checks are needed for all of Trump's nominees before they can be considered for confirmation by the Senate. "It's really appropriate, though, to have FBI background checks" to help illuminate the allegations against Hegseth, Fetterman said.

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☆ CNN’s Mark Preston breaks down Macron’s ‘tactical’ Trump invitation
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Ellen Rittiner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ 'Realistic' green policies good for the U.S., Aramco CEO says, with Trump to return to White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Realistic" green transition standards will benefit the U.S. energy industry, the CEO of the world's largest oil producer said Tuesday, as the White House prepares to welcome President-elect Donald Trump in January. That's why, you know, I think it's always good for the industry in the U.S. to have more realistic standards for them to achieve their goals." He was speaking at a panel moderated by CNBC's Dan Murphy during the Saudi Green Initiative Forum in Riyadh. Scope 1 and 2 emissions cover direct and indirect emissions from sources that a company owns and controls or from its purchases and uses. Trump has meanwhile previously denounced hydrogen-fueled vehicles, claiming they "tend to blow up."

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☆ Trump's Labor Secretary pick is winning Democratic praise — and GOP skepticism
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Oftentimes, you'll get a nominee out of a Republican administration who has had an anti-labor record," said Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia. Advertisement"I've only heard good things," said Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. Several Democratic senators have offered conditional praise for Chavez-DeRemer, indicating that they're willing to support her nomination if she commits to strengthening labor unions in her new position. And in recent years, organized labor and labor unions have enjoyed a bipartisan resurgence of support. I think the PRO Act is not good policy," said Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

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☆ Macron’s Paris invite shows power fast flowing from Biden to Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —There’ll be a strong sense of déjà vu when French President Emmanuel Macron lays the flattery on thick for Donald Trump in Paris this weekend. The president seeks to highlight US commitment to sub-Saharan Africa in the face of China’s investment-led regional power play. Trump never made it to Africa as president and seemed more interested in insulting the continent than helping it. From left to right, Brigitte Macron, President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron at Le Jules Verne Restaurant at the Eiffel Tower, on July 13, 2017. Trump will arrive in Paris shortly after selecting Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of his daughter Ivanka as the next US ambassador to France.

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President-elect Donald Trump was wavering in recent days between two candidates to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray: Kash Patel and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, sources told CNN. Trump interviewed both Bailey and Patel at his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this month, and regularly talked to them by phone as he weighed his decision. “It came down to a matter of what Trump wants and what he was looking for in terms of an FBI director. And Bailey didn’t fit that mold, he didn’t have the personality,” one Trump adviser involved in the conversations told CNN. As of late last week, some close to Trump believed it was a “toss up” between Patel and Bailey as to who the president-elect would pick, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

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☆ California special session to 'safeguard' state from Trump kicks off with proposed $25 million legal fund
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Kate Rogers | In Katerog | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gavin Newsom's special legislative session to safeguard California from potential "federal overreach" from the incoming Trump administration begins Monday, teeing up a potential battle between the president-elect and the most-populous U.S. state. The fund would be for the California Department of Justice and other state agencies to be used for court challenges and administrative actions. "President Trump received the most votes for a Republican presidential candidate in the deep blue state of California since 2004," Leavitt said. In a conversation with volunteers after the election, Newsom said the state needed to be ready for action as the next administration takes hold. "I think there's a lot of onus that's placed upon California because [of] the size, scale and scope of this state," he said at the time.

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☆ What investors can learn from the S&P's performance after presidential elections since 1928
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. Investors wondering if the presidential election may usher in a bad or good time for the stock market won't find any easy answers looking at the past. One year after President Joe Biden won the presidency in 2020, the S&P 500 was up more than 42%, according to data provided to CNBC by Morningstar Direct. (Morningstar analyzed the returns in the six and 12 months following Election Day for those 24 U.S. presidential elections.) "Election years aren't that different from a typical year in the stock market," said Boudreaux, a member of the CNBC FA Council.

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☆ Who is Kash Patel, Trump’s pick for FBI director?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI and an ardent supporter of the president-elect, has vowed to help dismantle the same organization he’s poised to lead. The FBI director must also be confirmed by the Senate, where members are already bracing for how they’ll navigate a slew of unorthodox Trump selections. As of late last week, some close to Trump believed it was a “toss-up” between Patel and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as to whom the president-elect would pick for FBI director, according to a source familiar with the discussions. Trump briefly floated Patel as a potential replacement for then-CIA Director Gina Haspel, whom he had considered firing after the 2020 election. Patel was also put in charge of the Pentagon transition effort for Trump’s first term, overseeing coordination with the incoming Biden-Harris administration.

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☆ Trump to travel to Paris for Notre Dame Cathedral reopening
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Alayna Treene | Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President-elect Donald Trump is planning to visit Paris later this week to attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral on December 7, his first overseas trip since his election in November to a second term in office. “President Emmanuel Macron has done a wonderful job ensuring that Notre Dame has been restored to its full level of glory, and even more so,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Monday. As soon as the invitation was received, Trump told his team he wanted to attend as he has long held a fascination with Notre Dame, which was severely damaged by a fire in 2019. At the time, Trump had watched footage of the fire burning while aboard Air Force One, commenting on social media: “So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Trump’s Paris visit also comes just days after another world leader, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, flew to Florida and dined with him at Mar-a-Lago.

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☆ Trump said he'll put a 100% tariff on countries that give up the dollar. That could backfire.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementUS President-elect Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on BRICS nations to protect the US dollar's dominance. BRICS nations are exploring alternatives to the US dollar amid de-dollarization talks. The US dollar gained on the political uncertainty, with the Dollar Index up 0.6% at 3:10 a.m. AdvertisementIn October, Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a summit of BRICS nations by calling for an alternative payment system. AdvertisementLast week, Trump threatened 25% tariffs on imports from top trading partners Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on China.

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☆ Meet the Press – December 1, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +56 min

ANNOUNCER:From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. He credited President-elect Trump with this ceasefire, Jake, saying, quote, "Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump." The second dynamic to watch is, Kash Patel is on the record for the retribution agenda that Donald Trump ran on. I will never forget when you asked former President Trump – President-elect Trump and President Biden during that last presidential debate in 2020 about 545 children who were still separated from their parents. And before we go, the newest member of the Meet the Press family, Frankie Alice Katz was born at 12:23 a.m. on Wednesday.

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Some Hispanic men are defining college differently. “Latino men are checking out because they are the labor force for a lot of these jobs that require manual labor and blue-collar workers,” Ponjuán said. Hispanic men work in some of the most dangerous jobs, mostly in transportation and construction, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Like Garza, some Hispanic men are using their blue-collar skills to start their own contracting, landscaping, restaurant and other businesses. But one of this year’s election takeaways is that those gains weren’t enough to overcome frustrations, especially among Latino men, about high costs and the impact on their families.

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☆ Massad Boulos: Trump picks daughter Tiffany’s fathers-in-law to be senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Betsy Klein | Isabelle D Antonio | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Donald Trump has selected billionaire Massad Boulos to serve as his senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs — the second time in as many days the president-elect has chosen a family member for a key post. On Saturday, Trump named real estate developer Charles Kushner to serve as the next US ambassador to France. Trump has long turned to his family members to serve in political roles, raising questions about conflicts of interest and nepotism. Donald Trump’s sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump ran the family real estate business during his first term but emerged as key surrogates on the 2024 campaign trail. The appointments raise questions about influence and power — and profit — among Trump’s family members in the US government.

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☆ Biden fulfilling promise to visit Africa as US looks to counter China’s deepening influence in region
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Arlette Saenz | Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It will also be the first time a US president has visited Angola, with which Biden has sought to shore up relations in recent years. As he hosted African leaders in Washington for a 2022 summit, Biden vowed to visit the continent the following year but ultimately missed that deadline. He scheduled a trip to Angola for this October, which was postponed due to a pair of devastating hurricanes hitting the US. The initiative is at the center of the Biden administration’s efforts to boost investment in Africa to blunt China’s growing influence in the region, which has outpaced that of the US. In an interview with The New York Times ahead of Biden’s visit to Angola, Lourenço said he is “ready to work” with Trump in the White House.

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