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Trump considering woman, openly gay man for leadership posts
President-elect Donald Trump is considering a woman and an openly gay man to fill major positions in his new leadership team, history-making moves that would inject diversity into a Trump administration already facing questions about its ties to white nationalists.
Analysis: It’s not just Trump. People freaked out over Nixon and Reagan, too.
Donald Trump’s election has been greeted by a considerable portion of the country with panic. Large swaths of commentators have described his victory as a potential disaster for the nation – placing a “xenophobic racist” and “clown” in the Oval Office. The truth is that we’ve been here before, many times, throughout the 19th century and in living memory.
Ivana Trump to ex-husband Donald: Make me ambassador to the Czech Republic
Since the finalization of her divorce with Donald Trump in 1992, Ivana Trump has hosted a dating reality show, authored a self-help book on coping with divorce and even made a cameo in the 1996 comedy “The First Wives Club,” where she famously advised, “Don’t get mad, get everything.”
Priebus says he and Bannon make effective Trump team
President-elect Donald Trump is making an overture to warring Republican circles by appointing GOP chief Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff and Breitbart News executive Stephen Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor.
Spin Control: Take my advice – or Tom Foley’s, or Warren Magnuson’s
Some advice for people very upset or extremely happy over the results of the presidential election.
Analysis: Trump campaign’s disdain for civility could leave lasting damage
When a South Carolina congressman shouted “You lie!” during a speech by President Barack Obama in 2009, House members rebuked him for violating norms of civility. After this year’s presidential campaign, the idea that people were once troubled by the outburst seems almost quaint.
Some advice on the election, from me and folks who are much smarter
Some advice for people very upset or extremely happy over the results of the presidential election.
Thousands rally, march in nationwide anti-Trump protests
Tens of thousands of people marched in streets across the United States on Saturday, staging the fourth day of protests of Donald Trump’s surprise victory as president.
Hillary Clinton blames presidential election loss on Comey letters
Hillary Clinton blamed the renewed FBI inquiry into her State Department email system for blunting her momentum in the presidential election and the closure of that inquiry two days before Election Day for energizing voters for Donald Trump.
Outrage and fear fuel continuing anti-Trump protests
Spurred by fear and outrage, protesters around the country rallied and marched Friday as they have done daily since Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.
Gonzaga students use chalk to spread message of love and support
Students at Gonzaga University woke up Friday to find many sidewalks covered with positive messages of love and support. Some of the chalk messages quoted Martin Luther King Jr. and other notable Americans, while others were as simple as “You are loved.”
Spokane marijuana industry more concerned about local policies than what Trump might do
The question marks surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday extend to Washington’s marijuana industry.
Trump shakes up transition team, elevates Pence’s role
President-elect Donald Trump shook up his transition team Friday as he plunged into the work of setting up his administration, elevating Vice President-elect Mike Pence to head the operations.
Sen. Michael Baumgartner says some WSU professors canceled classes to protest Trump win
Sen. Mike Baumgartner is demanding information about reports that some WSU classes were canceled to protest Donald Trump’s election.
Sue Lani Madsen: The political pub crawl is over, time to shake off hangovers and move on
The long political pub crawl is over. As weepy, happy and angry voters wake up to a new morning in America, we’re dealing with the hangover. Feeling normal again will take time. We’ll get there.
Grubhub CEO backtracks after asking Trump supporters to quit
The co-founder of food delivery service Grubhub sent an email to all his employees suggesting that supporters of President-elect Donald Trump should resign, then issued a statement saying he welcomes all employees, regardless of their political beliefs.
‘Sexual predator’ Trump gets lashing from departing Senate Minority Leader Reid
Departing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid lashed out at Donald Trump on Friday as “a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled his campaign with bigotry and hate.”
Protest threat prompts Chicago high school to cancel classes
A Catholic high school on Chicago’s South Side canceled Friday classes amid concern about a demonstration, which was later postponed, to protest the fatal police shooting of a black man and a series of racially charged text messages from students.
Rubber bullets and fear: Trump protesters flood streets anew
PORTLAND, Ore. – From New York to Illinois to California, in red states as well as blue, protesters decrying Donald Trump’s election spent another night overtaking highways, smashing store windows, igniting fires and in at least one city, facing pepper spray and rubber projectiles from police trying to clear the streets. The demonstrations stretched into a third straight night Thursday and came to a head in Portland, Oregon, where thousands marched and chanted, “We reject the president-elect!” while some lit firecrackers and sparked a dumpster blaze.
Women in hijabs on 2 campuses say they were attacked by men invoking Donald Trump
A Muslim student at San Diego State University was robbed and may have had her car stolen Wednesday by two men who made comments about President-elect Donald Trump and Muslims, according to police and university officials, who called the attack a hate crime.