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Politico reports: Donald Trump is expected to be named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” — and to celebrate the unveiling of the cover, the president-elect will ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning, according to three people familiar with the plans granted anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge the plans. Last …

The Associated Press reports: President-elect Donald Trump is expected to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, the ceremonial start of the day’s trading, according to four people with knowledge of his plans. It will be a notable moment of recognition for Trump, a born-and-bred New Yorker who gave up living full time in his …

Forbes reports: President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday promised to fast track environmental approvals and other permits for any company making an investment of $1 billion or more in the United States, though how exactly he plans to help businesses skip traditional regulatory processes remains unclear. He posted no followup on the topic and members of his team did not immediately …

CNN reports: President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Kimberly Guilfoyle as his pick to be the US ambassador to Greece. Guilfoyle had been engaged to Donald Trump Jr. and is close to the Trump family. CNN has previously reported on Trump’s selection of family members for key posts in his next administration. Trump named real estate developer Charles Kushner to …

Forbes reports: President-elect Donald Trump mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—referring to him as a governor and Canada as a state—in a post on his Truth Social platform early on Tuesday, after Trudeau warned that a tariff war between the two countries would end up raising prices for Americans. Speaking at an event organized by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce …

The New York Times reports: The questions went further than just affirming allegiance to the incoming administration. The interviewers asked which candidate the applicants had supported in the three most recent elections, what they thought about the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and whether they believed the 2020 election was stolen. The sense they got was that there was only …

The Daily Beast reports: President-elect Donald Trump launched a baffling claim Monday that “Democrats are fighting hard to get rid of the Popular Vote in future Elections.” In a post on his Truth Social network, he added: “They want all future Presidential Elections to be based exclusively on the Electoral College!” In fact, the popular vote has in recent decades …

The Washington Examiner reports: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to lift a gag order restricting President-elect Donald Trump from making statements about jurors, court staff, and their families in his New York criminal case. Justice Samuel Alito handled the denial on behalf of the full court, marking the second time this year the justices have upheld the restrictions. There …

Via press release from former Rep. Liz Cheney: Yesterday, President-elect Trump again lied about the January 6th Select Committee, and said members of the Committee ‘should go to jail’ for carrying out our constitutional responsibilities. Here is the truth: Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election and seize power. He mobilized an angry mob and sent them to …

PolitiZoom reports: Our attention spans are shorter, we need spectacle, we need circus to get our attention at all. We’re no longer a serious people. That is the reason that a reality TV fraud is headed back to the White House. And oh, how he is being heralded now, as literally God-sent. It depicts Trump as not only a constitutional …

USA Today reports: Get a whiff of this: For $199, you can smell the sweet scent of victory. And who can resist that? Not even your enemies, according to President-elect Donald Trump, who is hawking his “Fight Fight Fight” line of men’s and women’s fragrances. In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump shared a picture of himself having a …

The Associated Press reports: Trump has threatened broad trade penalties, but said he didn’t believe economists’ predictions that added costs on those imported goods for American companies would lead to higher domestic prices for consumers. He stopped short of a pledge that U.S. households won’t be paying more as they shop. “I can’t guarantee anything. I can’t guarantee tomorrow,” Trump …

Deadline reports: In his first sit down interview since winning the presidential election, Donald Trump told NBC News’ Meet the Press that he still plans to pardon those convicted for their role in storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021, while he said that the members of committee tasked with investigating it “should go to jail.” “Honestly, they should go …

The Washington Post reports: As President-elect Donald Trump’s transition teams move into federal agencies, thousands of civil servants — and some of the Biden appointees they work for — are scrambling to insulate themselves from the new administration’s promised purge. Federal employees are scrubbing their Facebook and X accounts for any negative posts about Trump. Meanwhile, some agencies have moved …

The New York Times reports: There have been many efforts, over nearly four years, to hold Donald J. Trump accountable for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but almost all of them have been stymied in the end by failure or delay. There is, however, one endeavor that is still alive and moving forward, albeit somewhat gingerly: …

Mediaite reports: Former Pence aide Olivia Troye told her followers on social media that her legal counsel received a letter from an attorney representing Patel threatening legal action unless she retracted comments she made on MSNBC. On Monday, Troye claimed during an MSNBC interview that Patel would “lie about intelligence” while serving in the Department of Defense during Trump’s first …

CNN reports: 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. In a filing on Wednesday, Trump and his attorney argued that the Georgia state Court of Appeals lacks jurisdiction to “entertain any further criminal process” over him as the incoming president and the …

“The Wall Street Journal is becoming more and more obnoxious and unreadable. Today’s main headline is: ‘Trump’s DEA Pick Pulls Out In Latest Setback.’ With all that’s happening in the World, this is their Number One story of the day. “Besides, he didn’t pull out, I pulled him out, because I did not like what he said to my pastors …

The Independent reports: Does Donald Trump want to conquer Canada? The president-elect posted a bewildering image of him and the Canadian flag on top of a mountain just days after suggesting Canada become the U.S.’s 51st state. “Oh Canada,” Trump captioned the AI-generated image. There was just one problem: the mountain range appeared to be the Swiss Alps, with the …

The Hill reports: President-elect Trump’s team outlined the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee benefits for donors over the Jan. 20 weekend, which include a reception with Cabinet picks, a Sunday service and the inaugural ball. In a benefits outline obtained by The Hill, the team highlighted that committee members who give $1 million or raise $2 million receive six tickets to access …