Новости за 30.11.2016

Trump's Treasury nominee: People 'that wanted to stop being friends, they've all come back'
Washington Post
Secretary of the Treasury hasn't always been a job people jump at. Hank Paulson has said he turned it down twice in 2006 before accepting the job. Paul O'Neill told Dick Cheney he wasn't interested before being talked into it by Alan Greenspan. Timothy ...
Goldman Sachs poised for return to power in Trump White HousePolitico
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The Latest: On ethics, rules less clear for presidents
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):. 3:02 p.m.. When it comes to ethics, not all government employees are regulated equally. There's far less clarity about what a president can and cannot do than the ...
Trump's vow to leave business raises more questionsPolitico
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Charlotte police officer who fatally shot Keith Scott 'acted lawfully,' won't be charged
Washington Post
Prosecutors said that the officer who fatally shot a Charlotte man in September will not be charged for the shooting, concluding that the man was armed and that the officer acted lawfully during the encounter. “It's a justified shooting based on the ...
Prosecutor: Officer Acted Lawfully In Black Man's KillingCBS Local
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Donald Trump Vows on Twitter to Step Away From Business
New York Times
... □ Unveils his economic team of investment titans: Steven Mnuchin for Treasury, Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary, Todd Ricketts for deputy commerce secretary. □ Announces a news conference with his children on Dec. 15 to say he will be “leaving ...
How Trump can keep his companyPolitico
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OPEC Agrees to Cut Production in Drive to End Record Glut
Bloomberg
OPEC clinched a deal to curtail oil supply, confounding skeptics as the need to clear a record global crude glut -- and prove the group's credibility -- brought its first cuts in eight years. Crude rose as much as 8.8 percent in London. OPEC will ...
OPEC agrees first output cut since 2008, Saudis to take 'big hit'Reuters
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Trump's new Treasury, Commerce nominees say no 'absolute' tax cut for the wealthy, predict faster economic growth
Washington Post
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Treasury Department on Wednesday called reforming the nation's tax code his top priority, promising significant tax breaks for the middle class but no overall tax cut for high-income households.
Dems to unload on MnuchinPolitico
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Trump's conservative dream team
Politico
Donald Trump's education secretary nominee is a huge critic of public schools and has pushed to steer taxpayer dollars to charter schools and voucher programs. His Health and Human Services pick wants to dismantle Obamacare and privatize Medicare.
Trump expected to name financier Steve Mnuchin to TreasuryWashington Post
Treasury nominee Mnuchin was Trump's top fundraiserU.S. News & World Report
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Tornado kills 3, injures 4 kids in Alabama: reports
USA TODAY
A tornado in Alabama killed three people in a mobile home early Wednesday and critically injured four children at a daycare center, according to media reports. The Jackson County coroner's office confirmed the deaths, in Rosalie in northeastern Alabama ...
Chief Deputy: 3 killed in mobile home as possible tornadoes hit northern Alabama; injuries also reportedRoanoke Times
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Trump fills his cabinet one millionaire and frog leg at a time
New York Daily News
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sits at a table for dinner with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (r.) and his choice for White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (l.) at Jean-Georges at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York ...
Romney gushes over Trump after posh dinnerPolitico (blog)
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In an abrupt about-face, Romney emerges from dinner with Trump full of frog legs and high praise
Washington Post
They talked for more than two hours, they laughed, they munched on carefully prepared frog legs, and afterward, Mitt Romney, once one of Donald Trump's harshest critics, emerged a changed man. "I had a wonderful evening with President-elect Trump," the ...
Romney gushes over Trump after posh dinnerPolitico (blog)
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Steven Mnuchin Is Donald Trump's Expected Choice for Treasury Secretary
New York Times
Steven Terner Mnuchin at Trump Tower in Manhattan this month. Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times. WASHINGTON — Steven Mnuchin, a financier with deep roots on Wall Street and in Hollywood but no government experience, is expected to be ...
Trump expected to name financier Steve Mnuchin to TreasuryWashington Post
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Donald Trump Proposes Two Illegal Responses to Flag Burning
NBCNews.com
When a president-elect advocates two blatantly illegal punishments for Americans engaged in free speech, as Trump did Tuesday morning, it is significant. Trump's unusual statement has an immediate impact on civic norms and the political climate, ...
Mr. Trump, Meet the ConstitutionNew York Times
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'Worst possible conditions': Thousands flee as deadly flames engulf Tennessee resort towns
Washington Post
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — A calamitous and deadly wildfire engulfed two tourist towns near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, along with much of the surrounding timberlands, destroying more than 150 homes and businesses, displacing thousands of ...
Gatlinburg Wildfires Force Evacuations: 'It Was Like Driving Into Hell'New York Times
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Chapecoense plane crash: Football rallies around Brazilian team
BBC News
The football world has rallied around a Brazilian club caught in a deadly plane crash in Colombia. Only six of the 77 people on board the charter plane, carrying members of the Chapecoense team, survived the crash. The team were flying to what was ...
'Tragedy of huge proportions': Brazilian soccer club's moment of glory ends in deadly plane crashWashington Post
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