Trump names Bush administration veteran Thomas Bossert to White House homeland security post; Professor keeps job after ‘white genocide’ tweet, but conservative media continues to go after liberal targets; On Twitter, Trump defends foundation, ignores legal controversy surrounding it; Trump calls U.N. ‘just a club for people’ to ‘have a good time’; Trump thinks a mustache disqualifies you from office. So do a lot of voters.; Can Donald Trump persuade Americans to support his agenda? It’s not likely.; Pearl Harbor ceremony punctuates Obama effort to ease tensions Trump could inflame; President Obama says he could have beaten Trump — Trump says ‘NO WAY!’; Obama recalls his ‘wildly pretentious’ college years; Mar-a-Lago remains a top destination for charities despite concerns about Trump; Families of Americans taken hostage see some progress in interaction with U.S. government;
 
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Montana governor, legislators condemn plans for white nationalist march
At issue is a plan for a white nationalist march in Whitefish, the town that's become home to “alt-right” movement writer and activist Richard Spencer.
Trump names Bush administration veteran Thomas Bossert to White House homeland security post
Bossert will work beside retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, Trump's pick for national security adviser.
 
Professor keeps job after ‘white genocide’ tweet, but conservative media continues to go after liberal targets
The surprise defeat of Hillary Clinton has thrown the conservative media, which grew massively during the Obama years, into an experimental mode.
 
On Twitter, Trump defends foundation, ignores legal controversy surrounding it
The president-elect says the media has not reported on his generosity but makes no mention of self-dealing allegations.
 
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Trump calls U.N. ‘just a club for people’ to ‘have a good time’
The president-elect tweeted Monday that the international body "is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time."
 
Trump thinks a mustache disqualifies you from office. So do a lot of voters.
Looks can deceive.
 
Can Donald Trump persuade Americans to support his agenda? It’s not likely.
Trump is starting from a very weak position.
 
Pearl Harbor ceremony punctuates Obama effort to ease tensions Trump could inflame
Japanese Prime Minister Abe does not plan to apologize for Japan’s surprise attack.
 
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President Obama says he could have beaten Trump — Trump says ‘NO WAY!’
Obama stressed his admiration for Clinton and said she had been the victim of unfair attacks.
 
Obama recalls his ‘wildly pretentious’ college years
He said the women on campus found him “too intense.”
 
Mar-a-Lago remains a top destination for charities despite concerns about Trump
The president-elect’s club is booked solid from December through March.
 
Families of Americans taken hostage see some progress in interaction with U.S. government
But advocates say communication and coordination can still be improved.
 
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