Monday, November 28, 2016

Monday's Headlines: Trump makes baseless claim that millions voted illegally for Clinton

4 Pinocchios for Trump's bogus assertion about voter fraud; Loyal under fire: Trump's son-in-law poised to become presidential confidant; 'When are we going to tell her about her parents?'; Raúl Castro's Cuba is on a collision course with the incoming Trump administration;
 
Today's Headlines
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Trump makes baseless claim that millions voted illegally for Clinton
President-elect Donald Trump parroted a widely debunked conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote because of massive voter fraud, creating even more consternation around the election results as Green Party candidate Jill Stein leads calls for recounts. Trump's senior advisers, meanwhile, are engaged in an escalating feud over whether Mitt Romney or Rudy Giuliani should be offered the position of secretary of state.
4 Pinocchios for Trump's bogus assertion about voter fraud
Now that he is on the verge of becoming president, Trump needs to be more careful about making wild allegations.
 
Loyal under fire: Trump's son-in-law poised to become presidential confidant
A defining episode for Jared Kushner came during his father's imprisonment over donations to Democrats. The scandal revealed a fundamental trait — unflinching loyalty — that reappeared this year on the campaign trail as Kushner publicly defended his father-in-law Donald Trump.
 
'When are we going to tell her about her parents?'
Last December, two shooters killed 14 people before dying in a confrontation with police in San Bernardino, Calif. Their family is still searching for answers about the tragedy — asking themselves if they should have known — and hoping to adopt the couple's orphaned daughter.
 
Raúl Castro's Cuba is on a collision course with the incoming Trump administration
While Fidel Castro thrived on confrontation with U.S. presidents, Raúl Castro is not one for barb-throwing. But Trump officials want to put pressure on Cuba, which would be a new stress test for the quieter Castro's austere leadership style.
 
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