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Trump adviser Hoekstra: ‘We’ve had a failed policy for eight years with China’

(CNSNews.com) – Former Rep. Pete Hoekstra, an adviser to the Trump campaign and transition, said on Monday there's nothing reckless about President-elect Donald Trump taking a congratulatory phone call from the leader of Taiwan, even if it upset Beijing, which claims Taiwan as part of "one China.

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Trump to nominate retired Gen. James Mattis to lead Pentagon

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate retired Gen. James Mattis to be his defense secretary. Mattis, 66, is a Marine Corps general who retired in 2013 after serving as the commander of the U.S. Central Command.

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Warren no fan of Trump’s Treasury Department pick

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has once again driven U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren apoplectic, this time with his pick to run the Treasury Department. Earlier this week Warren labeled Steven Mnuchin, Trump's selection for treasury secretary, as "the Forrest Gump of the financial crisis," a reference

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College students in the nation’s capital prefer Fidel Castro to Trump

Several students at American University in Washington, D.C., have a more favorable view of recently deceased Cuban dictator Fidel Castro than they do of President-elect Donald Trump.

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Fake news: Media pushes bogus survey as proof Trump causes bullying

Multiple U.S. media outlets are citing an online survey by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as proof Donald Trump's election is causing a surge of bullying in schools. But the survey is flawed in several obvious ways, and shouldn't be taken as proof of

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PC should not stop us from saying radical Islam

(CNSNews.com) – In a conversation about homeland security under a Trump administration, House Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said that political correctness should not prevent the United States from naming the enemy that has killed and injured Americans here and abroad: "radical Islamist extremism." Yet Homeland Security Director Jeh

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The majority of post-Trump ‘hate incidents’ happened in states Hillary won

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has released a tally of alleged hate crimes and "hate incidents" in the wake of Donald Trump's electoral victory, and revealed a notable trend: The wave of alleged hate crimes after Trump's victory are concentrated in liberal states

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Baker would not take Trump admin post if a job were offered

STATE HOUSE – Gov. Charlie Baker shared on Monday that he has spoken with President-elect Donald Trump since his Nov. 8 election, downplayed suggestions that Massachusetts could be penalized by Trump's White House, and said he would not accept a Trump administration post if a job were offered. During