Michael Falcone
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The Note: Trump Goes Nuclear
NOTABLES --TRUMP -- U.S. 'MUST GREATLY STRENGTHEN' NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES. President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that the U.S. "must greatly strengthen and expand" its nuclear capabilities without offering immediate context to what prompted the declaration, writes ABC’s ALEXANDER MALLIN.... → Read More
The Note: Conway Coming to the White House
NOTABLES --TRUMP ADVISER KELLYANNE CONWAY JOINING WHITE HOUSE TEAM: Donald Trump has named Kellyanne Conway counselor to the president, adding a senior transition team member and his third campaign manager to the incoming West Wing staff, ABC’s BENJAMIN SIEGEL reports. Conway, who became the... → Read More
The Note: Trump Takes the Electoral College
NOTABLES --TRUMP SURPASSES 270 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES: Donald Trump surpassed 270 Electoral College votes yesterday, meaning that he has the required number of votes to be elected president. The milestone came when electors in Texas cast their votes. There were 10 electors who did not cast... → Read More
The Note: Electoral College in the Spotlight
NOTABLES --WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY’S VOTE: Electoral College members will meet Monday around the country to place their votes for president of the United States. It is a constitutionally mandated ritual every four years that this year Americans will watch with interest. The Electoral College's... → Read More
The Note: Russia Redux
NOTABLES --TRUMP GOES AFTER OBAMA PRESS SECRETARY IN SPEECH: President-elect Donald Trump took new jabs at White House press secretary Josh Earnest last night in Hershey, Pennsylvania, ABC’s ALEXANDER MALLIN and VERONICA STRACQUALURSI report. "This foolish guy, Josh Earnest, I don't know," Trump... → Read More
The Note: Trump Talks Tech
NOTABLES --TOP TECH CEOs SIT DOWN WITH TRUMP: Donald Trump met yesterday with some of the biggest names in the tech industry, touting them as an "amazing group of people" and appearing to institute an open-door policy, saying there is "no formal chain of command around here." Among the leaders... → Read More
The Note: Trump, Ryan Rekindle Goodwill
NOTABLES --TRUMP PRAISES PAUL RYAN: President-elect Donald Trump appeared in Wisconsin Tuesday to thank supporters and Republican politicians for supporting his bid for the White House -- and took a markedly different tone towards House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., with whom he clashed at times... → Read More
The Note: What You Need To Know About Trump’s Tillerson Pick
NOTABLES --TRUMP ANNOUNCES EXXONMOBIL CEO AS SECRETARY OF STATE PICK: Donald Trump has selected ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his pick for secretary of state, the transition team announced Tuesday morning in a press release, ABC’s BENJAMIN SIEGEL notes. "Rex knows how to manage a global... → Read More
The Note: Trump vs. the C.I.A.
NOTABLES --TRUMP TEAM PUSHES BACK ON REPORTS RUSSIAN HACKERS SOUGHT TO SWAY ELECTION: President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team pushed back over the weekend against reporting that the CIA has evidence showing the Russian government interfered with the 2016 presidential election in an... → Read More
The Note: Inauguration Look-Ahead
NOTABLES --TRUMP INAUGURAL REPRISES CAMPAIGN SLOGAN IN ATTEMPT TO UNIFY COUNTRY: Donald Trump is reprising the slogan of his historic presidential campaign as the official theme of a five-day inaugural celebration in the nation's capital next month, ABC News has learned. The Trump inaugural... → Read More
The Note: The Business of Trump
NOTABLES --HOW TRUMP'S BUSINESS INTERESTS COULD POSE CHALLENGES FOR INCOMING APPOINTEES: President Elect Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development – retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson – will now oversee one of the largest federally-subsidized affordable housing projects... → Read More
The Note: Trump On the Road Again
NOTABLES --TRUMP MEETS WITH GORE: Former Vice President and climate advocate Al Gore met with Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York City yesterday. Gore said he had a "lengthy and very productive session" with the president-elect, who has previously called climate change a "hoax." "I found it... → Read More
The Note: Carson in the Cabinet
NOTABLES --TRUMP PICKS BEN CARSON FOR HUD SECRETARY: Donald Trump announced today he intends to nominate Ben Carson for the cabinet position of Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, ABC’s VERONICA STRACQUALURSI reports. "We have talked at length about my... → Read More
The Note: Post-Election Tempers Flare
NOTABLES --CLINTON, TRUMP AIDES ANGRILY CLASH AT ELECTION FORUM: Top officials from the Trump and Clinton campaigns clashed angrily Thursday over questions of mandates and alleged associations with white supremacists -- leaving a conference designed to draw lessons from the election turning at... → Read More
The Note: Trump Takes a Victory Lap
NOTABLES --THE STORY BEHIND TRUMP'S DEAL WITH CARRIER TO KEEP 1,000 JOBS IN THE U.S.: Kip Glen was at work at the Carrier facility in Indianapolis on Tuesday night when the news began to spread that the company had reached a deal with President-elect Donald Trump that would save about 1,000 jobs... → Read More
The Note: Trump’s Cabinet Comes Together
NOTABLES --TRUMP OFFERS JEFF SESSIONS ATTORNEY GENERAL POSITION: Donald Trump has offered the position of U.S. attorney general to Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, senior Trump transition sources told ABC News. Sessions earned Trump's favor after becoming the first GOP senator to officially endorse... → Read More
The Note: Clinton, Sanders’ Post-Election Reflections
NOTABLES --CLINTON SAYS 'NEVER EVER GIVE UP' DURING 1ST SPEECH SINCE ELECTION LOSS: Hillary Clinton last night made her first public appearance since delivering her concession speech last week, making an emotional plea for the country to focus on helping underprivileged children while... → Read More
The Note: Transition Turmoil
NOTABLES --LOW-LEVEL STAFFER REQUESTED SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR TRUMP'S KIDS: The Trump transition team is saying that a low-level staffer requested security clearances for three of Donald Trump's children, according to a top aide. According to the aide, the request was made "without... → Read More
The Note: What Trump Told Obama
NOTABLES --OBAMA SAYS TRUMP TOLD HIM HE WOULD SUPPORT NATO: President Obama said yesterday that President-elect Donald Trump told him personally that he would maintain a strong "commitment" to NATO -- after the real estate mogul threatened to abandon the alliance during the campaign. Obama made... → Read More
The Note: White House in Waiting Takes Shape
NOTABLES --TRUMP NAMES PRIEBUS AS CHIEF OF STAFF, BANNON AS SENIOR ADVISER: Donald Trump named Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as chief of staff to his new administration and former Breitbart CEO Steve Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor to the president, ABC’s... → Read More