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Predicting Sean Spicer as White House Press Secretary

Dec 22, 2016
Plus, will President-elect Donald Trump keep up tweeting-by-decree when he takes office?

The rise of the deficit hawks

Dec 19, 2016
Rep. Mick Mulvaney, staunch fiscal conservative, will head the Office of Management and Budget.
Rep. Mick Mulvaney speaks during a news conference with a bipartisan group of House members outside the U.S. Capitol May 20, 2014 in Washington, DC.  

 
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'No formal chain of command'

Dec 16, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump told the country's tech leaders that his team has "no formal chain of command." What that could foreshadow in the next four years.
US President-elect Donald Trump(R) and Vice President-elect Mike Pence(2nd-R) leave the Lamington Presbyterian Church after Sunday services in Bedminster, New Jersey November 20, 2016.
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The first hundred days

Dec 15, 2016
Plus, how recess appointments work and explaining the stock market's 'Trump bounce.'
This photo shows the desk used by US President George W. Bush, 30 January 2001, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. 
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A little less punch at the economic party

Dec 14, 2016
The Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the second time in more than a decade.
A person wearing a Hillary Clinton mask walks through the lobby at Trump Tower, December 8, 2016 in New York City.
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Liberal, conservative or something else

Dec 13, 2016
We take a break from the news to discuss 2016's political categories.
Walter Hogan poses for a portrait after participating in the Republican caucus at the Churchill County Fairgrounds on February 23, 2016 in Fallon, Nevada. 

 
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What's the big deal about Goldman Sachs?

Dec 12, 2016
Plus, Trump targets Lockheed Martin and F-35 fighter jet costs.
Gary Cohn, president and chief operating officer at Goldman Sachs, talks on his phone as he arrives at Trump Tower, November 29, 2016 in New York City.
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A steelworker's economy

Trump voters in the Midwest weigh in on the next four years.
A steel mill in California, 2002.
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Carl's Jr. and the Department of Labor

Dec 8, 2016
Plus, the impact of Trump's tweets on our economy.
Andrew Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants, exits after his meeting with president-elect Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey.
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