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Final Note

WhiteHouse.gov already has a new list of issues

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 20, 2017
Mentions of climate change have been scrubbed.
U.S. President Donald Trump waves to supporters as he walks the parade route with first lady Melania Trump and son Barron Trump past the main reviewing stand in front of the White House during the Inaugural Parade on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. Donald J. Trump was sworn in today as the 45th president of the United States.   
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How the Council of Economic Advisers serves the president

by Adam Allington
Dec 26, 2016
They have the ear of the president when it comes to economic policy, but what do they even do?
Shaun Donovan, OMB Budget Director, Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Cecilia Muoz, Director of the Domestic Policy Council and Jeff Zients, Director of the National Economic Council, participate in a briefing on President Obama's FY 2017 budget request, at the White House, February 8, 2016 in Washington, DC. 
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The major industry ties of Trump’s cabinet picks

by Donna Tam
Dec 23, 2016
The president-elect has chosen the majority of his administration already. What company connections do they bring with them?
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Can spending hikes and deficit reductions coexist?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 19, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget is House Representative Mick Mulvaney from South Carolina. He’s a deficit hawk who came into office with many other Tea Party candidates back in 2010. He has a long history of budget cutting, even embracing the term “shutdown caucus” because of his willingness […]
President-elect Trump's nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget is House Representative Mick Mulvaney from South Carolina.
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Politics Inside Out

'No formal chain of command'

by Kai Ryssdal and Andrea Seabrook
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 Trump train hits the Washington merry-go-round

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 28, 2016
DC insiders wonder whether to serve in the new administration.
President-elect Donald Trump heads inside the clubhouse following his meeting with David McCormick, president of the management committee at Bridgewater Associates, at Trump International Golf Club on Nov. 20 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. 
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Trump’s conflict of interest issues are serious

by Mark Garrison
Nov 18, 2016
And they're not going away.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attends the grand opening ceremony at the new Trump International Hotel October 26, 2016 in Washington, DC. 
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What happens to Democrats' economic agenda now?

by Kimberly Adams
Nov 14, 2016
With Republicans in control, Democrats will be on the defense.
A hotel worker clears the coffee station at the election night party for Democratic Senate candidate Katie McGinty at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Philadelphia.
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The Marketplace Quiz

White House photographer Pete Souza takes the Marketplace Quiz

by Raghu Manavalan
Jul 29, 2016
The official photographer for Presidents Obama and Reagan takes our money and work inspired questionnaire.
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with NASA astronaut Commander Scott Kelly upon his return from a nearly yearlong mission on the International Space Station, in the Oval Office, March 2, 2016.   
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By The Numbers

The White House's room where it happens

by Tobin Low
Mar 14, 2016
Here are the numbers we're reading and watching for Monday.
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