Election 2016

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    'Amen sister': Clinton agrees with interviewer that authenticity is a 'bulls*** concept'

    Hillary Clinton pushed back against one of the most frequent criticisms she faced as a candidate last year — a lack of “authenticity” — agreeing with an interviewer that it amounted to a “bulls***” and sexist double standard.

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    Trump calls for ‘major investigation’ into debunked claim of widespread voter fraud

    President Trump says he will call for a “major investigation” into the widely debunked claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2016 election. “I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and … even, those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time),” Trump tweeted early Wednesday.

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    Trump talked about WikiLeaks incessantly during last month of campaign, analysis finds

    Trump at an Oct. 12 rally in Lakeland, Fla., where he urged his audience to read WikiLeaks reports. “Trump spoke about the WikiLeaks emails at least 164 times from Oct. 10 to Election Day, saying the word ‘WikiLeaks’ 124 times,” ThinkProgress noted.

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    Will Trump Wear a Coat at Inauguration? Yes, If He’s Like Obama, No, If He’s Like Ike

    Will President-elect Donald Trump follow in the footsteps of JFK, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton? Or will he be more like Barack Obama, George W. Bush and FDR? From 1793 until 1933, the inauguration of the president of the United States took place on March 4 — the date on which the Constitution was signed in 1789 — when it was practically spring in Washington, D.C. But that changed in 1937, when the 20th Amendment shifted the ceremony to Jan. 20 to shorten the time between the election and the

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    43 days after winning election, Trump still touchy about losing popular vote

    Forty-three days after winning the election and 29 days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump is still obsessing over the fact that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton. In a series of tweets early Wednesday, Trump claimed he would have campaigned “differently” had he not been focused on amassing the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency — and that he could’ve won the popular vote if he wanted to. “Campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more diffi

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    Hillary Clinton: We owe Donald Trump an ‘open mind’

    Hillary Clinton asked her supporters to accept the results of the 2016 election and keep an “open mind” about Donald Trump’s presidency in a concession speech at a midtown Manhattan hotel Wednesday morning. “Donald Trump is going to be our president,” Clinton told several hundred supporters in the New Yorker hotel ballroom. Clinton said she hoped Trump “will be a successful president for all Americans” and that he would bring the country together.

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    Election Night in America!

    People across the country watch results roll in on election night in the U.S. on Nov. 8, 2016. Follow Yahoo News’ liveblog for the all the latest updates. See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr.