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4 Washington state electors to be fined $1,000 for vote
Four Washington state electors who cast their vote for someone other than Democrat Hillary Clinton will each be fined $1,000 next week, the secretary of state's office said Thursday. 
Trump: US must 'greatly strengthen' nuclear capability
Denouncing the deadly attack on a Christmas market in Germany, President-elect Donald Trump renewed his vow to stop radical terror groups and appeared to suggest a willingness to move ahead with his campaign pledge... 
Arrest of black man in black church fire stirs debates
The Mississippi fire marshal says investigators don't see politics as the motivation for the burning of an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the words "Vote Trump" a week before the... Illinois governor donates $50M to his 2018 campaign fund
Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has contributed $50 million to his own campaign fund as he prepares to seek re-election in 2018. 
The Latest: Trump pits fighter jet makers against each other
The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times local): 
North Carolina fails to repeal LGBT law as culture wars rage
A supposedly bipartisan deal to repeal North Carolina's anti-LGBT law collapsed when both sides balked and started blaming each other, likely meaning the state will remain a pariah shunned by corporations,... Continuing battle with media, Trump avoids news conference
Less than a month from taking office, President-elect Donald Trump has yet to hold the traditional news conference that most incoming presidents have held within days of their victory. 
Trump taps Conway for West Wing role, picks press secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has named close adviser Kellyanne Conway as his White House counselor, elevating the woman who led his campaign to victory to a senior West Wing position. Clinton wins popular vote by nearly 2.9 million
Hillary Clinton received nearly 2.9 million more votes than President-elect Donald Trump, giving her the largest popular vote margin of any losing presidential candidate. AP FACT CHECK: Pence didn't call Michelle Obama 'vulgar'
By The Associated Press A widely shared story that claims Vice President-elect Mike Pence called Michelle Obama "the most vulgar first lady we've ever had" is untrue.
