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| Most Americans See the Affluent and Corporations Gaining Power in Trump’s Washington | Most Americans See the Affluent and Corporations Gaining Power in Trump’s Washington |
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| Right Now: President Obama is addressing the press corps for the last time from the White House. Follow our live coverage and analysis. | |
| ■ Most Americans see corporations and the affluent gaining influence after President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office. | ■ Most Americans see corporations and the affluent gaining influence after President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office. |
| ■ The 9/11-era program that could form the basis of a Muslim registry has not been eradicated, despite President Obama’s efforts. | ■ The 9/11-era program that could form the basis of a Muslim registry has not been eradicated, despite President Obama’s efforts. |
| ■ The left goes after Steven Mnuchin, Mr. Trump’s choice to be Treasury secretary, over his leadership of a bank known for its aggressive foreclosures. | ■ The left goes after Steven Mnuchin, Mr. Trump’s choice to be Treasury secretary, over his leadership of a bank known for its aggressive foreclosures. |
| Nearly two-thirds of Americans say wealthy people will gain influence in the Washington of President Trump, and 74 percent say corporations will be empowered under the new president, a new survey by the Pew Research Center has found. | Nearly two-thirds of Americans say wealthy people will gain influence in the Washington of President Trump, and 74 percent say corporations will be empowered under the new president, a new survey by the Pew Research Center has found. |
| Only 8 percent say the rich will lose influence. | Only 8 percent say the rich will lose influence. |
| The findings stand in stark contrast to a Trump campaign when Mr. Trump tailored his appeal to working-class white voters and led chants of “drain the swamp.” Since then, Mr. Trump has tapped billionaires to lead the Army, the departments of Commerce and Education and the Small Business Administration, and multimillionaires to head the Treasury and departments of State, Housing and Urban Development and Labor. | The findings stand in stark contrast to a Trump campaign when Mr. Trump tailored his appeal to working-class white voters and led chants of “drain the swamp.” Since then, Mr. Trump has tapped billionaires to lead the Army, the departments of Commerce and Education and the Small Business Administration, and multimillionaires to head the Treasury and departments of State, Housing and Urban Development and Labor. |
| In addition, about half of the public thinks whites (51 percent), men (51 percent) and conservative Christians (52 percent) will gain influence. Relatively small shares (no more than 15 percent) think any of these groups will lose clout in a Trump administration. | In addition, about half of the public thinks whites (51 percent), men (51 percent) and conservative Christians (52 percent) will gain influence. Relatively small shares (no more than 15 percent) think any of these groups will lose clout in a Trump administration. |
| The national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Jan. 4-9 among 1,502 adults, finds that majorities think Hispanics (56 percent), poor people (55 percent) and gays and lesbians (54 percent) will lose influence in Washington during Trump’s presidency. And far more say that blacks and women will lose influence than gain influence (48 percent to 19 percent for blacks, 46 percent to 23 percent for women). | The national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Jan. 4-9 among 1,502 adults, finds that majorities think Hispanics (56 percent), poor people (55 percent) and gays and lesbians (54 percent) will lose influence in Washington during Trump’s presidency. And far more say that blacks and women will lose influence than gain influence (48 percent to 19 percent for blacks, 46 percent to 23 percent for women). |
| The president-elect would like the world to know he is writing his inaugural address — so much that he has put photographic evidence on Twitter. | The president-elect would like the world to know he is writing his inaugural address — so much that he has put photographic evidence on Twitter. |
| Warily looking at the incoming Trump administration, President Obama moved in recent weeks to eliminate all vestiges of a program created after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that required men from countries with active terrorist groups to provide their fingerprints and to register with the federal government. | Warily looking at the incoming Trump administration, President Obama moved in recent weeks to eliminate all vestiges of a program created after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that required men from countries with active terrorist groups to provide their fingerprints and to register with the federal government. |
| It turns out the program could still be revived, according to a new congressional report. | It turns out the program could still be revived, according to a new congressional report. |
| Last month, the Obama administration published new rules in the Federal Register that removed the regulations that created the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System. Under the program, men from 25 countries, most with majority Muslim populations in Africa and the Middle East, were required to register with the federal government. | Last month, the Obama administration published new rules in the Federal Register that removed the regulations that created the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System. Under the program, men from 25 countries, most with majority Muslim populations in Africa and the Middle East, were required to register with the federal government. |
| But the Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress, said the program could still be revived because the law creating it remains on the books. | But the Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress, said the program could still be revived because the law creating it remains on the books. |
| “Despite the Obama Administration’s action, the statutory authority under which the removed regulations were promulgated remains in effect and could potentially” be used to impose a similar registry requirement in the future, the report said. | “Despite the Obama Administration’s action, the statutory authority under which the removed regulations were promulgated remains in effect and could potentially” be used to impose a similar registry requirement in the future, the report said. |
| Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state and a member of Mr. Trump’s transition team, helped devise the registry program while at the Justice Department in the administration of President George W. Bush. | Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state and a member of Mr. Trump’s transition team, helped devise the registry program while at the Justice Department in the administration of President George W. Bush. |
| In November, shortly after the election, Mr. Kobach was photographed with a document of first-year proposals that included, under the rubric “Bar the Entry of Potential Terrorists,” a proposal to reintroduce the registry program. | In November, shortly after the election, Mr. Kobach was photographed with a document of first-year proposals that included, under the rubric “Bar the Entry of Potential Terrorists,” a proposal to reintroduce the registry program. |
| A coalition of liberal groups, including the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Allied Progress Action and Demand Progress Action, will begin a television advertising campaign aimed at Steven Mnuchin, Mr. Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury, for his leadership of a Southern California bank known for its aggressive foreclosures. | A coalition of liberal groups, including the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Allied Progress Action and Demand Progress Action, will begin a television advertising campaign aimed at Steven Mnuchin, Mr. Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury, for his leadership of a Southern California bank known for its aggressive foreclosures. |
| The ad featuring Lisa Fraser, a widow whose house was foreclosed on by the bank, OneWest, will begin airing Wednesday in the states of five Republican senators: Dean Heller of Nevada, Jeff Flake and John McCain of Arizona, and Charles E. Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa. | The ad featuring Lisa Fraser, a widow whose house was foreclosed on by the bank, OneWest, will begin airing Wednesday in the states of five Republican senators: Dean Heller of Nevada, Jeff Flake and John McCain of Arizona, and Charles E. Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa. |
| Trump inauguration organizers have practically boasted that they don’t need A-list celebrities for the festivities, since they have the biggest name of all: Mr. Trump. | |
| Well, organizers of the Women’s March on Washington, which is expected to bring tens of thousands of people together to protest the new president on Saturday, has an A-list roster of liberal activists to cheer on the rally. | |
| Among them are Angela Davis, Gloria Steinem, Ashley Judd and Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Van Jones, a CNN commentator who declared that Mr. Trump’s victory represented a “whitelash” against a black president, filmmaker Michael Moore, and Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington will be on hand. | |
| So will Ilyasah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s daughter, Maryum Ali, one of Muhammad Ali’s daughters,and the Mothers of the Movement, a group of several women whose children were killed in racially charged incidents and who campaigned heavily for Hillary Clinton. | |
| The beauty pageant that was Mr. Trump’s secretary of state selection was full of drama: Would the disgraced Gen. David H. Petraeus be exonerated? Would Mitt Romney swallow enough of his pride to get into the good graces of the man he had called a fraud? Would Rudolph W. Giuliani somehow come in from the cold? | The beauty pageant that was Mr. Trump’s secretary of state selection was full of drama: Would the disgraced Gen. David H. Petraeus be exonerated? Would Mitt Romney swallow enough of his pride to get into the good graces of the man he had called a fraud? Would Rudolph W. Giuliani somehow come in from the cold? |
| And in the end, seemingly at the last minute, Mr. Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, swept in to receive the president-elect’s nod. | And in the end, seemingly at the last minute, Mr. Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, swept in to receive the president-elect’s nod. |
| At a dinner at the sumptuous Mellon Auditorium in Washington on Tuesday night to honor the inaugural committee’s chairman, Thomas Barrack Jr., Mr. Trump said he had always wanted Mr. Tillerson, implying that the rest was for show. He called him the “man that I wanted right from the beginning.” | At a dinner at the sumptuous Mellon Auditorium in Washington on Tuesday night to honor the inaugural committee’s chairman, Thomas Barrack Jr., Mr. Trump said he had always wanted Mr. Tillerson, implying that the rest was for show. He called him the “man that I wanted right from the beginning.” |
| And why not? | And why not? |
| “He’s led this charmed life,” Mr. Trump said. “He goes into a country, takes the oil, goes into another country. It’s tough dealing with these politicians, right?” | “He’s led this charmed life,” Mr. Trump said. “He goes into a country, takes the oil, goes into another country. It’s tough dealing with these politicians, right?” |
| The president-elect has been circumspect, to say the least, in his criticism of the Russian president. | The president-elect has been circumspect, to say the least, in his criticism of the Russian president. |
| But the departing vice president, Mr. Biden, went to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and showed on Tuesday what criticism of the Kremlin could look like, attacking Russia for election interference not only in the United States but also in Europe. | But the departing vice president, Mr. Biden, went to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and showed on Tuesday what criticism of the Kremlin could look like, attacking Russia for election interference not only in the United States but also in Europe. |
| “Their purpose is clear — to collapse the liberal international order,” Mr. Biden told the elite gathering. “Simply put, Mr. Putin has a different vision for the future, which Russia is pursuing across the board. They seek a return to a world where the strong impose their will through military might, corruption or criminality — while weaker neighbors fall in line.” | “Their purpose is clear — to collapse the liberal international order,” Mr. Biden told the elite gathering. “Simply put, Mr. Putin has a different vision for the future, which Russia is pursuing across the board. They seek a return to a world where the strong impose their will through military might, corruption or criminality — while weaker neighbors fall in line.” |
| The Senate Finance Committee was once a vision of bipartisan comity, especially when it came to presidential nominees. When they ruled the roost, Senators Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, and Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, brought down the nomination of former Senator Tom Daschle to be President Obama’s health secretary, because of unpaid taxes. They almost felled Timothy F. Geithner as Mr. Obama’s Treasury secretary. | The Senate Finance Committee was once a vision of bipartisan comity, especially when it came to presidential nominees. When they ruled the roost, Senators Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, and Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, brought down the nomination of former Senator Tom Daschle to be President Obama’s health secretary, because of unpaid taxes. They almost felled Timothy F. Geithner as Mr. Obama’s Treasury secretary. |
| The bipartisan comity is no more. | The bipartisan comity is no more. |
| Despite a string of articles (here, here and here) detailing questionable stock trades by Mr. Price, Republican of Georgia, the chairman of the Finance Committee, Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, scheduled a confirmation hearing on Jan. 24 for Mr. Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. | Despite a string of articles (here, here and here) detailing questionable stock trades by Mr. Price, Republican of Georgia, the chairman of the Finance Committee, Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, scheduled a confirmation hearing on Jan. 24 for Mr. Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. |
| The ranking Democrat, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, released a scathing statement Tuesday night. | The ranking Democrat, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, released a scathing statement Tuesday night. |
| The president-elect effusively praised the Harley-Davidson-riding Bikers for Trump, who have promised to keep their hero safe from the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who are descending on Washington. | The president-elect effusively praised the Harley-Davidson-riding Bikers for Trump, who have promised to keep their hero safe from the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who are descending on Washington. |
| “I saw the Bikers for Trump — boy, they had a scene today,” Mr. Trump said Tuesday night. “I don’t know if I would want to ride one of those, but they do like me. That’s like additional security with those guys, and they’re rough.” | “I saw the Bikers for Trump — boy, they had a scene today,” Mr. Trump said Tuesday night. “I don’t know if I would want to ride one of those, but they do like me. That’s like additional security with those guys, and they’re rough.” |
| The quip brought to mind the hiring of the Hells Angels to provide security for a rock concert at California’s Altamont Speedway in 1969, a decision that led to violence, injury and the death of one member of the audience. | The quip brought to mind the hiring of the Hells Angels to provide security for a rock concert at California’s Altamont Speedway in 1969, a decision that led to violence, injury and the death of one member of the audience. |
| Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates will stay on as acting attorney general until the incoming Trump administration can install a Senate-confirmed top law enforcement officer at the Justice Department. | Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates will stay on as acting attorney general until the incoming Trump administration can install a Senate-confirmed top law enforcement officer at the Justice Department. |
| The decision to keep on Ms. Yates, along with all United States attorneys and marshals for the time being, was practical. With Loretta E. Lynch stepping aside as attorney general, the new administration needed someone to sign the foreign intelligence surveillance warrants that continually cycle through the attorney general’s office. | The decision to keep on Ms. Yates, along with all United States attorneys and marshals for the time being, was practical. With Loretta E. Lynch stepping aside as attorney general, the new administration needed someone to sign the foreign intelligence surveillance warrants that continually cycle through the attorney general’s office. |