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• President-elect Donald Trump's initial nominations signal a hard-line approach to security issues at home and abroad, as well as the new administration's willingness to smooth a historically rocky relationship with the Republican Party establishment.
• Vice President-elect Mike Pence attended a performance of the hit Broadway show Hamilton in New York City Friday evening, and word of his presence quickly spread through the audience and to the cast.
• "We are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our friends, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights," he said, asking the audience to stop booing and expressing hope the show inspired Pence to pursue a fresh policy course.
• Since last year, Zika has spread to more than 60 countries and an estimated 2,300 babies have been born with microcephaly, a birth defect tied to the virus that causes abnormally small heads and malformed brains.
• The Washington Post reported the blueprint also "dropped plans to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in the Atlantic Ocean off of four southeastern states, including Virginia."
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