Former congressman Mike Rogers announced Tuesday that he has left Donald Trump’s transition team, handing off his national security adviser responsibilities to incoming Vice President Mike Pence and “the stellar new leadership team,” reports CNN.

• AP: LAPD Chief: Police Won’t Help Deport Immigrants Under Trump
• Daily Caller: Google Lost Big On Its Clinton Bet
• Town Hall: CNN Anchor Who Accused Trump of Waging a ‘War on the Media’ Says He Needs to Do Some ‘Soul-searching’
• Daily Caller: Ladies at $65,992-Per-Year College Mourn Trump Win With Safe Space, ‘Feminist Coloring Pages’
• WashExaminer: Professors at Thomas Jefferson’s U.Va. Want His Words Banned

President-elect Donald Trump is attempting to calm warring Republican circles by appointing GOP chief Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff and Breitbart News executive Stephen Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor, reports AP.

• WashTimes: Trump Promises Pro-Life, Pro-Gun Judges, Will Keep Some Obama Policies in Place
• Politico: Trump Says He’s ‘Fine’ With Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage
• WashExaminer: Trump’s Plan to Bring Back Coal Country Places EPA in Crosshairs
• The Hill: CBS News Under Fire for Holding Clip of Trump Telling Supporters Not to Attack Minorities
• Daily Caller: Failed Presidential Candidate Declares War on the Electoral College

Another night of nationwide protests against Donald Trump’s election escalated into what police termed a riot in Portland, where thousands marched and some smashed store windows, lit firecrackers and started a dumpster blaze, reports AP.

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• The Hill: KKK to Hold Parade in North Carolina Celebrating Trump Victory
• AP: Grubhub CEO Backtracks After Asking Trump Supporters to Quit
• Daily Beast: De Blasio: NYC Will Resist Trump Plans 
• WashTimes: Trump Can Eviscerate Obama’s Policies by Dropping Lawsuits, Revoking Memos