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Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, left, campaign CEO Steve Bannon, center, and Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus, right, celebrate as Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan on November 9, 2016.Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

Kellyanne Conway says Donald Trump Jr. "twirled" her in the air after Clinton called to concede in 2016.

The ex-White House counselor, who managed Trump's 2016 campaign, described the scene in her new book.

"We had defied the odds, denied the critics. Life changed in a flash," she wrote of the election's aftermath.

Most political observers saw Donald Trump as the underdog throughout the 2016 presidential race.

So when the reality television star won the presidency that November in large part by flipping the key swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, it was an unforgettable moment for the many Trump staffers who had worked tirelessly for the campaign.

And all eyes turned to former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, who managed Trump's 2016 presidential campaign beginning that August and had just led him to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

In her newly-released memoir, "Here's the Deal," Conway wrote of the moments after The Associated Press officially called the race for Trump.

The longtime pollster wrote that one of then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's sons pointed out that her phone was ringing.

"It was Huma Abedin, Hillary's closest aide and confidante and vice chair of her presidential campaign," Conway wrote. "Huma certainly had expected to speak with me this evening, though she never in her wildest dreams imagined she'd be the one making the concession call."

She continued: "Trump and his family were in the corner, just a few feet away. I walked the phone toward them. 'Be quiet, everyone!' I shrieked, needing to make our euphoria official, as I handed Trump my phone."

On the other end of the line was the former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

"Hillary wants to speak with you," she told Trump. "Congratulations, Mr. President-elect."

She added: "Thinking those words and saying them were two very difference experiences. We had defied the odds, denied the critics. Life changed in a flash."

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Conway then spoke of a gesture that was performed by Trump's eldest son as family members and campaign staffers were soaring high from the GOP victory.

"The instant the phone was out of my hand and into Donald Trump's, Don Jr. picked me up and twirled me in the air," she wrote. "We could overhear his father graciously complimenting his Democratic opponent .... He said he hoped he could rely on her to help in the days and months ahead."

After seeing virtually no pathway to victory in Michigan, Michigan, and Wisconsin and heeding the call from most major news networks, Clinton delivered a formal concession speech in Manhattan the day after the election.

However, the relationship between Clinton and Trump never recovered from the 2016 election and remains highly acrimonious.

Trump has repeatedly accused Clinton of spying on his campaign, while the former secretary of state railed against his policies during his White House tenure.

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The two Democratic primary candidates in New Jerseys 2nd Congressional District, vying for the right to face incumbent U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, in November, both said they joined the party in 2008 to vote in the presidential primary between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Carolyn Rush, an engineer from Sea Isle City, backed Clinton, hoping to help elect the first woman president of the United States.

Tim Alexander, a civil rights attorney and former law enforcement officer from Galloway Township, backed Obama in the hopes of electing the first Black president.

Now Alexander, 57, and Rush, 60, are presenting voters with a similar choice in the June 7 primary.

If elected, either of the two candidates would make history. It would be the first time either a Black man or a woman of any race represented New Jerseys 2nd District in Congress.

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Both are strongly pro-choice, support lowering the age for Medicare eligibility to expand health care coverage, and both are focused on the need to bring better paying jobs to South Jersey while also combating climate change. Both cite social justice, civil rights and LGBTQ rights as major priorities.

Second district Democratic congressional candidates are hoping their voters will be extra mo

Rush, however, sees herself as a minority of a different kind. Only 4% of congressional representatives are engineers, she said. In contrast, she said, about 40% are attorneys like Alexander.

Given the need to move forward on climate change and other technology-related issues, its best to increase engineers in Congress, Rush said.

Alexander, who has racked up endorsements from most county committees and from big names including former congressional candidate Amy Kennedy and former Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo, D-Atlantic, said he has had people of color tell him they are backing him and feel its important to have more Black representatives.

There are a lot of people who say, Weve got your back. I appreciate that from the perspective of being a Black man, he said.

The Collective PAC was one of his earliest endorsers, he said. It backs minority candidates running for the first time.

But he wants to keep the focus on the issues.

Democratic 2nd District congressional candidate Carolyn Rush is lashing out against her own

It will be historic, but thats not what this race is about, Alexander said. Its about the economy. I want issues to be the reason people come out to vote.

He also feels strongly that Democrats should not focus on beating each other, but on beating the incumbent.

I have always been running against Jeff Van Drew, not my primary opponents, Alexander said.

Alexander and Rush joined the party in a year that saw a major increase in Democratic registration nationally, largely due to heightened interest in the primary that year.

Registered Democrats went from about 39 million in 2006 to more than 43 million in 2008, while Republican voters remained steady at about 30 million.

As of June 2021, each party has gained about 6 million new registered voters. Democratic registration is at about 49 million, and Republican registration is at about 36 million.

Democratic congressional candidate Carolyn Rush may continue to use her slogan in Atlantic C

Alexander had always tended to vote Democratic, he said, but didnt join the party until 2008 because he was working for the Atlantic County Prosecutors Office and didnt want to be accused of favoring one party in investigations of voter fraud.

But the chance to vote for the first Black president made him declare himself a Democrat.

Without a doubt I knew it could cause me some backlash, Alexander said. I wanted to vote for Obama. I didnt want to have to tell my grandchildren if I have them that I didnt support Obama (in his bid for the nomination).

Rush said she, too, had always voted Democratic, but never found it necessary to vote in the New Jersey primaries because they happen too late to affect the party choice to run for president.

I wanted to vote for Hillary Clinton, Rush said. In hindsight I think it had pretty much been decided, but I was glad I did it. It was the right thing to do.

Although she didnt win any of the Democratic county committee endorsements in the six south

By 2012 she was such a fan of Obama, however, she volunteered for his reelection campaign. It was the first time she became involved in a political campaign, she said.

I just thought it was time for a strong and powerful woman, and she was that, Rush said of Clinton in 2008. I had wanted her, but I was thrilled with him.

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Iraq to further ramp up capacity to 8 mil b/d by 2028

Ihsan Ismaael has given conflicting timelines for capacity ramp-up

Iraq is seeking IOC help to develop its fields

Iraq is looking to boost is oil production capacity to 5 million b/d by 2025, the country's oil minister said during a visit to France, as OPEC's second largest producers seeks to drum up foreign investments to help develop its oil fields.

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Iraq is seeking to further ramp up its oil production capacity to 8 million b/d by 2028, Ihsan Ismaael said during his visit to France where he met with the foreign minister, the oil ministry said in a May 28 statement.

Ismaael has given conflicting timelines for boosting the country's oil production capacity, which he said on May 15 would rise from the current 4.8 million b/d to 6 million b/d by 2027. That figure is lower than the 8 million b/d target he had previously set for 2027.

Iraq is seeking the help of international oil companies to ramp up its oil production capacity but its political instability, investment climate and energy transition trends are hampering its ability to attract sufficient foreign investment into its energy sector.

Rising insecurity, political gridlock and bureaucratic inefficiency threatens to accelerate the exit of IOCs, according to Platts Analytics by S&P Global Commodity Insights, which forecasts that a projected capacity growth of around 400,000 b/d by 2030 will be curtailed.

Iraq has struggled with technical issues at some of its key oil fields, but its crude output jumped to a two-year high of 4.43 million b/d in April, according to data from federal state oil marketer SOMO.

During his visit to France, Ismaael met with TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne and discussed speeding up the implementation of a $27 billion deal to develop four energy projects in southern Iraq.

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A photo for President Sisi, King Abdullah II, the Crown Price of Abu Dhabi, and Iraqi Prime Minister from the Egyptian Presidency. The photo was cropped to show only the first three leaders.

CAIRO 29 May 2022: Jordan is working with the United Arab of Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Iraq to build foundations of political and economic cooperation, said Jordanian monarch King Abdullah II in a meeting with a number of former prime ministers at the Al Husseiniya Palace in Amman, on Sunday.

He added that Jordan maintains its relations with every party in the region and does not depend on one party, to diversify options for achieving its interests and securing its strategic needs.

The Jordanian king affirmed the importance of joint projects to fight poverty and unemployment, and to find solutions to food security, energy and water challenges.

Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company PJSC (ADQ) will allocate an investment fund of $10 billion to invest in projects emanating from the integrated industrial partnership between the UAE, Jordan and Egypt in the agreed sectors.

Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change, announced the integrated industrial partnership between the UAE, Jordan and Egypt, at the conference held in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, May 29.

Today, the UAE is entering a new phase, under an exceptional leadership that looks forward to the future and focuses its efforts on enhancing security and safety, peace and stability, as essential enablers of growth and prosperity that serve humankind, in the Emirates, the region, and the world at large, the minister said.

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