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Kellyanne Conway's Sunday broadsides against Mitt Romney have exacerbated an increasingly strained relationship with Donald Trump and his senior advisers, including son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to more than a half-dozen sources involved in the transition efforts.

Conway, who served as Trump's campaign manager, has slowly receded from the president-elect's innermost circle -- she is not included either in interviews with potential cabinet nominees or in the deliberations over those candidates, said two people briefed on the matter.

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