Former President George H.W. Bush watched inaugural from hospital room
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who has spent nearly a week at a Houston hospital where he is being treated for pneumonia, watched the inauguration of President Donald Trump from the intensive care unit, a family spoke…
Republicans in London celebrate Trump’s inauguration
LONDON (Reuters) – Under the gaze of a life-sized cardboard figure of Donald Trump, some 200 of his supporters gathered at an exclusive club near the Ritz hotel in London to celebrate Friday’s inauguration of America’s 45th president.
Germany says U.S. under Trump must abide by trade deals
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States must stick to international agreements under the presidency of Donald Trump, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday, adding he did not expect a major trade war despite Trump’s attack on German car…
In Trump We Trust: Inauguration prompts celebration in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin may have spent years reviling America, but Russians hoping Donald Trump will usher in a new era of detente marked his inauguration on Friday with parties and trinkets from commemorative coins to “matryoshka” nesting doll…
On Inauguration Eve, Trumpsters party in the ‘swamp’ of Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – They voted to “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C., but on the night before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, they came to wallow in it.
U.S. Treasury nominee Mnuchin hammered over offshore tax havens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday he would work to eliminate the need for offshore tax havens, as Democratic senators accused the Wall Street veteran of using such vehicles to shelter hedge fund mone…
Washington braces for anti-Trump protests, New Yorkers march
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Washington turned into a virtual fortress on Thursday ahead of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, while thousands of people took to the streets of New York and Washington to express their displeasure with his comi…
Japan PM aims to strengthen U.S. alliance under President Trump
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking in parliament hours before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, said on Friday he wanted to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Executive actions ready to go as Trump prepares to take office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to take the opening steps to crack down on immigration, build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and roll back outgoing President Ba…
Conflicted U.S. capital prepares to host Trump’s inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rob Cortis calls it the “Trump Unity Bridge” – a bulky, metal 45-foot structure welded to two wheels and bedecked with red, white and blue signs echoing President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign themes.
