U.S. national security handover to Trump bumpy, officials say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s national security transition has been more chaotic than others in recent memory, with important positions unfilled and many of his people less able, or willing, to engage on substance, U.S. official…
Nason, former Treasury official, being vetted for Fed role: sources
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – David Nason, a General Electric executive and former Treasury Department official, is the front runner to become the Federal Reserve’s top Wall Street regulator under President-elect Donald Trump, sources familiar with t…
Rights group files legal request on Trump business ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union filed a legal request with several government agencies on Thursday demanding details on Donald Trump’s potential conflicts of interest related to the extensive business affairs of the incoming U…
Trump won’t wait to act on trade pact vows: spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump will not wait for Congress to confirm his Cabinet positions to act on his vows to withdraw from the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFT…
Senate to vote on just two Trump national security picks on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate is due to vote on Friday on two retired Marine generals who are President-elect Donald Trump’s choices as secretary of defense and secretary of homeland security, but Democrats promised fights over several other nomine…
U.S. transfers four Guantanamo inmates in waning hours of Obama tenure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sent four detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking President Barack Obama’s final prisoner transfers from a facility whose continued exi…
As Trump emissary to Congress, Mike Pence faces potential obstacle – his boss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shortly after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election in November, Vice President-elect Mike Pence visited the country’s largest manufacturing lobby group, six blocks from the White House, to brainstorm about Trump’s legislative agenda.
Trump to visit CIA headquarters on Saturday: transition official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump plans to visit CIA headquarters on Saturday on his first full day as U.S. president, as he takes command of an agency that he has harshly criticized, a transition official said on Thursday.
Trump’s energy pick Perry softens stance on climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the U.S. Energy Department, said during a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday that global warming caused by humans is real, but that efforts to combat it should not cost …
Obama commutes prison sentences for 330 before leaving office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 330 federal inmates, particularly drug offenders, on Thursday, making his quest to reduce what he viewed as overly harsh punishments one of his final acts in office.
