Clinton, other former top diplomats mark new diplomacy center
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four current and former U.S. secretaries of state, including Hillary Clinton, gathered at the State Department on Tuesday to mark the ceremonial opening of a museum on American diplomacy.
Trump to Republicans: Act swiftly to replace Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday pressured fellow Republicans working to repeal Obamacare in Congress to pass a replacement for the healthcare law at the same time or soon after they vote to dismantle it.
Robert Kennedy Jr. says tapped by Trump to head vaccine safety review
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Vaccination skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would chair a presidential panel to review vaccine safety and science at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s request, drawing fierce criticism from vaccine experts who fear such a pa…
U.S. Senate hearings delayed for three wealthy Trump nominees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate has postponed confirmation hearings for three nominees to serve in President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, all wealthy people with wide-ranging potential conflicts of interest, including billionaire Wilbur Ross for Commerce secretary.
Christie to battle New Jersey’s drug abuse problem in last year as governor
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, trying to redeem himself at home and nationally after a scandal-tarred 2016, said on Tuesday he will make tackling New Jersey’s spiraling drug-abuse epidemic the focus of his last year in office.
Bridgewater executive McCormick declines Defense Department role
NEW YORK (Reuters) – David McCormick has declined an offer to be U.S. deputy secretary of defense in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
Debate over firing U.S. consumer watchdog director intensifies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The debate over whether President-elect Donald Trump should fire the head of a U.S. consumer watchdog after taking office came to a boil on Tuesday, with congressional lawmakers sending off strong letters that dug into constituti…
U.S. lawmakers want Russia sanctions over hacking, Ukraine, Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican and Democratic senators said Tuesday they want to slap a wide range of sanctions on Russia over its cyber activities and actions in Syria and Ukraine, and force President Donald Trump to formally waive them if he …
Amid hacking row, pressure builds on Trump to soften pro-Russia rhetoric
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump is finding himself caught between his desire to improve relations with Russia and fellow Republicans who are pushing for a harsher response to what American spy agencies say was the Kremlin’s meddling…
Report on Russian hacking relied on human sources, technical collection: U.S. spy chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on Tuesday the U.S. intelligence community’s report concluding that Russia orchestrated hacks during the 2016 presidential campaign was based on a mix of human sources, collec…
