Ex-Senator Coats is top candidate for director of national intelligence: NBC News
(Reuters) – Former Republican Senator Dan Coats of Indiana is the leading candidate to serve as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, NBC News reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the discussions.
Exxon Mobil, Tillerson agree to cut all ties
(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp and Rex Tillerson agreed to sever all ties to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements as the company’s former chairman and chief executive awaits confirmation as U.S. secretary of state.
Trump names additional senior White House aides: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday filled out his incoming White House senior staff jobs, naming three deputy chiefs of staff to help with operations, Trump’s transition team said in a statement.
Trump to meet with CIA, FBI and DNI chiefs on Friday: spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump planned to meet with the heads of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday, a spokesman for the U.S. Republican president-…
California lawmakers hire Holder for fights with Trump
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers in the California legislature said on Wednesday they retained former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to help in any legal battles with President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
Rough start for U.S. Republicans on first day of Trump-era Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. Congress had a rough start to its first session of the Donald Trump era on Tuesday when a public outcry that included a dressing-down from the president-elect prompted the House of Representatives to backt…
Trump says he will get intelligence briefing on Russia hacking on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that a briefing he is to receive from U.S. intelligence officials on allegations of Russian hacking of the U.S. election had been delayed until Friday.
Fired from ‘Apprentice,’ Omarosa may get Trump White House job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Omarosa Manigault, best-known for repeatedly being fired on the TV show “The Apprentice,” is being considered for a job in Donald Trump’s White House, a member of the president-elect’s transition team said on Tuesday.
Trump says he will hold a news conference January 11 in New York
(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Twitter on Tuesday he will hold a news conference on Jan. 11 in New York.
U.S. House Republicans end plan to weaken ethics watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday reversed course and withdrew their proposal to weaken an outside ethics watchdog charged with investigating lawmakers’ behavior, House Speaker Paul Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said.
