Lockheed Martin wins $450 million Pentagon contract: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a $450 million modification to a previous contract linked to the development and delivery of F-35A aircraft to South Korea, the Pentagon said in a statement on Thursday.
Trump fans’ ‘Deploraball’ party shows rift in alt-right movement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Supporters of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump have appropriated the phrase “basket of deplorables” – used by Hillary Clinton during the campaign to pillory some of his backers – to plan an inauguration party called the “Deploraba…
Obama sanctions Russia for intervening in 2016 election
HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday authorized a series of sanctions against Russia for intervening in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and warned of more action to come.
Trump populism comes to Canada as Conservatives seek leader
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s answer to Donald Trump is a pediatric surgeon and former cabinet minister who, like the U.S. president-elect, is railing against immigration and political elites.
Sprint, OneWeb say 8,000 jobs announced by Trump are part of SoftBank pledge
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said telecommunications group Sprint Corp and a U.S. satellite company OneWeb will bring 8,000 jobs to the United States, and the companies said the positions were part of a p…
Senator McCain says has ‘concerns’ about Tillerson nomination
VILNIUS (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, will have to explain his relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at his confirmation hearing, senior Republican senator John McCain said on Th…
Trump tax reforms could depend on little-known ‘scoring’ panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s goal of overhauling the U.S. tax code in 2017 will depend partly on the work of an obscure congressional committee tasked with estimating how much future economic growth will result from tax cuts.
Asked about Russia sanctions, Trump says ‘we ought to get on with our lives’
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that the United States and Russia lay to rest the controversy over Moscow’s computer hacking of Democratic Party computers, saying, “We ought to get on with our lives…
Trump says he had a ‘very good talk’ with Obama on Wednesday
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he had a good conversation with President Barack Obama on Wednesday, after earlier tweeting that the transition was not going smoothly.
Senators ask Trump EPA chief pick to disclose energy industry ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats on the U.S. Senate’s environment panel on Wednesday asked President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency to disclose his ties to the energy industry ahead of his confirmation hearing e…
