Trump wins Electoral College vote; a few electors break ranks
SEATTLE/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump prevailed in U.S. Electoral College voting on Monday to officially win election as the next president, easily dashing a long-shot push by a small movement of detractors to try to block him from …
F-35 chief defends program after Trump criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet program is essential for the security of the United States and its allies, a Pentagon official said on Monday, looking to defend the program a week after President-elect Donald Trump critic…
Trump nominates trading firm founder Viola as Army secretary
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Vincent Viola, an Army veteran and founder of a high-speed trading firm, to be secretary of the Army, adding another figure from the business world without government experience…
U.S. chief justice refuses to force vote on Obama high court pick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday rejected a New Mexico lawyer’s long-shot bid to force a Senate confirmation vote on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court pick, Merrick Garland, after Republican senators refused to act …
U.S. judge orders unsealing of Clinton email probe search warrant
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday ordered the unsealing of the application used to obtain a search warrant that allowed the FBI to gain access to emails related to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s private server before the No…
U.S. Interior Department finalizes rule to protect waterways from coal mining
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department on Monday finalized a contentious rule to protect streams and forests from the impact of coal mining, one of the Obama administration’s last major environmental regulations that the incoming Trump adm…
Trump’s infrastructure splurge would collide with U.S. skilled labor crunch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s drive to rebuild U.S. roads, bridges, ports and other public works projects with a $1 trillion infrastructure investment plan would come as the country faces a shortage of skilled laborers.
Kremlin says not in touch with Donald Trump’s team: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin is not in touch with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s team, Russian news agencies cited Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Monday.
Trump aide plays down prospect of upending ‘one China’ policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff on Sunday played down the prospect that Trump would revisit Washington’s decades-old “one China” policy, even though he suggested as much a week ago.
Saudi Arabia, U.S. play down reports of curbs on military support
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and the United States on Sunday played down media reports that Washington had decided to limit military support, including planned arms sales to the kingdom, over its war in Yemen.
