Senators call for probe of cyber attacks by Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican and Democratic senators called on Sunday for a special bipartisan panel to investigate cyber attacks against the United States by foreign countries with a focus on Russia’s alleged efforts to influence the U.S. pr…
Senators call for panel to investigate Russian hacking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four Senators on Sunday called for the creation of a bipartisan investigative panel that would investigate U.S. government allegations that Russia and other foreign countries tried to hack the U.S. elections.
Under threat in Washington, first lady’s food legacy may live on elsewhere
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michelle Obama will be ceding the title of first lady to Melania Trump next month, but she may hold for some time the other distinction she earned during her time in the White House: America’s best known advocate for healthy food.
With water cannons and Southern belles, Trump ends ‘thank you’ tour
MOBILE, Ala. (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump wrapped up his post-election “thank you” tour on Saturday with celebratory geysers from water cannons, greetings from hoop-skirted Southern belles and some gloating over the TV newscasters who …
Trump builds team of bosses to shake up Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With more than 20 nominees now selected, Donald Trump’s cabinet appears much like the president-elect himself: mostly older, white males, many of them wealthy, who see themselves as risk-takers and deal-makers and prize action over deliberation.
Trump says picks Mulvaney to be White House budget director
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he has chosen U.S. Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina to be his White House budget director, turning to a fiscal conservative to help pursue his policy agenda.
U.S. to disclose estimate of number of Americans under surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. intelligence community will soon disclose an estimate of the number of Americans whose electronic communications have been caught in the crosshairs of online surveillance programs intended for foreigners, U.S. lawmakers …
North Carolina lawmakers pass curbs on incoming Democratic governor
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Republican-dominated legislature passed a series of measures on Friday to curtail the executive authority of Democratic Governor-elect Roy Cooper just weeks before he is to succeed a Republican in the executiv…
Obama points finger at Putin for hacks during U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday strongly suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally authorized the computer hacks of Democratic Party emails that American intelligence officials say were aimed at helping Republic…
Obama says change in U.S. policy toward Taiwan would have consequences with China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday it was fine for President-elect Donald Trump to review Washington’s “one-China” policy toward Taiwan, but he cautioned that a shift could lead to significant consequences in the U.S. relation…
