Trump picks Rep. Mulvaney to head White House budget office
(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Republican U.S. Representative Mick Mulvaney to be director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, a senior transition official said on Friday.
Peace prospects dead if Trump moves U.S. embassy to Jerusalem: Palestinian aide
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior Palestinian official warned on Friday that implementation of Donald Trump’s pledge to relocate the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem would destroy any prospects for peace with Israel, even as a spokesman for the U.S. President-elect said he remained committed to the move.
U.S. lawmakers press Heritage Pharma on high prices for antibiotic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. lawmakers are questioning whether Heritage Pharmaceuticals misled them in response to a 2014 congressional inquiry about the rising price a common antibiotic, after 20 U.S. states this week accused the company of price f…
Obama says made specific suggestions to Trump during ‘cordial’ conversations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday his conversations with President-elect Donald Trump have been cordial and in some cases he made specific suggestions and offered thoughts about maintaining the integrity of democratic instit…
U.S. intelligence agencies feud with Republicans over Russian hacking
Republican members of Congress are complaining that U.S. intelligence agencies are refusing to brief them widely on a classified CIA report that concluded Russia hacked Democratic Party data in an effort to help Donald Trump win the presidency.
As Trump riles China, Taiwan tallies defense costs
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Before getting too carried away with Taiwan’s elevated status under a Donald Trump presidency, President Tsai Ing-wen might want to check her bank balance.
White House chiefs of staff welcome new member to ranks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Eleven men who have held what is considered to be the toughest job in Washington – White House chief of staff – were to gather for lunch on Friday to welcome Reince Preibus, chief of staff to President-elect Donald Trump, to thei…
Putin turned Russia election hacks in Trump’s favor: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin supervised his intelligence agencies’ hacking of the U.S. presidential election and turned it from a general attempt to discredit American democracy to an effort to help Donald Trump, three U.S. o…
Trump to Pennsylvania: See you in four years
HERSHEY, Pa. (Reuters) – Ready for another Donald Trump presidential campaign? President-elect Trump, who begins his first White House term on Jan. 20, tossed out the idea of seeking re-election during a “thank you” rally held to express his appreciati…
Trump’s pick for envoy to Israel expects embassy in Jerusalem
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he will nominate bankruptcy attorney David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel, and Friedman said he looked forward to taking up his post in Jerusalem, implying a move from Tel Aviv…
