Obama to press Trump to preserve Cuba detente: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will make his case directly to President-elect Donald Trump not to derail the recent U.S.-Cuba detente, the White House said on Tuesday, insisting that “turning back the clock” would be damaging to American…
Tech employees vow not to help Trump surveil Muslims, deport immigrants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 200 employees of technology companies including Alphabet Inc’s Google, Twitter Inc and Salesforce pledged on Tuesday to not help U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration build a data registry to track people b…
U.S. judge to review FBI’s Clinton emails search warrant
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday directed federal prosecutors to show him the search warrant application used to enable the FBI to access emails related to Hillary Clinton’s private server that were discovered shortly before the Nov. 8 pres…
U.S. Energy Department balks at Trump request for names on climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department said on Tuesday it will not comply with a request from President-elect Donald Trump’s Energy Department transition team for the names of people who have worked on climate change and the professional soc…
Microsoft co-founder Gates, Trump discuss innovation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said he and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had a good conversation about “the power of innovation” on a variety of issues, including health and education.
Trump picks former Texas Governor Perry as energy secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump has chosen former Texas Governor Rick Perry to head the U.S. Department of Energy, a source close to the president-elect said, putting him in charge of an agency he proposed eliminating during his bid for the 2012 Re…
More votes than voters in many Detroit precincts: newspaper
(Reuters) – Numerous voting machines in heavily Democratic Detroit showed a greater number of ballots than poll workers records said were cast in the Nov. 8 presidential election, the Detroit News reported on Tuesday.
Trump weighs two more U.S. lawmakers for top Interior post: POLITICO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is considering U.S. Representatives Raul Labrador of Idaho and Ryan Zinke of Montana for Interior secretary even as fellow Republican lawmaker Cathy McMorris Rodgers remained the top contender, P…
Senate panel plans hearing on Russia hacking in January: spokeswoman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans a closed briefing and a public hearing on the Russia hacking issue as soon as the Senate returns from its year-end recess in the first week of January, a spokeswoman said.
U.S. says ‘one China’ policy should not be used as bargaining chip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday insisted that Washington’s “one China” policy should not be used as a “bargaining chip” with Beijing after President-elect Donald Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to be bound by its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of China.
