Exxon CEO is now Trump’s secretary of state favorite – transition official
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson emerged on Friday as President-elect Donald Trump’s leading candidate for U.S. secretary of state, a senior transition official said.
Senate passes funding bill, Obama signs into law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Friday to fund the government through April and President Barack Obama promptly signed it into law, after Democrats who had sought more generous healthcare benefits for coal miners stopped de…
U.S. slated to sell $375 million of emergency reserve oil this winter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is slated to sell $375 million worth of crude oil from the country’s emergency reserve this winter after Congress passed a temporary spending bill on Friday that contained a measure authorizing the sale.
Wisconsin judge rejects bid to stop election recount
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Wisconsin on Friday rejected a request by President-elect Donald Trump supporters to stop a recount of election votes while the Michigan Supreme Court denied an appeal by Green Party candidate Jill Stein to restart the state…
Romney niece McDaniel is favorite to head Republican Party
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Reuters) – Michigan Republican Party Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel has emerged as President-elect Donald Trump’s favorite to head the party, appearing on Friday at a rally attended by him as part of his “thank you” tour.
CIA says Russia intervened to help Trump win White House: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, the Washington Post reported on Friday…
Giuliani pulls out of consideration to serve in administration: Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Friday he had removed his name from consideration for a position in Donald Trump’s new administration as the president-elect narrows the field of people he is considering for secretary …
Trump names Dow Chemical CEO Liveris to head Manufacturing Council
(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday he would name Andrew Liveris, chairman and chief executive of Dow Chemical Co, to head the Manufacturing Council, a private sector group that advises the U.S. secretary of commerce.
Trump team memo on climate change alarms Energy Department staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s Energy Department transition team sent the agency a memo this week asking for the names of people who have worked on climate change and the professional society memberships of lab workers, alarming …
Trump to name Goldman executive Cohn to key economic post
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely ask a senior Goldman Sachs banker to coordinate economic policy across his administration, turning again to Wall Street for expertise in managing the world’s largest economy, a …
