Retirement plan offered by Trump pick Puzder sheds light on Labor rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fast food executive Andy Puzder, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Labor Department, could be in a position to undermine the agency’s new rule on retirement advice which has long been opposed by the financial ind…
Trump, U.S. House Speaker Ryan meet to discuss policy
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, were meeting on Friday to discuss their policy agenda, a spokeswoman for Ryan said.
WHO urges Trump to expand Obamacare, ensure healthcare for all
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to expand Obamacare and ensure all Americans have access to healthcare.
Biden does not see Trump undoing much of environmental record
OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday he doubted whether Donald Trump could undo much of the current administration’s record on the environment because so many green policies have firmly taken hold.
In Trump stronghold, factories are humming but paychecks are thin
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When President-elect Donald Trump returns to this factory town on Friday for a victory celebration, he will find a region that is already experiencing the manufacturing renaissance he promised on the campaign …
One-time Trump adviser Page sees opportunities in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Carter Page, a businessman previously described as a foreign-policy adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, said on Friday he saw significant business opportunities in Russia.
Trump gets one presidential intelligence briefing a week: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump is receiving an average of one presidential intelligence briefing a week, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter, far fewer than most of his recent predecessors.
Democrats plot uphill fight against some Trump nominations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats plan to fight some of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for top administration jobs, but history and the party’s minority status in the chamber are not on their side.
Trump’s EPA pick may struggle to dismantle Obama’s environmental legacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has fought President Barack Obama’s measures to curb climate change at every turn as attorney general of Oklahoma. Now he is hoping to take apart Obama’s environmental legacy from the inside out, a task that could prove tougher than it sounds.
Under Trump, Congress likely to pull plug on medical device tax
WARSAW, Indiana/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Donald Trump takes over as president on Jan. 20, one of the first business tax breaks he delivers is likely to go to the U.S. medical device industry and companies like Mark Throdahl’s.
