U.S. seeks to reassure Beijing after Trump call with Taiwan leader
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The White House said on Monday it had sought to reassure China after President-elect Donald Trump’s phone call with Taiwan’s leader last week, which the Obama administration warned could undermine progress in relations wi…
After hesitation, Carson accepts Trump’s offer to head U.S. housing department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a rival-turned-supporter of Donald Trump, overcame his stated qualms about a lack of government experience on Monday to accept the president-elect’s nomination to lead the Department of Housing an…
California prepares to fight Trump on immigration, other issues
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Democrat-controlled California are already laying the groundwork to fight President-elect Donald Trump’s conservative populist agenda.
Defying Trump, Green Party pursues recounts in three states
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein pressed her case on Monday for recounts of U.S. presidential ballots in three states, and locked horns with President-elect Donald Trump over her motives.
Trump, ex-Vice President Gore meet to talk climate policy
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, a leading voice in the fight against climate change, and Donald Trump, who at one point called it a hoax, met on Monday in what Gore called a “productive” session.
Top U.S. Marine’s wish-list for Trump goes well beyond troop hikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Marine Corps Commandant General Robert Neller, like much of the Pentagon top brass, is pretty happy about President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to rebuild America’s military after years of congressionally imposed sp…
Trump fires opening salvo in risky test of wills with Beijing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump indicated a tougher U.S. approach to China by speaking to Taiwan’s president last week, but how far he will push a risky test of wills to wring concessions from Beijing on issues from trade to No…
U.S. top court weighs race challenges to legislative districts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday struggled over how to determine when states have unlawfully considered race in drawing legislative districts as they weighed cases in which Republicans in Virginia and North Carolina were acc…
New House labor committee chair questions need for unions
(Reuters) – The incoming chair of the congressional panel that oversees labor issues on Monday questioned the need for unions and said she wants to repeal various Obama administration labor policies.
Trump meets former Vice President Gore in New York: Gore
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday met with former Vice President Al Gore, an environmental activist who has devoted years to fighting climate change, Gore told reporters.
