North Carolina governor concedes election to Democratic opponent
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Monday conceded the state’s contested gubernatorial race to Democrat Roy Cooper, almost four weeks after the Nov. 8 election that many viewed as a referendum on a law limiting trans…
U.S. court puts Obamacare case on hold until Trump takes office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday brought to an end President Barack Obama’s bid to overturn a ruling that threatens to gut his signature healthcare law by putting the case on hold until after President-elect Donald Trump, who ai…
Trump supports completion of Dakota Access Pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said for the first time that he supports the completion of a pipeline project near a North Dakota Indian reservation, which has been the subject of months of protests by tribes and en…
Trump advisors aim to privatize oil-rich Indian reservations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Native American reservations cover just 2 percent of the United States, but they may contain about a fifth of the nation’s oil and gas, along with vast coal reserves.
Trump has broad power to implement immigration policies: legal experts
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump will be able to make many of his promised changes in immigration policy unilaterally by exercising the same kind of executive powers he criticized President Barack Obama for using.
Hawaii grandma’s plea launches women’s march in Washington
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hawaii grandmother Teresa Shook wanted to share her outrage with other women the night after Donald Trump was elected president, but she had few options in her remote island community. So she went on Facebook and in a popular polit…
Who collects costs for Trump’s Taiwan call?
BEIJING (Reuters) – There are many pressure points China can push to express its anger at Donald Trump’s call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen last week, including luring away more of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies and ramping up military deployments in …
Trump complains in tweets about Chinese policy after Taiwan call raises hackles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump complained about Chinese economic and military policy on Twitter on Sunday, showing no signs of a conciliatory approach after a phone conversation with Taiwan’s president raised hackles in Beijin…
U.S. defense elite rally behind Trump’s unusual Pentagon pick
SIMI VALLEY, California (Reuters) – Often fiercely divided over policy, Republican and Democratic national security elite gathering this weekend in California appeared to largely agree on one thing: President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secre…
Kerry says would be valuable for Trump to seek advice before calls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday it would be valuable for President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team to seek State Department recommendations before contacting foreign leaders but that it had yet to do so.
