Trump targets another company, draws Sanders’ criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump drew a rebuke from former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday, after turning his attention to another Indiana company planning a move to Mexico.
Duterte says felt rapport with Trump, assures U.S.-Philippines ties intact
MANILA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte described as “encouraging” his phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, during which he felt a rapport between them and gave assurance that ties were intact, despite a…
House adopts massive defense bill, sees changes under Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a defense policy bill on Friday without some controversial provisions that had worried Democrats, but Republican lawmakers said they expect to revisit the issues once Republican Donald Tru…
Trump moves to quickly fill his top Cabinet ranks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he expected to have most members of his Cabinet announced next week, interviewing more candidates at Trump Tower for top jobs in his administration as he prepares to take office on Jan. 20.
Trump supporters try to block vote recounts in three states
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supporters of President-elect Donald Trump moved on Friday to halt the Green Party’s requests for long-shot recounts of the presidential votes in three states where Trump, a Republican, won with narrow victories.
Mattis likely to become defense secretary, despite Democrats’ concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congress is expected to approve President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of retired Marine Corps General James “Mad Dog” Mattis as secretary of defense, despite Democratic concerns that it ignores a long tradition of civilian contro…
Obama expresses confidence in incoming U.N. chief Guterres
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said he was confident that United Nations secretary general-elect Antonio Guterres would be an effective leader of the international organization.
U.S. spy agencies fight Congress over plan for probe of covert Russian influence campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. intelligence officer has asked Congress to drop a provision in a pending bill that would create a special committee to combat Russian efforts to exert covert influence abroad, saying such a panel would duplicate curr…
Trump creates business advisory council stacked with CEOs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump announced the formation of a council to advise him on job creation, a group comprised of the leaders of a variety of major U.S. corporations including GE, GM, Boeing, Disney and IBM.
On final trip, Carter looks to reassure Asia allies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter makes his last scheduled trip to Asia next week, and he will try to sooth anxieties caused by Donald Trump’s election, U.S. officials said.
