Judge lets Wisconsin officials decide how to perform presidential vote recount
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Local officials in Wisconsin will decide for themselves how to carry out a presidential election recount after a state judge on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit by former Green Party candidate Jill Stein to have the ballots counted by h…
Trump picks loyalists for economic posts, Obamacare critic for cabinet
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump chose a former Goldman Sachs banker and a billionaire investor on Tuesday to steer economic policy in his administration and a fierce Obamacare critic to dismantle President Barack Obama’s signatur…
CIA’s Brennan says tearing up Iran deal would be ‘folly’
LONDON (Reuters) – Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan has said it would be the “height of folly” for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to tear up Washington’s deal with Tehran because it would make it more likely that Iran and others would acquire nucl…
Federal judges order North Carolina to redraw legislative districts
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A U.S. federal court on Tuesday set a March 15 deadline for North Carolina state lawmakers to redraw legislative districts found to be racially “gerrymandered,” and ordered a new round of elections by next November for t…
Trump expected to name former Goldman banker Mnuchin for Treasury: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. e…
Health industry breathes easier as post-Obamacare path stabilizes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hospitals and health insurers are gaining confidence that their nightmare scenario – millions of Americans instantly losing health insurance once President-elect Donald Trump delivers on a promise to “repeal and replace” Obamacare …
Trump flag-burning tweet leads activists to burn some flags in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A small group of hard-left activists burned foot-long U.S. flags outside the Trump International Hotel in New York on Tuesday, in an angry response to a tweet by President-elect Donald Trump that flag-burners should face legal cons…
Compromise reached on massive U.S. defense bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A compromise version of a massive U.S. defense policy bill omits controversial provisions such as a clause Democrats said allowed discrimination against homosexuals and a requirement that women register for the draft.
Trump expected to pick investor Wilbur Ross as U.S. commerce secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Wilbur Ross, a billionaire known for his investments in distressed industries, to head the Commerce Department, a Republican source familiar with the decision told Reuters on …
No formal U.S. delegation to Castro memorial: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will not send a presidential delegation to Cuba for communist leader Fidel Castro’s memorial service, the White House said on Tuesday, reflecting the tortuous history of U.S.-Cuban relations.
