Haley lends Trump team diversity but little diplomatic heft
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – By picking fellow Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick rounded out his early Cabinet choices with his first woman and ethnic mi…
Trump names Haley, a foreign policy novice, as envoy to U.N.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Wednesday named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a former critic with little foreign policy experience, as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations at a time of uncertainty over Ame…
Trump taps Michigan Republican DeVos for education secretary: reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped wealthy Republican donor and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos to lead the U.S. Education Department, a post she has accepted, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Polling calls to U.S. Muslims raise surveillance fears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Muslims across the United States feared they were being targeted for surveillance this week when they received automated polling calls asking them to press one if they identified as Muslim or two if they did not.
Trump defeated Clinton by 10,704 votes in Michigan: unofficial tally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican President-elect Donald Trump defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 10,704 votes in the state of Michigan, according to certified unofficial county-by-county results released on Wednesday by the Michigan secretar…
Trump has not offered Carson U.S. housing post: spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump has not extended an offer to retired neurosurgeon and former presidential rival Ben Carson to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a Carson spokesman said on Wednesday, disputing a re…
Elton John denies he will play at Trump inauguration
(Reuters) – Britain’s Sir Elton John will not perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington as U.S. president, the singer-songwriter’s spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Big banks’ relationship with Dodd-Frank: it’s complicated
(Reuters) – Having spent billions of dollars on post-crisis U.S. financial industry reforms they once scorned, bankers are concerned the Trump administration, joined by a like-minded Congress, will scrap or significantly change the rules.
Mexican cement maker ready to help Trump build border wall
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican cement maker is ready to lend its services to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to build the wall he wants to erect on the southern border of the United States to curb immigration.
Carson talks with Trump team, says he can make ‘inner cities great’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Republican rival-turned-supporter Ben Carson on Wednesday said he could serve a role under Donald Trump after talks with the president-elect’s team.
