Kerry tells State Department to cooperate with U.S. President-elect Trump
SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he had told State Department officials to fully cooperate with President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
U.S. spy agencies to begin top secret Trump briefings within days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies will soon begin giving President-elect Donald Trump the same top secret national security briefings they give President Barack Obama, current and former intelligence officials said Wednesday.
Senate’s McConnell says Obamacare repeal high on agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said repealing the Obamacare health insurance system is a “pretty high item on our agenda” for the new Congress that was elected on Tuesday, calling it the “single worst piece of …
Fractured Republicans come together in face of Trump triumph
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – One immediate consequence of Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the U.S. presidential race is that the identity crisis that convulsed the Republican Party during his tumultuous candidacy has been resolved.
Republican foreign policy veterans in quandary over Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some Republican foreign policy veterans who came out against Donald Trump during the presidential campaign said on Wednesday they were sticking to their guns following his election victory, but a few others signaled that objectio…
U.S. election was fair, despite voting obstacles: OSCE rights group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Wednesday that human rights were respected during Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election and there were few cases of intimidation, despite recent changes to election r…
Trump, U.S. Congress will agree on some issues, long-term questions loom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump will have an early Capitol Hill honeymoon with Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress when he takes office in January, but a long-term romance may be more challenging.
How the polls, including ours, missed Trump’s victory
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Two days ago, pollsters and statisticians gave Hillary Clinton odds of between 75 and 99 percent of winning the U.S. presidential election. How did so many get it so wrong?
Despair and introspection on U.S. coasts after Trump win
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans in liberal enclaves from New York to San Francisco reacted with shock and despair on Wednesday to Republican businessman Donald Trump’s defeat of Democrat Hillary Clinton, with many struggling to explain the result…
Trump due in court before Oval Office
(Reuters) – Within a few weeks of winning the White House, President-elect Donald Trump could face another group of U.S. citizens, a federal jury in California, courtesy of a lawsuit by former students of his now-defunct Trump University who claim they…