Politics

Obama will go "right back" to work after taking break, top adviser says in PBS NewsHour interview

By Jessica Yarvin

In a wide-ranging interview with PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff, White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett said Obama “wants to continue to be a force for good” and “will speak out when he thinks his voice can move the needle.”…

WATCH: Obama awards VP Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom

By Associated Press

President Barack Obama is expected to pay tribute to Vice President Joe Biden at the White House. PBS NewsHour will live stream the event at 3 p.m. ET.

Justice Department watchdog to investigate DOJ, FBI actions months before election

By Ken Thomas, Associated Press

The Justice Department inspector general says he will investigate the actions of the Justice Department and FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election.

Congress to take first step toward dismantling Obamacare

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

But Republicans are not close to agreement among themselves on what any replacement for the health care law would look like.

Where Tillerson, pick for top diplomat, differs from Trump on issues

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

Rex Tillerson's foreign policy isn't sounding much like Donald Trump's.

Newly leaked dossier on Trump circulated in DC for months

By Jack Gillum, Associated Press

The purported Russian efforts were described in a newly released and uncorroborated dossier that was produced in August. But it circulated more widely in Washington in October.

States are writing bills to require presidential candidates to release tax returns

By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press

They're responding to President-elect Donald Trump's decision to not release his tax returns during the presidential campaign, breaking decades of precedent.

What reporters saw at the Trump news conference

By John Yang

The marble-lined lobby of Trump Tower was standing-room only for the main event: President-Elect Trump’s first full blown news conference since July. The pent-up demand to question Mr. Trump was about to be satisfied.

Carson's qualifications to be housing chief questioned by Democrats

By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press

Carson, in remarks prepared for Thursday's hearing before the Senate Banking, House and Urban Affairs Committee, talked about growing up in inner-city Detroit with a single mother who had a third-grade education. She worked numerous jobs to keep a roof…

Rep. Mike Pompeo, Trump's CIA nominee, agrees Russia tried to interfere in election

By Eileen Sullivan and Deb Riechmann, Associated Press

Pompeo, a third-term Republican congressman from Kansas, will appear before a Senate Committee on Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for CIA director.