Jan 04 Watch 3:35 Obama, Pence huddle with their parties on the fate of health care By PBS News Hour At the Capitol, President Obama met privately with Democrats, urging them to defend his signature health care law. At the same time, a few floors up, Vice President-elect Pence rallied Republicans to dismantle Obamacare. Lisa Desjardins reports on what we… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 8:13 Why trust is essential between the president and intelligence community By PBS News Hour President-elect Donald Trump has routinely taken a skeptical stance toward the U.S. intelligence community. As the release nears of a report on alleged Russian hacking in the U.S. election, Judy Woodruff gets views from James Woolsey, senior advisor to the… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 8:50 Why the NAACP and others are protesting Trump's attorney general pick By PBS News Hour The NAACP mounted protests across Alabama on Tuesday against the president-elect’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, including at the senator’s office, where NAACP president Cornell Brooks and others staged a sit-in. Alison Stewart speaks with Sari Horwitz… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch our full exit interview with CIA Director John Brennan By Joshua Barajas PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff sat down with the outgoing director of the Central Intelligence Agency to discuss the agency's imminent report over the suspected Russian hacking into the U.S. election. Continue reading
Jan 04 In farewell to U.S. military, Obama calls for 'seamless' transition of power to Trump By Josh Lederman and Vivian Salama, Associated Press President Barack Obama called for a smooth handover of control of the U.S. military to incoming commander in chief Donald Trump, as the outgoing president met Wednesday with military leaders for the last time. Continue reading
Jan 04 Presidential popularity, and how Trump stacks up By Jessica Yarvin After winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump’s favorability rating rose. But on Monday, Gallup data indicates Mr. Trump may not be gaining ground yet when it comes to voter confidence and that he faces a gap compared to the expectations… Continue reading
Jan 04 Trump names Wall Street lawyer Clayton as SEC chairman By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday chose a Wall Street attorney with experience in corporate mergers and public stock launches as his nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Continue reading
Jan 04 Pence, Obama in dueling meetings at Capitol on Affordable Care Act By Alan Fram, Associated Press Sixteen days before leaving the White House, Obama championed his landmark overhaul before Democratic lawmakers and urged them to remind voters of how the statute has helped them. Continue reading
Jan 04 NAACP sit-in at Jeff Sessions' office ends in six arrests By Joshua Barajas Police arrested six protesters, including the national NAACP president, after they spent hours staging a sit-in Tuesday at a Mobile, Alabama, office of Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general. Continue reading
Jan 04 Tillerson leaves Exxon with $180 million retirement package By Associated Press Rex Tillerson, the nominee of President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of state, is severing ties with Exxon Mobil through a $180 million retirement package ahead of a Senate confirmation hearing. Continue reading