Dec 06 Trump says cancel new Air Force One: Costs 'out of control' By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press NEW YORK — The government should cancel its multibillion-dollar order for new Air Force One presidential planes, Donald Trump declared Tuesday, serving notice he's ready to jump in and start making decisions six weeks before his inauguration. Continue reading
Dec 06 Pence says Flynn Jr. has no role in transition By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Vice President-elect Mike Pence said the conspiracy-minded son of a key adviser to Donald Trump has no role in the president-elect's transition. Pence told MSNBC Tuesday that the son of retired Gen. Mike Flynn "has no involvement in… Continue reading
Dec 06 Trump heads back out on road for 'thank you' tour By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is taking his show back on the road. Continue reading
Dec 05 Biden in 2020? He says he's not ruling it out By Alan Fram, Associated Press It's more than a month before Donald Trump even enters the White House, but Joe Biden says he's running for president in 2020. Maybe. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 3:48 Neurosurgeon and former rival Ben Carson is Trump's HUD nominee By PBS News Hour Once a rival for the GOP nomination, Dr. Ben Carson is now President-elect Donald Trump's pick for housing secretary. On Monday, Mr. Trump called Carson “a brilliant mind … passionate about strengthening communities.” Meanwhile, at Trump Tower, former Vice President… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 3:15 News Wrap: Mistrial for South Carolina police officer who killed Walter Scott By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a South Carolina judge declared a mistrial in a police killing after the jury deadlocked. North Charleston officer Michael Slager was charged with murdering an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, as he ran from a… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 7:56 Tony Blair on why he's advocating for a global policy 'center ground' By PBS News Hour Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, believes the populist wave coursing across the globe is dangerous -- and likely to exacerbate, rather than ease, tensions and instability. He sits down with Judy Woodruff to discuss Brexit, the… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 10:04 What we can infer from Trump's initial actions -- and what we can't By PBS News Hour On Friday, President-elect Donald Trump placed a controversial call to the president of Taiwan. On Monday, he joined Ivanka Trump in her meeting with former Vice President Al Gore on climate change. Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, Karen… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 7:42 Egypt envisions 'strengthening' of U.S. relationship under Trump By PBS News Hour Egypt has experienced turbulent relations with the U.S. under the Obama administration, but President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was the first foreign leader to congratulate President-elect Donald Trump on his victory. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner interviews Egyptian foreign minister… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 53:26 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 5, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump chooses Ben Carson for housing secretary. Also: a mistrial in a fatal police shooting in South Carolina, more deaths in the Oakland warehouse fire, Tony Blair urges a policy ‘center ground,’ the political… Continue watching