Nov 18 Who is Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn? By Gretchen Frazee President-elect Donald Trump named retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as his national security adviser on Friday, adding a loyal supporter with hard-right views on Muslims and Islam to his emerging intelligence and foreign policy team. Continue reading
Nov 18 Trump taps Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo for CIA By Deb Riechmann and Richard Lardner, Associated Press Pompeo, 52, was elected to Congress during the tea party wave of 2010. He has been a fierce critic of Obama's nuclear deal with Iran… Continue reading
Nov 18 Trump offers attorney general post to Jeff Sessions, reports say By Eric Tucker and Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is offering the post of attorney general to Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, according to unnamed sources. Continue reading
Nov 17 Trump offers former military intelligence chief Michael Flynn post as national security adviser By Ken Thomas, Catherine Lucey and Julie Pace, Associated Press The official wouldn't say whether Flynn had accepted the job, which left open the possibility that the arrangement was not finalized. The official was not authorized to discuss the offer publicly and insisted on anonymity. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 7:24 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah turns an outside perspective into funny observation By PBS News Hour As “The Daily Show” host, South-African born comic Trevor Noah offers a different, outsider’s perspective from Jon Stewart, the man he succeeded. Noah speaks with Jeffrey Brown about how the show is handling the election of Donald Trump and how… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 54:14 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 17, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, a look at the biggest names being floated for top posts in a Trump administration. Also: Concerns that a climate change denier is shaping the Trump administration's environmental policies, a program that lets foreign investors immigrate… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 7:06 How online hoaxes and fake news played a role in the election By PBS News Hour Tech giants like Google and Facebook face mounting criticism over whether they used insufficient discretion in weeding out fake news. A Buzzfeed analysis found that false stories generated more engagement than content from real news sites in the three months… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch News Wrap: Trump transition gets moving while Pence visits Congress By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump received a parade of potential cabinet officers, while his running mate, Mike Pence, courted Congress. Also, President Obama had some pointed advice for his successor on dealing with Russia. In Berlin, he… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 8:37 What do first impressions say about Trump's foreign policy? By PBS News Hour Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with President-elect Donald Trump in New York, in Mr. Trump's first face-to-face meeting with a world leader since the election. Many have wondered if the president-elect’s campaign rhetoric is the same as his foreign… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 9:44 How Trump could dismantle current environmental policy By PBS News Hour Donald Trump made it clear during his campaign that as president he would make substantial changes in climate policy. The president-elect has threatened to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and has tapped climate-change skeptic Myron Ebell to head the… Continue watching