Dec 09 Would Trump's defense secretary push women back out of combat jobs? By Kassia Halcli President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon has repeatedly spoken out against allowing women to serve in military combat jobs, a contrast to new policies ordered by outgoing Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. Continue reading
Dec 09 Trump expected to tap Goldman Sachs banker for White House economic post By Ken Thomas and Josh Boak, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn to an influential White House economic post, two people informed of the decision said Friday. Cohn would lead the White House National Economic Council, a posting that would… Continue reading
Dec 09 Energy Department workers sent detailed questionnaire by Trump transition team By Richard Lardner and Matthew Daly, Associated Press The document offers a window into how far the incoming Trump administration may go to reverse President Barack Obama's worldview on pressing energy and climate policies. Obama's allotted more than $90 billion in stimulus money to boost the clean energy… Continue reading
Dec 09 Business leaders warn Trump of economic fallout from mass deportation By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Still grappling with Donald Trump's surprise election, the nation's business community has begun to pressure the president-elect to abandon campaign-trail pledges of mass deportation and other hard-line immigration policies that some large employers fear would hurt the economy. Continue reading
Dec 09 Obama orders review of election-season hacking By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review on the election-season hacking that rattled the presidential campaign and raised new concerns about foreign meddling in U.S. elections, a White House official said Friday. Continue reading
Dec 09 Judge refuses to stop Wisconsin recount; Michigan judges recuse themselves from Stein appeal By Todd Richmond, Associated Press A federal judge refused to halt Wisconsin's presidential recount Friday, telling President-elect Donald Trump's supporters that the recount probably won't change anything anyway. Meanwhile, two Michigan Supreme Court members who made Trump's list of possible U.S. Supreme Court nominees on… Continue reading
Dec 09 McConnell urges coal-state Democrats to accept stopgap deal on miner health benefits By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The spending bill to keep the federal government operating beyond Friday's midnight deadline is stuck in the Senate as Democrats facing re-election in 2018, including West Virginia's Joe Manchin, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, fight for… Continue reading
Dec 09 Trump is keeping his business connection to 'Apprentice' reality show By Lynn Elber, Associated Press President-Elect Donald Trump's continued stake in a TV series is yet another unusual aspect of the election of a businessman and reality star to the presidency. Questions have been raised on how his extensive holdings may intersect with his actions… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 54:13 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 8, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump meets with first responders of the Ohio State stabbings. Also: The House approves a government funding bill containing state aid, Mr. Trump’s pick to head the EPA, three women train for combat positions… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 3:27 Trump meets with first responders to Ohio State stabbings By PBS News Hour President-elect Donald Trump left New York on Thursday and flew to Columbus, Ohio, to meet with first responders to last week’s stabbings at Ohio State University. Meanwhile, he formally announced Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma's attorney general and a critic of climate-change… Continue watching