Jan 12 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. Continue reading
Jan 12 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. Continue reading
Jan 12 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. Continue reading
Jan 12 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. Continue reading
Jan 12 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. Continue reading
Jan 11 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. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 14:38 How credible are reports that Russia has compromising information about Trump? By PBS News Hour On Tuesday evening, CNN reported unsubstantiated claims that Russian intelligence compiled a dossier on the president-elect during his visits to Moscow; BuzzFeed later published 35 pages of content from the alleged dossier. But Mr. Trump dismissed the developments as “fake… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 11:27 Is Trump’s plan for his company enough to avoid conflicts of interest? By PBS News Hour President-elect Trump says he’s going above and beyond in mitigating potential conflicts between his government office and his private interests. But is his plan for his sons to manage his company while he retains ownership sufficient? Steve Inskeep discusses with… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 5:05 In heated news conference, Trump talks health care, Russia rumors By PBS News Hour On Wednesday, the president-elect gave his first news conference in six months, from New York. During the session, he described his intention to quickly repeal and replace Obamacare, blasted reports that Russia has compromising intelligence on him and dismissed CNN… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Tillerson says U.S. can ‘define a different relationship’ with Russia By PBS News Hour ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, the president-elect’s nominee for secretary of state, appeared before the Senate Wednesday for the start of his confirmation hearing. Senators quickly focused on Russia, questioning if Tillerson had too cozy a relationship with the Kremlin; he… Continue watching