Jan 11 Donald Trump's press conference was a press confrontation By Daniel Bush The news conference left little doubt that the relationship between President-elect Trump and the press will be fraught with tension over the next four years. Continue reading
Jan 11 The plan to address Trump conflict of interest concerns By Bernard Condon and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Donald Trump's business will continue to pursue deals in the United States, though not abroad, while he is president, and he will relinquish control of the company, a lawyer who worked with the Trump Organization on the plan said Wednesday. Continue reading
Jan 11 Trump picks Veterans Affairs insider to lead agency By Hope Yen, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped the Department of Veterans Affairs' top health official to lead a beleaguered agency struggling to meet the health needs of millions of veterans. Continue reading
Jan 11 Chao: Trump administration looking to 'unleash' potential of private investment in transportation By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Economic gains are being "jeopardized" by aging infrastructure, rising highway fatalities, growing congestion and a failure to keep pace with emerging technologies, Chao testified before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Continue reading
Jan 11 Official: Trump was briefed on unverified but potentially compromising report By Eileen Sullivan and Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Top intelligence officials last week told President-elect Donald Trump about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him, a U.S. official says. Continue reading
Jan 11 What Trump, Kennedy can and can't do to change U.S. vaccine policy By Rebecca Robbins, STAT Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a vaccine critic, told reporters Tuesday that he will chair a commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity. But what's possible for Trump to change — and what’s not?… Continue reading
Jan 11 WATCH: Day 2 of testimony for Jeff Sessions By News Desk In the second day of confirmation hearings, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, Sessions' colleague, and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who was beaten when he marched for civil rights in the 1960s, warned that Sessions could move the country backward if… Continue reading
Jan 11 WATCH LIVE: Rex Tillerson confirmation hearing By News Desk After an initial round of confirmation hearings on Tuesday, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Rillerson, will now testify before a Senate committee today as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch: Donald Trump's first news conference as president-elect By News Desk Defiant and unyielding, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday adamantly denied reports that Russia had obtained compromising personal and financial information about him. His extraordinary defense, coming just nine days before Trump's inauguration, dominated a highly anticipated press conference in which… Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 6:16 In hearing, Sessions says he'll put law above his own views By PBS News Hour It’s the first day of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Attorney general nominee Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions spent the day before the Senate Judiciary Committee defending his views on race and civil rights and separating himself from the… Continue watching