Jan 02 5 things to know about the incoming Republican Congress By Donna Cassata, Associated Press On Tuesday at noon, members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in, with an emboldened GOP intent on unraveling eight years of President Barack Obama's Democratic agenda. Continue reading
Jan 02 Column: 10 ways the tech industry and the media helped create President Trump By Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon Three weeks after Donald Trump won a historic victory to become the 45th president of the United States, the media postmortems continue. In particular, the role played by the media and technology industries is coming under heavy scrutiny in the… Continue reading
Jan 02 What's on Obama's to-do list in the closing stretch of his presidency? By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Obama's final days in office will include a bid to protect his endangered health care law, a major farewell speech and the ongoing handover of power to Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jan 02 Medicare launches revamp for treatments of heart attacks, hip fractures By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The cardiac and hip fracture experiments are the latest development in a big push under the Obama administration to reinvent Medicare. Continue reading
Jan 02 Trump still not sold on Russian link to hacking By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump has repeatedly cast aside allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia tried to influence the presidential election through hacking. Continue reading
Jan 01 Donald Trump says 'no computer is safe' when it comes to privacy By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump said he plans to meet with intelligence officials next to week to learn more about allegations of Russian hacking. Continue reading
Dec 31 Trump tweets New Year's message castigating 'enemies' By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump tweeted an unusual New Year's message to friends and foes before playing golf in Florida. Continue reading
Dec 31 How Donald Trump cast aside decades of Republican orthodoxy By Steve Peoples, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is remaking the Republican Party in his image with an opaque populist agenda that sometimes conflicts with traditional conservative beliefs. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 3:48 News Wrap: In Syria, fragile cease-fire appears to hold By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Russian president Vladimir Putin slammed U.S. sanctions and the expulsion of Russian diplomats over election-season hacking attacks, but said he would not answer in kind by expelling U.S. diplomats. Also, a fragile cease-fire appeared to… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 12:02 Brooks and Corn on Obama's active final weeks and the Trump-Putin 'bromance' By PBS News Hour In foreign affairs, it was not a quiet few days leading up to the New Year's weekend -- from Secretary of State John Kerry’s blunt parting speech about Israel to President Obama’s announcement of retaliation against the Kremlin for election… Continue watching