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
Jan 10 Watch 3:23 Top intelligence officials stop short of providing evidence of Russian hacking at Senate hearing By PBS News Hour The nation’s top intelligence officials appeared publically before the Senate Intelligence Committee, days after the release of a report on the alleged role of Russian influence during the presidential election. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 3:26 Kerry: 'We have a problem' if people don't care about accountability or policy being made on Twitter By PBS News Hour Outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry joined other Obama administration officials for an event Tuesday at the U.S. Institute of Peace focusing on the importance of a smooth political transition. Judy Woodruff sat down with him to ask about the… Continue watching
Jan 10 Trump pegs vaccine skeptic to run safety commission, alarming doctors By Lauran Neergaard and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is reviving long debunked attempts to link vaccines to autism, asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- a vocal skeptic -- to chair a commission on vaccination safety. Continue reading
Jan 10 Although GOP don't have a replacement, Trump urges quick action on Obamacare repeal By Erica Werner, Associated Press The push for speed and coordination came as growing numbers of Republicans expressed concerns about GOP leadership's plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement in hand. Continue reading