Dec 16 Journalists anticipate renewed hostility under the incoming Trump administration By David Bauder, Associated Press News organizations are heading into the second Trump era weak both financially and in public esteem. Continue reading
Dec 16 WATCH: Trump addresses SoftBank investment, Ukraine war, polio vaccine and more at Mar-a-Lago news conference By Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Speaking at his first press conference since winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump also threatened legal action against the Biden administration over sales of portions of border wall, saying he has spoken to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other… Continue reading
Dec 16 Japan’s SoftBank plans to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects, Trump says By Colleen Long, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump joined SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son to announce plans by the Japanese company to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects over the next four years. Continue reading
Dec 15 McConnell says Trump’s nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine By Moriah Balingit, Associated Press The statement by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, appeared to be directed at Trump’s pick for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after a report that one of his advisers filed a petition to revoke approval for the… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 2:23 News Wrap: Displaced Gazans struggle to escape fighting between Israel and Hamas In our news wrap Sunday, dozens of people were killed in Gaza as the war between Israel and Hamas rages on, Israel said it wants to double the population of Israeli settlers in the Golan Heights along the border with… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 6:03 Why Americans are stockpiling abortion medication ahead of Trump’s second term By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young Since Trump’s reelection, many women and health care providers across the U.S. have been stockpiling supplies of abortion pills and emergency contraception. One of the largest suppliers of abortion medication reported a 17-fold increase in requests the first 24 hours… Continue watching
Dec 14 ABC agrees to pay $15 million to Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. Continue reading
Dec 14 Trump attends Army-Navy football game with GOP allies, nominees and Daniel Penny By Noah Trister, Tara Copp, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump was huddling with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday's Army-Navy football game, taking in one of the most storied rivalries in college sports while spotlighting his emerging national security team. Continue reading
Dec 13 Daniel Penny will join Trump’s suite at football game after being acquitted in NYC chokehold case By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Vice President-elect JD Vance said Penny, a military veteran who choked an agitated New York subway rider and was acquitted of homicide this week, accepted his invitation to join Trump's suite at the Army-Navy football game on Saturday. Continue reading
Dec 13 IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes, braces for cuts under Trump and GOP majority By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The collections included $1.3 billion from high-income taxpayers who did not pay overdue tax debts and $2.9 billion related to IRS Criminal Investigation work into crimes like drug trafficking and terrorist financing. Despite its gains, the future of the agency's… Continue reading