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In a presidential transition, there’s no time for mistakes
President-elect Donald Trump is almost a month into his transition, preparing to take over the Oval Office. Judy Woodruff sits down with the Partnership for Public Service’s Max Stier, an expert on presidential transitions, to discuss why this phase is…
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Why Trump’s past business interests could create conflicts
President-elect Donald Trump has said "the law's totally on my side" in regards to potential conflicts of interest. But recent meetings with some current and potential foreign investors have raised new questions. Judy Woodruff gets perspectives from Richard Painter of…
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With DeVos pick, school choice is likely Trump education priority
President-elect Donald Trump has named Betsy DeVos as his choice for education secretary. DeVos, who has never worked in public education, is a prominent advocate of charter schools and school vouchers. What does this pick say about Donald Trump’s education…
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What do first impressions say about Trump’s foreign policy?
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with President-elect Donald Trump in New York, in Mr. Trump's first face-to-face meeting with a world leader since the election. Many have wondered if the president-elect’s campaign rhetoric is the same as his foreign…
President-elect Donald Trump is in the process of deciding who will fill critical national security and diplomatic posts. Who's in the running, and how is the international community reacting? Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss…
In our news wrap Wednesday, the message from the Trump transition team is that the turnover is going smoothly, amid reports to the contrary. The president-elect denied on Twitter news accounts of moderate figures being "purged" from the process and…
In our news wrap Friday, president-elect Donald Trump announced that Mike Pence would be the new chair of his transition team, replacing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Also, anti-Trump protests continued across the country. In Portland, Oregon, thousands of demonstrators…
On Thursday, President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump met at the White House to begin the transition between administrations. Each the object of one another’s scorn just a few days before, the president said he was “encouraged” by the discussion…
The peaceful transfer of power is a pillar of American democracy. As Donald Trump begins his journey, Judy Woodruff takes a look at past transitions with presidential historian Jon Meacham and editor-in-chief of Time Magazine Nancy Gibbs.
