Jan. 06, 2017 9:21 p.m. EST
News: Packed confirmation hearing schedule, Russia's misinformation campaign and Trump's remaining 600+ vacancies
It's just two weeks from Inauguration Day, but Donald Trump still has over 600 Senate-confirmable nominees to announce. His skeleton White House staff includes 22 top-level advisers, many of whom lack experience in executive governing. Next week, the Senate will begin confirmation hearings on several cabinet officials.
Jan. 06, 2017 9:14 p.m. EST
News: Trump briefed on intel report blaming Putin for election meddling and Congress returns to debate Obamacare
U.S. intelligence agencies briefed President-elect Donald Trump on a new report on cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee and government agencies that found Russia committed the attacks to help Trump's campaign. Plus, the Republican-led Congress returned for a new session and started to debate two key Trump campaign promises.
Dec. 30, 2016 5:03 p.m. EST
News: Global impact of Trump's tweets, Obama says he would have beaten Trump, and Democrats look to 2020 campaign
President-elect Donald Trump has made Twitter his primary means of communication, and his tweets have global implications. Yochi Dreazen explains how world leaders respond to Trump's Twitter feed. Looking back at the 2016 presidential election, President Obama told a former adviser that he believes he could have beaten Trump if he had been able to run for a third term.
Dec. 30, 2016 4:45 p.m. EST
News: U.S. sanctions Russia for election hacks, Kerry rebukes Israeli settlements and Trump expresses frustration with Obama’s policies
The Obama administration announced new economic sanctions against Russia in response to the Kremlin's involvement in computer hacking meant to disrupt the presidential election. President-elect Trump said the U.S. should "get on with our lives." While Russia has not yet retaliated for the sanctions, Vladimir Putin may respond in the future.
Dec. 16, 2016 9:22 p.m. EST
News: Electoral College votes Monday and Trump selects hard-liner as ambassador to Israel and Obama
Election Day was over a month ago, but the Electoral College will make the results official on Monday. Despite talk of faithless electors deciding to not vote for Trump, so far only one person has signaled his intention to stop Trump. It would take 37 electors to switch their support from Trump to throw the election to the House of Representatives.
Dec. 16, 2016 9:21 p.m. EST
News: How Obama, Trump and Congress are responding to Russian hacks in the U.S. election
U.S. intelligence agencies blame Russia for a series of hacks meant to undermine the presidential election. President Obama said the U.S. will respond in a yet-to-be-determined way. But President-elect Donald Trump still questions the intelligence assessment and the belief by some that Russian President Vladimir Putin directed the attacks to bolster Trump's campaign.
Dec. 09, 2016 4:17 p.m. EST
News: The Trump Transition: A deep dive into his unconventional cabinet picks
President-elect Donald Trump continued to announce the team that will help implement his new agenda in the White House, but several of his picks are raising concerns among his critics. What do Trump's choices signal about his key policy priorities and the shift in American foreign policy when he is sworn in as president?
Dec. 09, 2016 4:03 p.m. EST
News: Donald Trump breaks with tradition on Twitter, media and diplomacy
In the weeks after the election Donald Trump has continued to use social media to circumvent tradional media and send a message to businesses. This week, he signaled his intention to cancel a contract to build a new presidential plane. While the stakes are higher as president-elect, the strategy is similar to the campaign when he told voters he is on their side and not politics as usual.
Dec. 06, 2016 5:05 p.m. EST
News: Meet Hope Hicks, new White House communications director
Donald Trump ran an unconventional campaign, and the one person who was by his side everywhere he traveled was his 27-year-old press secretary Hope Hicks. Bloomberg Politics reporter Jennifer Jacobs first met Hicks in the early days of Trump's campaign in Iowa. Hicks had previously worked for Ivanka Trump's fashion company and had no experience in politics.
Dec. 06, 2016 5 p.m. EST
News: How an Iowa family helped Dan Balz understand the Trump phenomenon
It was January 2016. Before any votes had been cast. Donald Trump had spent months leading the Republican primary polls. Longtime Washington Post reporter Dan Balz met a family in Iowa that helped "crystallize" Trump's appeal with voters in America's heartland. The Swearingen family had been lifelong Democrats and voted for Barack Obama, but Trump was their candidate of choice this time.
