(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as secretary of state, the transition team announced Tuesday, setting up a heated Senate confirmation battle and signaling a desire to ease Washington’s estrangement with Russia. Like ...
Washington, D.C. (CNN) — The White House strongly suggested Monday that Donald Trump was the beneficiary of Russian meddling in the US election, pointing to Trump’s own ties to Russia as evidence of Moscow’s intentions. “You didn’t need a security ...
(CNN) — Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani will not serve in Donald Trump’s incoming administration, the President-elect announced Friday. The transition team released a statement Friday saying Giuliani removed himself from consideration for a position last month, a ...
Washington, D.C. (CNN) — President Barack Obama has ordered a full review into hacking by the Russians designed to influence the 2016 election, White House Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Lisa Monaco said Friday. “The President has directed the Intelligence ...
New York, N.Y. (CNNMoney) — Donald Trump will remain as an executive producer on NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” even while serving as president of the United States. That agreement, first reported by Variety and confirmed by sources at NBC and the ...
Washington, D.C. – An Oregon congressman is introducing a bill to make sure that President-elect Donald Trump follows through with his promise to “drain the swamp”. Congressman Peter DeFazio represents Oregon’s 4th District. He introduced The DRAIN the SWAMP Act ...
(CNNMoney) — President-elect Donald Trump said in a tweet Tuesday that the new Boeing (BA) 747 jet that’s being built to carry “future presidents” already costs more than $4 billion, and that he wants to cancel the order. “Boeing is ...
Washington, D.C. – After President-elect Donald Trump announced Dr. Ben Carson as a nominee for the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement; “Ben Carson has given me plenty of ...
(CNN) — Ben Carson will be nominated as the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday. “I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next Secretary of the US ...
(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump will nominate retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his secretary of defense, he announced Thursday in Cincinnati at the beginning of his post-election tour. “We are going to appoint ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis as our secretary ...