WASHINGTON — Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump has been sworn-in as the 45th U.S. president in Washington, D.C. He attended a traditional Inauguration Day service at St. John’s Church Friday morning near the White House, accompanied by his wife Melania, Vice President-elect Mike Pence, his wife Karen, and their families. The Trumps then headed across […]
LONDON — European governments struggled Tuesday to assess whether outspoken remarks by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, made in a weekend interview with two European newspapers, will be translated into new policies. European leaders had hoped that as Trump’s inauguration approached, the president-elect would tone down his campaign-trail criticism of the European Union and NATO, which […]
CAPITOL HILL — Presidential inaugurations are usually politically unifying events in the United States, but this year a record number of lawmakers plan to publicly rebuke the president-elect when he takes the oath of office. At least 40 Democratic members of Congress out of the 535 elected lawmakers are on the record saying they plan to […]
Senior members of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration say they are considering moving White House press briefings to a new location with more space, but reporters oppose the proposal saying it would hurt their ability to do their jobs. The briefings take place in a room in the West Wing of the White House, […]