President-elect Donald Trump says that he will withdraw from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in office, part of a series of moves aimed at “putting America first.” In a video message posted to YouTube Monday, Trump called the TPP a “potential disaster” for the U.S. “Instead, we will negotiate, fair, […]
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Republican Senator Jeff Sessions as his attorney general and made other selections to fill key positions in his administration. The Trump transition team confirmed the selection of Sessions on Friday. Sessions strongly backed and advised Trump since the beginning of his presidential campaign. Trump has also nominated Congressman Mike Pompeo […]
Russian government officials were in contact with members of Donald Trump’s campaign prior to Tuesday’s election, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday. “Obviously, we know most of the people from his entourage,” Ryabkov told the Interfax news agency. “Those people have always been in the limelight in the United States and have occupied high-ranking […]
“Honest” and “trustworthy” are not words most Americans would use to describe the two presidential candidates — Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. In a Gallup poll conducted this week, only 32 percent of Americans would describe Clinton that way, while 36 percent would use that description for Trump. Those numbers changed little from […]