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House Speaker Paul Ryan said that he and President-elect Donald Trump have patched up their differences and talk by telephone "almost daily." "We're fine," the Wisconsin Republican told Scott Pelley in an interview to be broadcast on "60 Minutes" on Sunday on CBS.
President-elect Donald Trump says he has narrowed his choice for a Supreme Court nominee "down to probably three or four candidates." One of Trump's first decisions after his inauguration will be to nominate a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February.
President-elect Donald Trump claimed a big win Wednesday when he announced he had successfully pressured Carrier Corporation not to move some of its production facilities from Indiana to Mexico. While the company will still shift some production south of the border, the change of plans will save about 1,000 jobs in Indiana.
The Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center received another $1.4 million dollar boost from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The center is the first federally-funded entity focused on developing technology and methods to improve and accelerate the construction of bridges.
A Forest Service firefighter from California's Eldorado National Forest blew another whistle Thursday on sexual harassment and gender bias inside federal public lands agencies. Reinforcing claims previously made by many others over many years, Fire Prevention Technician Denice Rice told a House panel of repeated problems facing women, who remain greatly outnumbered by men in the Forest Service.
US president-elect Donald Trump visited a factory in Indiana on Thursday to kick off a "thank you tour" for his election win and celebrate persuading air conditioner maker Carrier to preserve around 1,000 jobs in the state rather than move them to Mexico. The Republican businessman toured the plant in Indianapolis and shook hands with workers on an assembly line.
The state of Indiana is offering Carrier a $7 million tax break over 10 years, and President-elect Donald Trump says he's working on more incentives for companies nationwide. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence were at the Indianapolis Carrier Plant Thursday afternoon to celebrate their deal with Carrier to keep more than 1,000 jobs in Indiana, instead of moving them to Mexico.
Coloradans already know, intuitively, what a big role the outdoor recreation industry plays in driving the economy. Less appreciated in Washington, however, is how consumer spending in that sector of the economy supports, or could support, the conservation of public lands and wild animals.
BREAKING: WALDEN TO HEAD ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Rep. Greg Walden will be the next chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Reuters reported Thursday that Trump is considering her for potential spots at the helm of the Interior or Energy Departments, both of which would intersect with Heitkamp's work on energy policies in the Senate.
"There are [inmates] in America who are living examples of how we are violating our principles," Sen. Cory Booker said Thursday. Despite White House attention on the issue and a bill that has bipartisan support in a polarized Congress, Sen. Corey Booker said Thursday "we are not at an historic moment" for criminal justice reform in America - and it might not get very far under the incoming Trump administration.
Unless one attended the University of Idaho during the late 60's or the 70's and 80's, chances are good they have never heard of Syd Duncombe. Not one to toot his own horn, he was nonetheless one of the most beloved instructors on the campus.
President-elect Donald Trump traveled to Indiana Thursday afternoon to meet with officials at heating and air-conditioning company Carrier to celebrate a deal that will keep hundreds of the company's positions from being relocated to Mexico. Yet some are concerned about what kind of precedent the pact struck by the incoming administration will set for domestic companies going forward.
Carrier is getting a modest $7 million in financial incentives over the next 10 years from the state of Indiana to keep 1,000 jobs at an Indianapolis plant, sources familiar with the deal tells CNN. That is just a fraction of the estimated $65 million a year it expected to save if it had moved those jobs to Mexico.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump headed out on a victory lap Thursday, appearing first in Indiana to salute workers at a factory where he says he saved hundreds of jobs from moving to Mexico and then in Ohio on the first stop of a "Thank You Tour" to honour supporters in states that helped him to his stunning victory. Thursday's Midwest swing will be the first time that Trump, who has shown an early inclination to revel in the role of showman-in-chief, has barnstormed across the country since the campaign.
The Washington Post is calling on Senate Democrats to support Republican Rep. Tom Price as President-elect Trump's pick for secretary of Health and Human Services. The paper's editorial board on Wednesday night said Price has shown a seriousness on healthcare policy and that Democrats should be open to debating him when he's confirmed.
Security outside the Gucci store in Trump Tower, on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Nov. 25, 2016. Limited foot traffic was permitted to stores in the area on Black Friday.
After years of hearings, negotiations, amendments, bipartisanship, and editing, the sweeping landmark 21st Century Cures Act has been approved by the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican Fred Upton of St. Joseph and Democratic U.S. Representative Diana DeGette of Colorado co-sponsored the package of bills that is designed to simplify and expedite the process for approving new drugs and medical devices.
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence will visit Carrier Corp. in Indianapolis on Thursday, just two days after the company announced it had reached a deal with the incoming president that will save over 1,000 American jobs. A release on Wednesday provided a few details of the Trump-Pence event scheduled for Thursday afternoon at Carrier's Indianapolis facility.