The Latest: Vegas hotel dumps Tom Ford after Melania remark

A Las Vegas hotel has stopped selling a famous fashion designer's products following a hubbub over whether he would dress President-elect Donald Trump's wife, Melania. Wynn Las Vegas spokesman Michael Weaver confirmed the hotel removed the Tom Ford line of cosmetics and sunglasses from its stores over the weekend, but declined to say why.

The Latest: Obama says Trump should push Russia on nukes

President Barack Obama says that after he leaves office on Friday he wants to take time to process the "amazing experience" his family has gone through. Addressing reporters at his final news conference, Obama says he wants to make sure that Michelle Obama, his wife of 24 years, is willing to "re-up" and put up with him a little bit longer.

Trump’s pick for commerce secretary assures lawmakers he is not anti-trade

Like the man who picked him to be the next commerce secretary, Wilbur L. Ross is a billionaire with extensive financial interests and an ardent critic of America's trade policies - both of which came under scrutiny at his confirmation hearing Wednesday morning. President-elect Donald Trump's rise on a tide of anti-globalization and populist attacks on trade has raised concerns among businesses that the new administration will take aggressive protectionist actions and worsen the climate for trade.

Under DeVos, Education Department likely to make significant shift on sexual assault

Accompanied by Sen. Tim Scott and former senator Joe Lieberman, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for her confirmation hearing on Tuesday Jan. 17, 2017. The confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary underscored the likelihood of a significant shift in federal policy on sexual assault in college.

Warren fiercely grills Trump pick Price for pushing bills that would benefit his stocks

In a contentious hearing Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren grilled Rep. Tom Price - Donald Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary - over his proposal to cut to cut funding for Medicare and Medicaid, as well as his introduction of legislation that directly benefitted a company he held stock in. Noting that more than 100 million Americans receive healthcare through the federal programs Medicare and Medicaid, Warren asked Price if he hopes to cut Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion dollars, as his 2017 budget proposal suggests.

Budget pick Mulvaney acknowledges payroll tax lapse

Rep. Mick Mulvaney, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to run the White House budget office, failed to pay more than $15,000 in payroll taxes for a household worker more than a decade ago, prompting the Senate's top Democrat to issue a statement saying the lapse should disqualify his nomination.

‘I’m Not Going to Comment’: Obama on Democrats Boycotting Trump’s Inauguration

During his final press conference as President of the United States, Barack Obama was asked today about whether he supported the decision of more than five dozen Democrats to boycott President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday. Fox News' Kevin Corke asked him about this as part of a multi-part question that also covered Obama's message to Democrats about a peaceful transfer of power, conversations POTUS has had with Trump and whether he's pressed Trump over maintaining the Affordable Care Act and DACA.

The Latest: Senator says don’t repeal without replacement

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos speaks in Grand Rapids, Mich. DeVos, Trump's choice for education secretary, has spent over two decades advocating for school choice progra... A top Republican senator says Congress should not finalize repeal of President Barack Obama's health care law unless it first has a replacement ready.

‘Insane Clown President’: Matt Taibbi chronicles fear and looting on the 2016 campaign trail

More than 40 years ago, Rolling Stone writer Hunter S. Thompson filed a series of dispatches - collected in his book "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72" - documenting how an ethically challenged Republican, Richard Nixon, trounced feckless Democrats and a vacuous press blinkered by its own pack mentality. Nearly a half-century later, another Rolling Stone writer, Matt Taibbi, has assembled a selection of his own 2016 reports.

Inaugural speech is Trump’s time to rise to the moment

In this Thursday, July 21, 2016 file photo, Republican Presidential Candidate, Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Tradition suggests it's time for Trump to set aside the say-anything speaking style that got him elected and rise to the inaugural moment.

Trump to take office with dismal ratings – except on one thing

Donald Trump is poised to take office with the lowest approval ratings of any new president in recent history, but despite a chaotic transition Americans trust the billionaire on one crucial point. Since the real estate developer's White House win in November, companies have lined up to announce new factories or jobs in the United States, including air conditioning manufacturer Carrier, Japan's SoftBank, Ford, Fiat Chrysler and Amazon with a headline-grabbing promise to create 100,000 jobs.

GOP prescription of minority outreach forgotten with Trump

In this Aug. 1, 2016, file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall event in Columbus, Ohio. On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration four years later, the authors of the Republican National Committee's 2013 "Growth and Opportunity Project" concede their report is little more than an afterthought.

Obama Won’t Close Gitmo but Hasn’t Stopped Releasing Detainees

The White House conceded Tuesday that it wouldn't close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by the time President Obama leaves office later this week, but it hasn't stopped releasing detainees in the run-up to Inauguration Day. The administration announced it had transferred 10 detainees to Oman, reducing the number still in the facility to 45. Press Secretary Josh Earnest did not rule out the possiblity of more releases in the coming days.