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Jared Kushner is President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law but he's also one of his key confidants. Here's a closer look at the man who is expected to be a senior adviser to the president in Trump's White House.
Donald Trump called Meryl Streep 'overrated' in a three-tweet Twitter rant against the respected actress after she criticized him during her acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes. President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday, calling Meryl Streep "one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood'' following her speech at the Golden Globe awards While "overrated'' is an opinion, Streep, who took aim at Trump in her speech while accepting the Globes lifetime achievement award, holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor.
WASHINGTON >> President Barack Obama cast the adoption of clean energy in the U.S. as “irreversible,” putting pressure Monday on President-elect Donald Trump not to back away from a core strategy to fight climate change. Obama, penning an opinion article in the journal Science, sought to frame the argument in a way that might appeal to the president-elect: in economic terms.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is meeting with President-elect Donald Trump a day before the Senate begins confirmation hearings on Trump's Cabinet picks. The government ethics office says it hasn't received even draft financial disclosure reports for some of the nominees set to appear before Congress this week.
The startling thing about the U.S. intelligence report released last week on Russia's alleged "influence campaign" to boost Donald Trump's chances of winning the presidency is its lack of, well, intelligence. That's not a complaint about the lack of hard evidence provided to the public on Friday.
Meryl Streep's acceptance speech after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes turned out to be the opening volley in a war of words with President-elect Donald Trump. The actress never mentioned Trump by name, but it was clear who her target was in pointedly saying that a performance from the past year that stunned her came from the campaign trail.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives at Trump Tower in New York, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump.
President Barack Obama's response to Russian hacking was "too timid," according to former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden, but says he partly understands why Obama did it. "I think the decision he made was made for honorable reasons.
It's hard to ignore the double standard when it comes to the findings that Russia was behind hacking activities during the election, considering how many other entities have had their own servers attacked, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming presidential counsel Kellyanne Conway said Monday. "We can't get over the selective feigned outrage," Conway told CNN "New Day" host Chris Cuomo.
Statements of Public Citizen Experts on Elizabeth Warren's Legislation to Combat the President-Elect and Vice President-Elect's Financial Conflicts of Interest Note: Today, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced the ''Prevention of Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017.' ' The legislation seeks to require the president to sell all assets that would create a financial conflict of interest.
Reprieve's London office can be contacted on: communications [at] reprieve.org.uk / +44 207 553 8140. Reprieve US , based in New York City, can be contacted on Katherine [dot] oshea [at] reprieve.org International human rights organization Reprieve, which represents detainees at Guantanamo Bay, has urged President Obama to take steps to close the prison ahead of the 15th anniversary of its opening .
Two days after Donald Trump worked the phones to successfully unseat Ohio's Republican Chairman Matt Borges, a close ally of Gov. John Kasich told Newsmax that the purpose of the president-elect's unprecedented involvement in the state party contest was "to take a swat at John Kasich and nothing more." In an exclusive interview with Newsmax following the vote for state chairman Friday night, Franklin County Chairman Doug Preisse recollected that "few former opponents or critics [of Trump] were consistent or as highly placed as John Kasich."
President-elect Donald Trump is firing back at Meryl Streep after the actress used her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes to scold him for mocking a disabled reporter during the presidential campaign. "Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes," Trump tweeted, noting that Streep had campaigned for his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.
China said Monday it "firmly opposed" a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen and Senator Ted Cruz, as a state-run newspaper warned of "revenge" against President-elect Donald Trump should he abandon the One China policy. Tsai met Cruz in Houston over the weekend, the Republican from Texas said in a statement, with the two discussing arms sales, diplomatic exchanges and economic relations.
President-elect Donald Trump accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia engaged in cyber attacks during the U.S. presidential election and may take action in response, his incoming chief of staff said on Sunday. Reince Priebus said Trump believed Russia was behind the intrusions into the Democratic Party organizations, although Priebus did not clarify whether the president-elect agreed that the hacks were directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"La La Land" danced off with seven Golden Globes on Sunday on a night marked by upsets and a stinging indictment of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump by Hollywood favorite Meryl Streep. "La La Land", a romantic musical about a struggling actress and a jazz pianist trying to make it in Hollywood, took home Globes for best comedy/musical and for its stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, as well as for director Damien Chazelle, screenplay, score and original song.
China said Monday it "firmly opposed" a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen and Senator Ted Cruz, as a state-run newspaper warned of "revenge" against President-elect Donald Trump should he abandon the One China policy. Tsai met Cruz in Houston over the weekend, the Republican from Texas said in a statement, with the two discussing arms sales, diplomatic exchanges and economic relations.
Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has made an unexpected trip to New York to meet with members of US president-elect Donald Trump's transition team, according to the Foreign Office. Johnson met with Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and chief strategist Steve Bannon on Sunday, just hours after prime minister Theresa May described the incoming president's comments about groping women "unacceptable".
The week before Donald Trump takes the oath of office will set the stage for his entry into the Oval Office. Not only will at least nine of his Cabinet nominees begin their Senate confirmation hearings, but the president-elect himself will face reporters at a long-awaited press conference, where he may address how he plans to separate his business interests from his presidency.
London [UK], Jan. 9 : In response to Meryl Streep's Golden Globes acceptance speech, President-elect Donald Trump has called her a 'Hillary lover' adding he was 'not surprised' that he was being criticized by 'liberal movie people'. [NK US] According to media reports, Trump said, "I was never mocking anyone.