China to return seized US drone: A message to Trump?
China seized an unmanned US glider on Thursday, prompting a strong reaction from both countries. On Saturday, China said it would return the drone.
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Along with snow comes slick roads and crashes
New Hampshire residents donned layers of clothing as Friday's arctic temperatures swept through the state, plunging temperatures below zero and bringing in wind chills in the negative double digits.
Obama washes hands of Syria
President Barack Obama declared Friday that Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime, Iran and Russia are responsible for the carnage in Aleppo and argued there was nothing Washington could have done to stop the war, short of a military takeover of Syria. And he warned Assad, who has been engaged in a brutal civil war against opposition forces since 2011, that he will not be able to "slaughter his way to legitimacy."
A tale of two Hanukkah parties: Obama’s last and Trump’s first
Hanukkah is the minor Jewish holiday that a U.S. congressman once tried to turn into a major American holiday. It's the Jewish holiday, filled with songs written by Jews competing with the Christian holiday with beautiful songs, also written by Jews.
Spelling wasn’t the problem with Trump’s China tweet
The South China Sea is going to be a key foreign policy test for President-elect Donald Trump. CREDIT: AP Photo/Johnson Lai On Friday morning, Reuters reported that China had taken a U.S. military drone in the South China Sea, near the Philippines.
China to return seized US drone, says US ‘hyping up’ incident
BEIJING/WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: China's Defence Ministry said on Saturday it plans to return an underwater U.S. drone seized this week by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea, but complained the United States was "hyping up" the incident. The drone was taken on Thursday, the first seizure of its kind in recent memory.
‘Making words great again’: Internet ridicules Trump for…
President-elect Donald Trump kicked off his Saturday morning complaining about the seizure of an American underwater drone by the Chinese only to have everyone ridicule him for coining the word "unpresidented" - which some called a Freudian slip. Addressing the taking of the boat, Trump tweeted : "China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented act."
What Did Donald Trump Know, and When Did He Know It?
As news rolls in about Russia's likely sabotage of the American political system, the noose is beginning to tighten uncomfortably around Republicans. The only question that matters now is this: what did Donald Trump know about the hacks on his political opponents, and when did he know it? It is becoming increasingly clear from all sides that Russian intelligence-likely at the specific direction of Vladimir Putin -perpetrated the hack on the Democratic National Committee and on Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
Trump calls China’s seizure of US drone ‘unpresidented’ :0
The seizing of an unmanned US Navy drone by the Chinese is an "unpresidented [sic] act," President-elect Donald Trump tweeted early Saturday. The USNS Bowditch, which has a civilian crew, was about to retrieve the underwater device Thursday when it was snapped up by a Chinese warship in the South China Sea.
Trump wants SC Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be his budget director
As he prepared for the final stop on his postelection "thank you" tour, President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday announced his pick for White House budget director, a tough-on-spending conservative congressman who advocates balancing the federal books. South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney, elected in the 2010 tea party wave and a founder of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, is a "very high-energy leader with deep convictions for how to responsibly manage our nation's finances and save our country from drowning in red ink," Trump said in a statement.
Partisan wrangling intensifies over Russian election interference
As President Obama pointed his finger directly at the Russians over election year hacking of Democratic Party aides, intelligence officials are now presenting a united front about Russian involvement in the 2016 race for President, as Mr. Obama defended the conclusions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. "The intelligence that I've seen gives me great confidence in their assessment that the Russians carried out this hack," the President said, blaming Russia for getting emails both from the Democratic National Committee and top Hillary Clinton aide John Podesta.
Obama calls for probe; President urges Trump to take foreign hacking more seriously
President Barack Obama suggested strongly on Friday that Russia's Vladimir Putin knew about the email hackings that roiled the U.S. presidential race, and he urged his successor, Republican Donald Trump, to back a bipartisan investigation into the matter. "Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin," Obama said in his year-end news conference.
The Latest: Trump awaits last ‘thank you’ rally, in Alabama
President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak during a rally at the Orlando Amphitheater at the Central Florida Fairgrounds, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak during a rally at the Orlando Amphitheater at the Central Florida Fairgrounds, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Orlando, Fla.
Trump Taps Fiscally Conservative Lawmaker Mulvaney to Head OMB
President-elect Donald Trump chose Representative Mick Mulvaney, a founding member of an outspoken group of fiscal conservatives who helped oust a former U.S. House speaker, to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. "We are going to do great things for the American people with Mick Mulvaney leading the Office of Management and Budget," Trump said Saturday in an e-mailed statement.
With Ivanka Trump, the role of first daughter may evolve
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Donald Trump slams China for seizing US naval drone in SCS5 min ago
Washington, Dec 17 : President-elect Donald Trump today slammed China for seizing an American naval drone in international waters of the disputed South China Sea, even as the Pentagon demanded its immediate release amid outrage from US lawmakers. "China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented act," Trump said in a tweet this morning.
4 female ‘firsts’ to back Clinton; N.H.’s representatives to…
Four female "firsts" will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton on behalf of New Hampshire when the Electoral College officially chooses the next president Monday. Each was the first woman elected to a different prominent state office.
Commentary: ‘Fake news’ doesn’t capture the lunacy
Americans have always thought of themselves as a practical, commonsensical people, a nation of Thomas Edisons and Henry Fords. In reality, we've always been a nation of easy marks.
Trump salutes supporters in Florida, names budget director
President-elect Donald Trump, in the latest stop of his victory lap, told a military veteran-laden crowd in Florida that while he would build up the country's armed forces, he would use them sparingly as commander-in-chief. "For too long, we've moving from one reckless intervention to another, to countries you've never heard of before," Trump said at a rally Friday night in Orlando.
As Trump picks Cabinet we enter Bizarro World
As low as my expectations might be for the Donald Trump presidency, he finds new ways to drop the bar even lower. They aren't all bad.