Triangle’s tech links to President-elect Trump: Blackstone, IBM

The Research Triangle will have the ear of President-elect Donald Trump through two major connections: The Blackstone Group and IBM. Trump, who will be back in North Carolina on Tuesday for a "thank you" event in Fayetteville, is going to seek advice from two major tech leaders with RTP links through an advisory group he announced on Friday.

Democrats looking to reclaim Midwestern supporters

In this Dec. 1, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump smiles as he speaks during the first stop of his post-election tour in Cincinnati. Democrats need to rebuild the political "blue wall" of traditionally Democratic upper Midwest and Great Lakes states that Republican Donald Trump captured with an appeal to white, working-class voters.

One phone call from Taiwan won’t upend Sino-US relations

Tom Plate says Beijing is right not to lose its cool over the unexpected talks between the US President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen Even within the sombre cloister of Zhongnanhai, not often depicted as a rollicking laugh factory, a wan smile must have crossed the faces of a few Chinese government officials with a healthy sense of humour. Let's face it, ZhongA nanhaites : She pulled off a good one.

President Trump and the Internet

Under a President Donald Trump, cable and phone companies could gain new power to influence what you do and what you watch online -- not to mention how much privacy you have while you're at it. Many experts say that Republicans who generally oppose regulation are likely to take charge at the Federal Communications Commission, the government's primary telecom regulator.

Dakota Access Pipeline: What happens next?

The fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline -- the $3.8 billion project expected to move 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day across the Midwest -- lasted long enough for the summer heat to give way to thick, white snow. For months, Standing Rock Sioux tribe members and their allies battled the energy project they referred to as a "black snake."

Japanese leader Abe won’t apologize at Pearl Harbor

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won't apologize for Japan's attack when he visits the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor later this month, the government spokesman said Tuesday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that "the purpose of the upcoming visit is to pay respects for the war dead and not to offer an apology."

Paul Ryan says wall on US-Mexico border may be part fence or barrier

President-elect Donald Trump's much-discussed Mexican wall may be a fence in places, or a barrier, or something else that secures the border, said House Speaker Paul Ryan, who also rejected the idea of a deportation force to move undocumented immigrants out of the US. As Trump himself has dialed back some of his fiercest campaign rhetoric on immigration policies, Ryan - who said he now speaks to the president-elect almost every day - will focus on securing the border in whichever way makes sense, he said in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview broadcast on Sunday.

Obamas celebrated at their last Kennedy Center Honors

The longest, loudest standing ovation of the Kennedy Center Honors gala wasn't reserved for Al Pacino, Mavis Staples or the Eagles. Instead, it went to the man sitting to their left, attending his eighth and most likely his last honors presentation: President Barack Obama.

Mexican ambassador does victory lap following defeat of Arizona Sheriff Arpaio

The Mexican ambassador to the United States, Carlos Sada Solana, told reporters in Phoenix that Mexico shall remain firm in refusing to provide funds for President-elect Donald Trump proposed border wall to address illegal immigration emanating from Mexico. Speaking to reporters at the Arizona Republic , Sada said "We have said time and again Mexico is not paying for the wall," and added, "That is something that has been said several times by the president of Mexico, the secretary of foreign affairs, secretary of economy, the secretary of finance.

Trump says companies face ‘retribution’

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence stand onstage together at U.S. Bank Arena on December 1, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo / Getty President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday issued a dramatic warning to companies that they would face "retribution" in the form of tariffs if they move American jobs overseas, setting up a collision with corporate America and the free-market wing of the Republican Party.

Trump expands his list of contenders for Secretary of State

EXCLUSIVE: The 'arrogant' man behind illegal artist enclave where at least 33 died in fire checks into a hotel - as friends claim he LAUGHED at warnings that squalid commune was a DEATH TRAP Gunman storms into DC pizzeria and fires into the air as part of his 'investigation' into pizza-gate conspiracy theory claiming that Hillary Clinton abused children there Why caveman in us makes yo-yo diets fail: Changes in our diet convince our brains to store extra fat because food supplies are unreliable High school algebra teacher calls off her wedding after she 'had sex with a 16-year-old student on a park bench after he wrote down his Snapchat username on a test paper' Victory! Dakota Access protesters WIN as the feds block oil pipeline that was to be built next to Native American land - kicking off wild celebrations in Standing Rock Now for Italexit! Europe hit by new anti-establishment revolt ... (more)

Big Labor threw tons of cash at Democrats, but workers voted red: report

Big Labor pumped $530 million of workers' dues into mostly Democratic Party groups and liberal causes over a four-year period - with dismal results, according to a new analysis. Despite the unions' massive cash infusion into Democratic causes, GOPer Donald Trump still won the union-heavy Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio in his presidential bid against Dem candidate Hillary Clinton.

The Latest: Early returns show Renzi lags in referendum

A man casts his ballot as a map of Italy is seen in background at a polling station in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016.Italians are voting in a referendum on constitutional reforms that is being closely watched abroad to see if ... . Ballots are being put on a table at a polling station in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016.