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From left, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton applauded President-elect Donald Trump's decision to accept a telephone call from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday. President-elect Donald Trump's telephone call with Taiwan's president on Friday broke decades of U.S. diplomatic policy in the region and brought a quick objection by China, but several Republican members of Congress have applauded Trump's decision to accept the call.
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according... During the Labor Day weekend, when many people are celebrating and preparing for the upcoming school-year, Dakota Access, a... Donald Trump has announced that Steve Bannon-former head of the online racist platform Breitbart-will be a senior adviser in... Portland, Oregon, housing activist and bookstore owner Chloe Eudaly was the first challenger to unseat an incumbent city council member since 1992. See Margot Black's commentary in Blue Oregon below.
Lowry: 'Xenophobia' and other troublesome words In the new America, fear of 'the other' has once again taken hold Check out this story on northjersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2gzSBri The Rev. Annie Steinberg-Behrman, right, provisional pastor with Metropolitan Community Church in San Francisco, at a meeting at City Hall.
Universities and colleges in several states are considering labeling themselves "sanctuary campuses" amid fears from immigrant students and pressure from activists following the election of Donald Trump. California authorities say a fire has broken out at an Oakland warehouse where people were having a party and police say there are "casualties."
Aid agencies say that more than 30,000 people have fled rebel-h... . A Syrian boy displaced with his family from eastern Aleppo holds a sandwich and bread bag in the village of Jibreen south of Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016.
Hundreds of Rutgers University students block College Ave., in New Brunswick, N.J. on Nov. 16, 2016 as they march to protest some of President-elect Donald Trump's policies. Hundreds of Rutgers University students block College Ave., in New Brunswick, N.J. on Nov. 16, 2016 as they march to protest some of President-elect Donald Trump's policies.
Spokesman Bryan Lanza said in a memo this week to supporters that Trump's backing for the pipeline near a North Dakota Indian reservation ``has nothing to do with his personal investments and everything to do with promoting policies that benefit all Americans.' ' Trump's most recent federal disclosure forms, filed in May, show he owned a small amount of stock in Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the pipeline builder, and at least $100,000 in Phillips 66, an energy company that owns one-quarter of the pipeline.
President-elect Donald Trump is establishing a Strategic and Policy Forum, which will meet with him for the first time at the White House in February, to share ideas with Trump as he "implements his plan to bring back jobs," according to Trump's transition team. The Forum will be comprised of many business leaders, but at least three of the 16 members have a history of supporting the importation of foreign workers.
North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows is discussing "harmful" regulations with the Freedom Caucus on a retreat this weekend that he wants President-elect Donald Trump to repeal. The House Freedom Caucus is on retreat this weekend in Charlottesville, Va., to discuss policy priorities and ways it can work with the incoming Trump administration, a spokeswoman said.
Donald Trump descended on Indiana this week to praise Carrier Corporation's decision to partly reverse its plan to ship 2,000 jobs to Mexico. The president-elect and his running mate, Mike Pence, credit Trump's deal-making prowess, of course.
Russia's government denies that it tampered in the U.S. election or even took sides. But now that the results are in, members of President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party aren't holding back.
Kellyanne Conway, Trump-Pence campaign manager, left, sits with Robby Mook, Clinton-Kaine campaign manager, prior to Thursday's forum at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Every four years, the Institute of Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government assembles the managers of the presidential campaigns for a deep, post-election debrief.
Revered by his troops as a "warrior monk" with a knack for hard-edged quips, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis led troops in Afghanistan in 2001, won laurels for leadership in one of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq War and most recently headed US Central Command, perhaps the military's most complicated and challenging post.
President-elect Donald Trump just finished his victory lap in Indiana, for his Carrier deal and now is apparently targeting another Indiana company for its decision to move jobs out of the country. Rexnord of Indiana is moving to Mexico and rather viciously firing all of its 300 workers.
A Trump supporter who used a profanity to describe Hillary Clinton supporter was banned from Delta Air Lines for life. A Trump supporter who used a profanity to describe Hillary Clinton supporter was banned from Delta Air Lines for life.
A U.S. presidential commission on Friday called on the incoming administration to immediately take steps to enhance cybersecurity in both the private and public sector. The Commission on Enhancing National Cyber Security, which includes 12 non-partisan experts in technology and computer security, presented a report to U.S. President Barack Obama with several recommendations it hopes to have implemented within the next two to five years.
Russia's government staunchly denies reports that it tampered in the U.S. election or supported either candidate, but once the results were in, members of President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party didn't hold back. "It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk, Russia, declared in a radio interview.
Trump upends US foreign policy with Taiwan call US President-elect Donald Trump broke with decades of foreign policy to speak with the president of Taiwan, prompting Beijing Saturday to accuse Taipei of a ploy but saying the move would not affect US-China ties. It was not immediately clear whether Trump's telephone call with President Tsai Ing-wen marked a deliberate pivot away from Washington's official "One China" stance, but fuelled fears he is improvising on international affairs.
This weekend, the nation's largest mall is hosting its first-ever black Santa Claus. As part of its Santa Experience, The Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis has hired Larry Jefferson to dress up as Santa Claus from Thursday to Sunday.