Trump talks $7M tax break at Carrier; PU prof. says maybe not so good for taxpayers

The state of Indiana is offering Carrier a $7 million tax break over 10 years, and President-elect Donald Trump says he's working on more incentives for companies nationwide. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence were at the Indianapolis Carrier Plant Thursday afternoon to celebrate their deal with Carrier to keep more than 1,000 jobs in Indiana, instead of moving them to Mexico.

Sources: Christie seeking job as RNC chair under Trump

TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie is angling to be named chairman of the Republican National Committee, sources with knowledge of President-elect Donald Trump 's transition planning confirmed Thursday. If named, the governor would fill the seat to be left vacant by the group's current leader, Reince Priebus, who will become Trump's chief of staff.

Trump supports completion of Dakota Access Pipeline

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said for the first time that he supports the completion of a pipeline project near a North Dakota Indian reservation, which has been the subject of months of protests by tribes and environmentalists. A communications briefing from Trump's transition team said despite media reports that Trump owns a stake in Energy Transfer Partners , the company building the pipeline, Trump's support of the pipeline "has nothing to do with his personal investments and everything to do with promoting policies that benefit all Americans."

The Carrier Deal: Donald Trump to the Rescue or Troubling Precedent?

President-elect Donald Trump traveled to Indiana Thursday afternoon to meet with officials at heating and air-conditioning company Carrier to celebrate a deal that will keep hundreds of the company's positions from being relocated to Mexico. Yet some are concerned about what kind of precedent the pact struck by the incoming administration will set for domestic companies going forward.

Richard Spencer

Richard Spencer, the face of a white-nationalist group that gained notoriety and momentum after Donald Trump's election, has been allowed by the federal government to operate his nonprofit organization in financial secrecy for the past three years. Spencer's think tank, the National Policy Institute, has not filed financial returns with the federal government since 2013, according to a database of nonprofit records.

How Donald Trump got Carrier to stay

Carrier is getting a modest $7 million in financial incentives over the next 10 years from the state of Indiana to keep 1,000 jobs at an Indianapolis plant, sources familiar with the deal tells CNN. That is just a fraction of the estimated $65 million a year it expected to save if it had moved those jobs to Mexico.

Survey: Only one-in-four Americans want Obamacare completely repealed

Only about one in four Americans wants President-elect Donald Trump to entirely repeal his predecessor's health care law that extended coverage to millions, a new poll has found. The post-election survey released Thursday by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation also found hints of a pragmatic shift among some Republican foes of "Obamacare."

Trump team considering Sen. Joe Manchin for energy secretary

Trump team considering Sen. Joe Manchin for energy secretary - President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is considering Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia for the energy secretary job, according to three sources close to the discussions. - The conservative Democrat

‘Thank You Tour’: Trump victory lap heads for Indianapolis, Cincinnati

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump headed out on a victory lap Thursday, appearing first in Indiana to salute workers at a factory where he says he saved hundreds of jobs from moving to Mexico and then in Ohio on the first stop of a "Thank You Tour" to honour supporters in states that helped him to his stunning victory. Thursday's Midwest swing will be the first time that Trump, who has shown an early inclination to revel in the role of showman-in-chief, has barnstormed across the country since the campaign.

SF protestors urge Sen. Feinstein to reject all Trump appointees

About 15 people gathered outside Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office in San Francisco to deliver a petition calling on Democrat congressional leaders to reject president-elect Donald Trump's cabinet appointees. About 15 people gathered outside Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office in San Francisco to deliver a petition calling on Democrat congressional leaders to reject president-elect Donald Trump's cabinet appointees.

Cotton trusts Trump to sort out business conflicts

"I trust Donald Trump's word that he's going to put the business of the American people first" - @SenTomCotton https://t.co/AyWgRWHLEj - New Day December 1, 2016 Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Thursday that he trusts President-elect Trump to remove himself from his business empire before being sworn in as the next president of the United States, and said it doesn't make sense to judge his plans until they are revealed on Dec. 15. "This is a more complicated matter than what we've seen in the past, with past presidents or senior officials just simply selling stock or putting stock into a blind trust," Cotton said on CNN. "You can't really hide a building, or... hide who's going into a building."

Winning: Trump Visits Carrier in Indiana After Preserving 1,000 Jobs

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence will visit Carrier Corp. in Indianapolis on Thursday, just two days after the company announced it had reached a deal with the incoming president that will save over 1,000 American jobs. A release on Wednesday provided a few details of the Trump-Pence event scheduled for Thursday afternoon at Carrier's Indianapolis facility.

Trump will face tough questions on future of nuclear arsenal

For all the concerns raised in the presidential campaign about Donald Trump's fitness to command America's nuclear arsenal, the immediate questions he's likely to face as president aren't about launching these weapons, but modernizing them. He'll have to make politically fraught decisions about a U.S. nuclear arsenal that in some ways has become decrepit.

Trump to take victory lap at factory, rally

In this Nov. 19, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump gives the thumbs-up as he arrive at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Trump, ethics attorneys and good-government groups are all grappling with how to navigate being a president with extraordinary international and domestic business ties. While others in government are bound by rules and regulations about their business ties, the president has fewer such restrictions.

AP sources: Obama leans against last-minute action on Israel

In this Nov. 14, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama listens during a news conference in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington. Obama has nearly ruled out any last-ditch effort to put pressure on Israel over stalled peace negotiations with the Palestinians, U.S. officials said, indicating Obama will likely avoid one last row with Israel's government as he leaves office.