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One of the great challenges experienced by both the press and at least some of the public in understanding Donald Trump is caught up in what his defenders often cite: The press during the long campaign made the mistake of taking Trump literally but not seriously, while Trump's many followers took him seriously but not literally. So how does all that work out regarding the president-elect's stand on Medicare? During the campaign, Trump made a point of vowing that he would keep his hands off both Medicare and Social Security.
President-elect Donald Trump is set on Thursday to trumpet a deal with furnace and air conditioner manufacturer Carrier Corp. that would reduce the planned 1,400 job cuts at an Indianapolis factory that became a political cause during the presidential campaign. Feb. 10: Company officials announce plans to shutter the Indianapolis factory, along with a 700-worker factory in the northeastern Indiana city of Huntington that is also owned by Carrier parent company United Technologies Corp. of Hartford, Connecticut.
The outgoing US ambassador urged people to focus on today's "inspiring" links between airbases such as RAF Lakenheath and their communities as he highlighted their important role in the UK's relationship with his country. Matthew Barzun, who was speaking to journalists just over five weeks before he returns to the US following the election of Donald Trump, highlighted the community bonds between US men and women in uniform and the communities they live in.
U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, a Utah Republican, is calling on Donald Trump to reverse President Obama's designations of national monuments across the country. President Obama designated two national monuments in Nevada - Tule Springs Fossil Beds on Dec. 19, 2014, and Basin and Range on July 10, 2015.
The deliberations continue for Donald Trump over who should be his top cabinet pick , Secretary of State . An announcement may not come until next week.
Mnuchin had long been considered a top contender for the Treasury post but his selection runs counter to the anti-establishment rhetoric of the Trump campaign US president-elect Donald Trump's naming of veteran Wall Street banker and hedge-fund manager Steve Mnuchin to be the next Treasury secretary quickly turned into a polarising appointment as financiers cheered the selection while watchdog groups warned that it could lead to roll-backs of crucial post-crisis regulations. Mnuchin, who was a Goldman Sachs partner before starting Dune Capital Management and later running Pasadena lender OneWest Bank, confirmed the appointment in an early morning appearance on CNBC.
In this Nov. 15 file photo, the Supreme Court building is seen from the Capitol in Washington. The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered the rights of people held in immigration detention, whose numbers are likely to swell if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to deport millions of unauthorized immigrants.
President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Rep. Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services signals that the new administration is all-in on both efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and restructure Medicare and Medicaid.
Earlier this week, Donald Trump warned on Twitter that he would reverse the current U.S. warming of relations with the Cuban government if Havana doesn't give Washington a "better deal." The tweet was short and to the point.
The pulse-quickening, celebrity-filled catwalk event of the year: the Victoria's Secret fashion sho... . Model Kendall Jenner gestures as she talks to media before the Victoria's Secret fashion show in Paris, France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.
Sen. Lindsey Graham is readying legislation that would extend legal protections for previously undocumented immigrants who came here as children -- benefits granted under a 2012 directive from President Barack Obama that are at risk with the incoming Trump administration. On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed to revoke Obama's executive actions on immigration, including one that has shielded more than 740,000 young undocumented immigrants from being deported and gave them permits to work legally.
Only one member of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is dealing with the CIA and the 16 other offices and agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community, four U.S. officials said Wednesday. Geoffrey Kahn, a former House intelligence committee staffer, is the only person named so far to Trump's intelligence community "landing team," they said.
Nancy Pelosi has lead House Democrats so long she remembers when Virginia Foxx was the craziest member of the opposition. Senate Republicans are looking to sync better with Donald Trump, so OF COURSE they're begging an octogenarian Mormon from Utah to stay in the upper chamber.
In this Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, former President Bill Clinton applauds as his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in New York, where she conceded her defeat to Republican Donald Trump after the hard-fought presidential election. Hillary Clinton's aides and supporters are urging dispirited Democrats to channel their frustrations about the election results into political causes - just not into efforts to recount ballots in three battleground states.
It's no coincidence that the most powerful leaders in the world - from Barack Obama to Bill Gates to Vladimir Putin - are gifted speakers who win support, shape minds, and even stir controversy with their words. Though his speaking habits are unconventional - and often contentious - US President-Elect Donald Trump now joins the same ranks as these powerful leaders.
President-elect Donald Trump is thinking about naming Gary Cohn, the president and COO of Goldman Sachs, to a role in his administration, Politico's Ben White and Jake Sherman reported Wednesday. The role could be director of the Office of Management and Budget, according to the report.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson gave one of his potential successors a stamp of approval on Wednesday, saying Rep. Michael McCaul is the strongest member of Congress when it comes to border security. Mr. Johnson and Mr. McCaul were responding to criticisms reported in The Washington Times from advocates for stricter enforcement of immigration laws who said they hoped President-elect Donald Trump picked someone else to be homeland security chief.
Steven Mnuchin, president-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be treasury secretary, said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should leave government control and that the incoming administration "will get it done reasonably fast." The comments, which came in an interview on Fox Business, sent shares of the mortgage-finance giants soaring Wednesday.
If and when U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia, is confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's top health policy adviser and head of the Department of Health and Human Services, his successor will be chosen through a special election.