The Latest: Trump meets with Mattis, retired Marine general

In this image made from a video provided by Hamilton LLC, actor Brandon Victor Dixon who plays Aaron Burr, the nation's third vice president, in "Hamilton" speaks from the stage after the curtain call in New York, Friday, Nov. 18... . In this photo taken Nov. 17, 2016, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.

Views on Trump at security conference vary from divisive force to ‘opportunity’

Views of president-elect Donald Trump on Day 2 of an international security forum swung between worries he's already damaged European alliances to one Republican Senator claiming he may usher in economic growth. The forum is the first major international gathering of policy analysts, American politicians and a number of defence ministers since Trump won the U.S. election, and speculation about his agenda has dominated talk at the Halifax International Security Forum.

Trump to meet Romney, a sharp critic in campaign

President-elect Donald Trump is filling his Twitter feed like the campaigner of old even while racing to fill senior positions in his administration. Trump planned to meet Saturday with one of his sharpest Republican critics of the campaign, 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, at Trump's golf club in New Jersey, and on Sunday with two leading supporters, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani.

The Latest: Trump, Pence prepare for Romney meeting

In this image made from a video provided by Hamilton LLC, actor Brandon Victor Dixon who plays Aaron Burr, the nation's third vice president, in "Hamilton" speaks from the stage after the curtain call in New York, Friday, Nov. 18... . In this photo taken Nov. 17, 2016, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.

Trump opponents try to beat him at the Electoral College

Grassroots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history - deny the presidency to the clear Election Day winner. Activists are circulating online petitions and using social media in hopes of influencing Republican electors to cast their ballots for someone other than President-elect Donald Trump and deprive him of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become the next occupant of the White House.

Indian-Americans in the age of Donald Trump

The price of success is to bear the sting of envy. Indian-Americans are finding out very quickly that the derring-do that has catapulted them to the top of the economic ladder in the United States has its downside in a Trump-led America that wants to go decidedly nativist.

Congress begins to maneuver in preparation for President Trump

Rep. Mike Pompeo. President-elect Donald Trump selected a Republican congressman and harsh critic of the Obama administration's handling of the Benghazi, Libya, attacks to be the head of the CIA, according to an official close to Trump's transition team.

Mike Pence gets earful at ‘Hamilton’

Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Friday was the latest high-profile person to attend the Broadway hit "Hamilton," but he became the first to get a sharp message from a cast member from the stage. Mike Pence gets earful at 'Hamilton' performance NEW YORK - Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Friday was the latest high-profile person to attend the Broadway hit "Hamilton," but he became the first to get a sharp message from a cast member from the stage.

President Obama Hopes President-Elect Trump Will – Stand Up’ to Russia

President Barack Obama has said he hopes President-elect Donald Trump doesn't take a "realpolitik approach" to dealing with Russia. "My principal approach to Russia has been constant since I came into office," Obama said during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel today, calling Russia an important country and superpower.

‘Hamilton’ actor tells VP-elect Mike Pence he is…

In this image made from a video provided by Hamilton LLC, actor Brandon Victor Dixon who plays Arron Burr, the nation's third vice president, in "Hamilton" speaks from the stage after the curtain call in New York, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. Vice President-elect Mike Pence is the latest celebrity to attend the Broadway hit "Hamilton," but the first to get a sharp message from a cast member from the stage.

On seeing Trump and Obama meet in the Oval Office

Donald Trump's first days as president-elect, and the public reaction to them, underscored the psychosis of a nation in the midst of an existential crisis, left in fidgety suspense. Regarding policy matters, as Salena Zito of The Atlantic pithily surmised, the degree of hand-wringing warranted generally depends on whether one takes Donald Trump literally but not seriously, or seriously but not literally - although most are probably currently suspended somewhere in between, and others are just plain terrified.

Trump shifts to right by tapping Sessions, Pompeo, Flynn

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general and Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo to head the CIA, signaling a sharp rightward shift in US security policy as he begins to form his Cabinet. Trump on Friday also named retired Lt.

What is an election, if not an enormous fractal mirror

Washington : President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. AP/PTI It was 22:30 on November 8th and I was in the "Irish Village", an Ottawa complex of inter-connected pubs and site of the largest US Election-Night party in Canada's capital city.

Economic silver linings for Canada in the Trump cloud

Donald Trump's surprise victory in the presidential election, coupled with continued Republican control of both branches of the U.S. Congress, heralds significant changes in the United States' policy in trade, immigration, foreign affairs, energy and taxation. Many Canadians are understandably uneasy about the direction the U.S. may take under new leadership.