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New York, Nov 22 - The first Hindu elected to Congress, Tulsi Gabbard, crossed her Democratic party line to meet Republican-elect Donald Trump to discuss Syria, terrorism and national security matters and warn of the risk of a nuclear confrontation with Russia amid speculation he may be checking out the war veteran for a position in his administration. On economic and social issues, Gabbard belongs to the leftist wing of the Democratic Party.
Sixteen years ago, as the 2000 presidential election recount in Florida transfixed the nation, the newly elected Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke directly to the likelihood that Al Gore would win the popular vote and still lose the election: "I believe strongly that in a democracy, we should respect the will of the people," Mrs. Clinton said, "and to me that means it's time to do away with the Electoral College and move to the popular election of our president," the New York Times reported. If Mrs. Clinton had worked as hard over the last 16 years to abolish the EC as she worked to win the Democratic nomination, she would be moving back into the White House in January.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy held a mental health roundtable in Bridgeport on Monday, in hopes of getting the Mental Health Reform Act he co-authored onto "the last train leaving the station" before the Trump Administration moves into the White House. "We have a chance to pass this in the next few weeks," Murphy told an overflow crowd at the Southwest Community Health Center.
Donald Trump has surprised us all so many times, but could it be that he will go down in history as a politician who, in the vein of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, won by mastering a revolutionary new technology? I'm speaking, of course, of Twitter. In recent days, Trump has used the platform to attack the cast of "Hamilton" and to express some kind words about Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday.
To the extent the divided American electorate can be said to agree on anything after Nov. 8, it would seem to be broad rejection of "trade deals" such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership . Both major-party candidates, Republican winner Donald Trump and Democratic loser Hillary Clinton - as well as her erstwhile primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Hoffman won the International Emmy for best performance by an actor at Monday night's awards ceremony at the Hilton New York for his role as a retired bachelor wooing a tortoise-loving widow in the BBC One TV movie "Roald Dahl's Esio Trot." Two other British productions received awards: "Hoff the Record," starring David Hasselhoff, in the comedy category, and "Capital" for TV movie/mini-series.
NOVEMBER 21: Former Texas Governor Rick Perry leaves Trump Tower on November 21, 2016 in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration.
Donald Trump held court from his perch high above Manhattan on Monday, receiving a line of former rivals, longtime allies and TV executives while overseeing a presidential transition that at times resembles a reality show like the one he once hosted. Trump met with nearly a dozen prospective hires, all of whom were paraded in front of the cameras set up in the Trump Tower lobby as they entered an elevator to see the president-elect.
With the 2016 election, Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win Wisconsin in nearly 30 years and Republicans took control of nearly two-thirds of the Legislature, including their largest majority in the Assembly since 1957, despite a roughly even split of votes between Democrats and Republicans in statewide races. On Monday, a federal court overturned Wisconsin's Republican-drawn legislative maps as an "unconstitutional gerrymander" that likely played a major factor in the party's disproportionate electoral success.
In a video statement, President-elect Donald Trump claimed that his presidential transition was going smoothly. The Trump transition team has been plagued by reports of internal disarray, and widely criticized for the appointment of Steve Bannon and Sen. Jeff Sessions.
Gabbard, who backed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, is being considered for jobs at the Defense Department, State Department and the United Nations, a source told CNN. Gabbard stepped down from her post as a vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee earlier in the year to support Sanders -- and fight Hillary Clinton -- in the primaries.
During World War II, the U.S. armed forces utilized Native languages as a way to transmit indecipherable messages in the Pacific Theater. It was a code the Japanese were never able to break, and it's credited with saving the lives of thousands of troops.
America has healed before - or have we? USA TODAY asked three historians to consider other times when the USA was torn apart. Check out this story on pal-item.com: http://usat.ly/2gdDkdK How does a divided country come back together? Clinton supporters hope protests keep divisive issues front and center to prevent rhetoric from becoming policy.
Seven states passed ballot initiatives easing marijuana laws this year, four of them legalizing it for recreational use. But some in the nascent, if growing marijuana industry fear President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general will hinder progress toward legalization.
Adm. Michael Rogers, who heads both the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, has been criticized for failing to thwart major security breaches since his appointment in 2014. National Security Agency director Adm.
Hundreds identifying as 'white nationalists' or members of the 'alt-right' movement gathered at the annual National Policy Institute conference in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. Members of the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nation, National Socialist Movement, and the Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club ride a MATA bus to the Shelby County Courthouse in Memphis, Tenn.
Chuck Schumer, the incoming leader of Senate Democrats, warned Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press that any Supreme Court nominee of Donald Trump's will be filibustered if he or she isn't "mainstream." Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society's executive vice president and a leading adviser to Republicans on judicial nominees, told the group that Trump isn't going to be dictated to.
President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet on Monday with Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and former Texas governor and GOP presidential rival Rick Perry. That's according to top aide Kellyanne Conway.
TV producer Shonda Rhimes didn't get the president she wanted in the recent election, but she'll be receiving a special honor from the president she created at the International Emmy Awards Gala. "Scandal" star Tony Goldwyn, who plays President Fitzgerald Grant in the ABC TV drama, will be presenting the honorary International Emmy Founders Award to Rhimes Monday night at the Hilton New York.
Incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, drawing a line in the sand for the next administration, said he has the votes to stop President-elect Donald Trump from repealing the Dodd-Frank Act and "the rules we put in place to limit Wall Street." Schumer predicted that the Senate's Democratic minority would get help from Republicans in any such fight.