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Two weeks after his election victory, President-elect Donald Trump began backing off campaign promises Tuesday, including his hard line on climate change and his vow to jail "Crooked Hillary" Clinton that had brought thunderous "Lock her up" chants at his rallies. A top adviser said Trump is now focused on matters that are essential in setting up his administration, not on comments he made during the heat of the campaign.
Trump and Kellyanne Conway celebrate the president-elect's victory on Nov. 9. Conway told MSNBC today that Trump was going back on a previous campaign promise and threat toward Hillary Clinton. Trump met with the New York Times reporters and editorial staff on Tuesday, reversing some of his campaign pledges and clarifying statements he made earlier in the day.
The New York Times reports on the Emoluments Clause , which concerns compensation and presents from foreign governments. Trump's companies currently do business with entities controlled by foreign governments and people with ties to them, the Times writes - and experts in legal ethics say those kinds of arrangements could easily run afoul of the clause if they continue after Trump takes office.
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.
President-elect Trump says he will 'immediately' deport two to three million illegal immigrants with criminal records - and insists that he WILL build a border wall Trump fires off gloating tweets about his enemies: The Donald attacks the New York Times and 'thanks' Romney, the Bushes and Kasich for their congratulatory phone calls Will Ivana Trump become ambassador to Czech Republic? Donald Trump's ex-wife announces her intentions to become diplomat to her home country 'Sometimes you just have to take a look in the mirror': Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway says Hillary should blame HERSELF for historic loss rather than focusing on the role of the FBI Don't panic: House Speaker Paul Ryan tries to 'put people's minds at ease' when told some Americans are 'terrified' about President-elect Trump President-elect Trump can't put his billions into a blind trust because that would leave ... (more)
Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The New York Times, penned a letter to readers Friday promising that the paper would "reflect" on its coverage of this year's election while rededicating itself to reporting on "America and the world" honestly. President elect Donald Trump repeatedly accused the NYT and other US mainstream media of dishonestly covering the election campaign and showing heavy bias towards his rival, Hillary Clinton.
JUST ONE MORE WEEK The FBI has begun " loading a trove of emails belonging to [Huma Abedin] into a special computer program that would allow bureau analysts to determine whether they contain classified information." The White House defended FBI Director James Comey's character , but that's it.
The Trump campaign has been under investigation for its possible ties to Russia in recent months, after coming under fire upon the DNC's email server being hacked, the New York Times reports . Republican nominee Donald Trump had called on Russia in July for help finding Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's missing emails.
The FBI 's decision on Friday to revisit its investigation into Hillary Clinton 's handling of classified material sent Democrats and Clinton campaign staffers into a frenzy, leading some to accuse the agency of election tampering and sounding much like Donald Trump as they did so. "[ FBI Director James] Comey needs to provide full info immediately.
FBI Director James Comey announced Friday the agency will look into new emails "that appear to be pertinent" to the probe into Hillary Clinton's use of a private server during her time as secretary of state. Comey offered no information about where the new emails came from.
This election season has had many unexpected consequences, but none has been more distressing than its effect on civility. Civility was long thought to be the hall mark of a civilized society, but as the presidential campaign has drawn to a welcome end, so has civility.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been an expert in insulting almost all his critics, whether be it from within his own party or from the opposite camp. Out of the ones who have fallen under the radar of Trump's slur are Indian American leaders Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley.
Citing her working-class upbringing, her work for the Clinton White House and her efforts to bring clean energy to Pennsylvania, the New York Times on Friday endorsed Democrat Katie McGinty for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat. It was a rarity for the newspaper, which doesn't typically weigh in on down-ticket races outside the New York region.
Sunday, October 16, is the one-hundred-year anniversary of the organization founded by Margaret Sanger, which would become known as Planned Parenthood. Sanger, a eugenicist, wrote in the New York Times in 1923 that her goal was the "release and cultivation of the better elements in our society and the gradual suppression, elimination and eventual extinction of defective stock - those human weeds which threaten the blossoming of the finest flowers of American civilization."
In the wake of the 2005 hot mic tape , and now allegations against Donald Trump of groping and inappropriate sexual advances, some big Republican donors are calling on the RNC to break ties with the Republican nominee. "At some point, you have to look in the mirror and recognize that you cannot possibly justify support for Trump to your children - especially your daughters," said David Humphreys, a Missouri businessman who's donated more than $2.5 million to Republicans since the 2012 election.
New York, Oct 14 : The Committee to Protect Journalists has declared Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a threat to press freedoms. "Donald Trump, through his words and actions as a candidate for president of the US, has consistently betrayed First Amendment values," CPJ's board chairwoman Sandra Mims Rowe said.
A New York Times report detailing two women's claims that Donald Trump groped and kissed them against their will could end up playing into the GOP presidential nominee's hands, Rep. Pete King said Thursday. "I think in some ways it plays into Donald Trump's hands, that the establishment is out to get him, the media is out to get him, and he's not getting a fair shake," the New York Republican told Fox News' Bill Hemmer on the "America's Newsroom" program.
Two women accused Donald Trump of touching them sexually without their consent, the New York Times reported Wednesday, just three days after the Republican presidential nominee insisted in a debate that he had never engaged in such behavior. One of the women alleges that Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt during a flight more than three decades ago.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Southeastern Livestock Pavillion in Ocala, Fla., on Oct. 12, 2016. Two women told the New York Times that Donald Trump touched them inappropriately, just days after he said during the second presidential debate that while he had made crude remarks about women, he never acted upon them .