It wasn’t that long ago that Russia’s establishment was reveling in President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. That enthusiasm has cooled drastically over the steady drumbeat of bad news coming from Washington.
Day: January 15, 2017
Trump’s tough talk unlikely to redefine U.S. relationship with China
Donald Trump talked tough on China during his presidential run, blaming the country for the loss of American jobs, lobbing accusations of unfair currency manipulation or hostile trade practices, and suggesting that the United States levy enormous tariffs on Chinese goods. “Look at what China is doing to our country,” Mr.Trump said in September, during a presidential debate with Democrat Hillary Clinton.
To celebrate inaugural or not?
The sharp divisions over President-elect Donald Trump’s election have politicians, celebrities and even high school students debating whether taking part in the inauguration is a political act that demonstrates support for the new president and his agenda or a nonpartisan tribute to democratic traditions and the peaceful transfer of power. Among critics of the president-elect, everyone from Hillary Clinton and Hollywood A-listers to the band director at tiny Madawaska Middle/a High School in northern Maine and singers in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is wrestling with this issue – and reaching different conclusions.
SpaceX Launches Rocket, Its First Since Explosion on Launchpad
A Falcon 9 rocket roared into the sky on Saturday carrying 10 communications satellites – a return by SpaceX and its billionaire leader, Elon Musk, to the business of launching satellites to orbit. But financial details disclosed this past week about the company overshadowed the successful liftoff, raising questions about the viability of Mr. Musk’s long-range plans for SpaceX and his vision of sending people to Mars.
Cancer survivor who once opposed federal health law challenges Ryan on its repeal
The distance between healthpolicy ideology and life-or-death health care narrowed to a few feet at a nationally televised town hall meeting this week when a small-business man from Arizona stood up and faced House Speaker Paul Ryan. “Just like you, I was a Republican,” Jeff Jeans began.
Michael Gleba: the Scaife Foundation’s low-key leader
The Post-Gazette identifies 25 Trump Transition Team members with ties to the Scaife Foundation and the groups it funds. Read more here Mr. Gelba, 47, of Edgewood is the CEO of the Sarah Scaife Foundation, which started seeding the conservative field before he was born.
Wolf faces tough second-half fight
For about 45 minutes, the scene at Highlands Hospital on Friday looked like a textbook illustration on how government should work. There was Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf in a conference room, flanked by three local Republican state legislators, listening to doctors, local officials, and a grieving mother discuss how to address the plague of opioid abuse.
DNC chair contenders seek unified front against Trump
Over and over, the candidates to helm the Democratic National Committee stressed Saturday that they’re waging a new fight against Donald Trump — not re-fighting the old one between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Their race is no proxy battle, and the party is now unified around the cause of stopping Trump as he prepares to take the oath of office, the seven contenders said.
President-elect taking time to select ag secretary
It was rural voters, after all, who helped propel the real estate entrepreneur into office.
Toyota’s line into Trump: Mike Pence
Broadsided by this month’s Trump tweet targeting Toyota, the Japanese carmaker’s president, Akio Toyoda, is wasting no time in appealing to the new administration. On day one of the Detroit auto show, Toyoda ballyhooed the company’s plan to invest $10 billion in the U.S. over the next five years.