Tag: Biden Transition

National Security

White House dismisses Trump claim that Russia hack briefing was delayed

Gabby Morrongiello · January 4, 2017 7:07 pm

Trump names slew of White House staffers

Kyle Feldscher · January 4, 2017 6:48 pm

White House uses Rand Paul as a foil against Republicans

Gabby Morrongiello · January 4, 2017 6:34 pm

Deval Patrick once opposed Sen. Jeff Sessions in an Alabama voting rights case. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Ex-Massachusetts governor urges senators to reject Sessions as attorney general

Kelly Cohen · January 4, 2017 5:37 pm

Americans have less confidence in Donald Trump than they had when Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were about to take office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Beltway Confidential

Americans expect Trump to stumble into scandals

Jason Russell · January 4, 2017 4:55 pm

"We'll be looking at the facts and the information," Pence told reporters. "Given some of the intelligence failures in recent years, the president-elect made it clear he is skeptical of the conclusions." (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

National Security

Pence: Trump has ‘healthy skepticism’ of Russian hacking reports

Susan Ferrechio · January 4, 2017 4:41 pm

Clayton, a current partner at the international law firm Sullivan and Cromwell, is widely recognized as a top corporate lawyer in the United States and previously worked as an adjunct law professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Trump taps top Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton for SEC

Gabby Morrongiello · January 4, 2017 4:09 pm

Vice President-elect Mike Pence said that Republicans are working on a "two-track approach" to ensure people don't immediately lose their coverage once Obamacare is repealed. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pence supports ‘orderly transition’ out of Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 4, 2017 4:03 pm

Trump plans executive orders to dismantle Obamacare

Susan Ferrechio, Paige Winfield · January 4, 2017 3:33 pm

In an editorial, Xinhua said Trump should knock off his broadsides against the Chinese government and that social media isn't the place to conduct diplomacy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Chinese state-run media to Trump: ‘Foreign policy isn’t child’s play’

Eddie Scarry · January 4, 2017 2:30 pm

Rex Tillerson will receive a $180 million retirement package from Exxon Mobil in order to completely separate himself from the oil giant before facing confirmation. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Tillerson to receive $180 million from Exxon Mobil as a part of ethics agreement

Kyle Feldscher · January 4, 2017 2:26 pm

Joshua Bolten, former President George W. Bush's chief of staff, will head the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs formed to lobby in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Former Bush chief of staff to head business lobby

Joseph Lawler · January 4, 2017 1:53 pm