Tag: Biden Transition

National Security

Obama ignores Trump, will continue to empty Gitmo

Gabby Morrongiello · January 3, 2017 10:51 pm

The Clintons and Bushes will attend Donald Trump's inauguration after all, despite their bad blood with the president-elect. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Bushes and Clintons to attend Trump inauguration despite bad blood

Gabby Morrongiello, Alex Pappas · January 3, 2017 10:10 pm

"The president-elect is up on the issues and very concerned about the department and veterans issues," said Lockheed Martin Senior Vice President Leo Mackay. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump weighing Lockheed Martin executive to lead Veterans Affairs

Sarah Bedford · January 3, 2017 9:56 pm

President-elect Trump's pick for U.S. trade representative has a history of favoring protectionist policies. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

Lighthizer pick is bad news for free-traders

Clark Packard · January 3, 2017 9:44 pm

President-elect Trump criticized Chinese leaders on Monday after North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un declared that his regime is in "the last stage" of testing an intercontinental ballistic missile, following a flurry of nuclear weapons tests in 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Security

State Dept.: Trump wrong about China’s stance on North Korea

Joel Gehrke · January 3, 2017 9:42 pm

Timothy Massad, appointed by President Obama in mid-2014, had a term set to end in April. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama derivatives regulator to step down before Trump inauguration

Joseph Lawler · January 3, 2017 9:39 pm

Omarosa Manigault, the former contestant on "The Apprentice," has been hired for a White House job. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

‘Apprentice’ star Omarosa Manigault hired for White House job

Alex Pappas · January 3, 2017 9:35 pm

Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, above, along with Sen. Dean Heller, are pressing Congress to act on a bill to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a dramatic but symbolic action that also would fulfill a campaign promise President-elect Trump mad. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rubio, Cruz join forces to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Susan Crabtree · January 3, 2017 9:10 pm

McCain said in an interview Tuesday that he will meet with Tillerson to discuss a "whole range of concerns." (AP Photos)

McCain, Tillerson to meet this week

Al Weaver · January 3, 2017 9:08 pm

Dan Scavino, who has been named assistant to the president and director of social media in the Trump White House, posted a statement on Twitter saying the account "will be made available to our 45th president of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, on January 20, 2017." (Photo courtesy of Dan Scavino, via Twitter)

Trump to take over @POTUS Twitter account on Inauguration Day

Alex Pappas · January 3, 2017 8:33 pm

Businesses hope the Trump administration will repeal burdensome federal regulations. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Will Trump undo the federal rules that strangle businesses?

William Perry Pendley · January 3, 2017 8:25 pm

White House rips GOP for trying to ‘escape accountability’

Gabby Morrongiello · January 3, 2017 7:21 pm