By JULIE PACE and JONATHAN LEMIRE President-elect Donald Trump signaled a sharp rightward shift in U.S. national security policy Friday, naming Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Kansas Rep.…
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Trump offers Flynn national security adviser job
By KEN THOMAS, CATHERINE LUCEY and JULIE PACE President-elect Donald Trump offered former military intelligence chief Michael Flynn the job of national security adviser as he began to build out…
Speaker Paul Ryan tells GOP colleagues: ‘We must deliver’
By ERICA WERNER House Speaker Paul Ryan told Republican lawmakers Monday that it’s time to “hit the ground running as we join forces with the new Trump administration.” “We need…
Clinton blames FBI director for presidential election loss
By LISA LERER Hillary Clinton is blaming the FBI’s decision to revive its examination of her email accounts for her devastating defeat in the presidential election. On a call Saturday…
Trump shakes up transition team, elevates Pence’s role
By JULIE PACE and JONATHAN LEMIRE President-elect Donald Trump is shaking up his transition team as he plunges into the work of setting up his administration, elevating Vice President-elect Mike…
‘Excellent’ first meeting for Obama, Trump
By JULIE PACE In a cordial beginning the transfer of power, President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump met at the White House Thursday. Obama called the 90-minute meeting “excellent,”…
In last minute twist, FBI clears Clinton on emails
By JULIE PACE, LISA LERER and JILL COLVIN In an extraordinary last-minute twist to a volatile campaign, FBI director James Comey lifted the cloud he had placed over Hillary Clinton,…
Protesters march for end of ‘dictatorship’ amid standoff
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and HANNAH DREIER Masses of protesters jammed the streets of Venezuela’s capital on Wednesday on the heels of a move by congress to open a political trial…