Trump retains 50 senior Obama appointees
President-elect Donald Trump has asked roughly 50 senior President Barack Obama administration appointees to remain in their posts after his inauguration to ensure continuity in government, his incoming White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said on Thursday.
Putin is world’s most powerful man, Trump in second: Forbes
Vladimir Putin was the world’s most powerful person for a fourth straight year in 2016, with US president-elect Donald Trump in second place, Forbes magazine said Wednesday in its annual rankings.
Trump threats on drug prices hit pharma shares
Pharmaceutical and biotechnology shares tumbled early Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump signaled that he plans to crack down on runaway drug prices.
Trump orders cancellation of ‘too costly’ new Air Force One
President-elect Donald Trump called Tuesday — via Twitter — for the cancellation of a multi-billion dollar Boeing contract to build the next Air Force One, calling the ballooning costs “ridiculous.”
Scramble for Trump 9,000 federal appointments begins
The US Senate on Monday published the so-called Plum Book, the official list of some 9,000 federal appointments to be made by President-elect Donald Trump.
Between Trump, Mattis, Flynn and Ogunlesi
General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, the famous ex-Marine and the hero of countless conflicts and wars, has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump as his Secretary of Defence.
