CBS News: U.S. Has Intercepts Of Russian Officials Pleased At Influencing Election
CBS News has learned that the U.S. has intercepts of Russian officials expressing their pleasure that their plan to influence the election was successful.
Watch CBS News
CBS News has learned that the U.S. has intercepts of Russian officials expressing their pleasure that their plan to influence the election was successful.
President-elect Donald Trump hires a political adviser New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie cut ties with two years ago in the fallout from the Bridgegate scandal.
The president-elect is making his views known in a series of new tweets and he's taking aim at the Senate's Democratic leader, New York's Chuck Schumer -- a top defender of the health overhaul.
According to an article published by Marie Claire, the Knicks and Rangers owner sat down with the world famous dance group to discuss their performance at President-elect Trump's inauguration.
In a reversal, the House GOP decided on Tuesday to strip the provision from a package of rule changes that lawmakers will vote on later in the day.
Bill and Hillary Clinton plan to attend Donald Trump's inauguration, putting the 2016 presidential rivals on the same platform only weeks after their tough campaign.
President-elect Donald Trump began 2017 exactly the way he spent much of 2016 – expressing himself with 140 characters or less.
Obama expelled the diplomats, saying they were really spies, and ordered new sanctions on Russian spy agencies for alleged Russian hacking of political sites during the presidential election.
Members of a Long Island bagpipe and drum band are excited to participate in the inauguration parade for President-elect Donald Trump in January.
Abbas thanked the U.S. for its U.N. abstention vote last week, which allowed the Security Council to adopt a resolution declaring Israeli settlements in territory claimed by Palestinians illegal.
The president-elect will be spending his New Year's Eve at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
The presidential election dominated the news in 2016, but it was just one of several political stories to grab headlines over the past 12 months.
The U.S. said the two Cold War-era estates, one on Long Island and one in Maryland, were being used for intelligence activities.
More than 8,000 participants have accepted invitations to take part in a parade following the swearing-in of President-elect Donald Trump.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday outlined some triumphs and disappointments in 2016, and some worries about what may happen in 2017.
Israel is angry the U.S. allowed a resolution to pass in the United Nations Security Council calling settlements in east Jerusalem and the West Bank a "flagrant violation'' of international law.
Carl Paladino, the co-chair of the Trump campaign in New York state, said his recent crack that he hoped President Obama would die from mad cow disease and that Michelle Obama would "return to being a male'' were "inappropriate'' and a "mistake.''
Israel pressed forward with promises of retaliation and damage control Sunday following a U.N. vote last week on an anti-settlement resolution that passed thanks to an abstention by the U.S., Israel's close ally.
In a statement, Trump said he aims to "avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as President."
There was pressure from the president-elect and lobbying from Israel, but in the end, the United States broke a longstanding tradition.
The Radio City Rockettes will be dancing at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next month but not everyone is kicking up their heels at the booking.
The transition team says Conway "will work with senior leadership" in the White House "to effectively message and execute the administration's legislative priorities and actions."
The Tudor-style house in Jamaica Estates is being offered on Jan. 17 -- three days before Trump takes the oath of office and two months after the house was withdrawn from an auction.
Trump's meeting Wednesday with retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn comes a day after Flynn and other members of the incoming national security team met with Vice President-elect Mike Pence in Washington.
An effort by anti-Trump forces to persuade Republican electors to abandon the president-elect came to practically nothing and the process unfolded largely according to its traditions.
