With confirmation hearings set to start for Cabinet nominees, ethics experts are raising alarms about others with the president-elect’s ear, including billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who stand to profit as members of a “shadow Cabinet.”
Gen. James Mattis’s falling-out with the Obama administration over Iran offers perspective into how he will lead the world’s largest military and the advice he will bring during sensitive Situation Room debates.
The president-elect refers to H-1B visas as a “cheap labor program” subject to “rampant” abuse, but India’s growth as a global tech hub could be jump-started if its best minds must remain there to do work outsourced by U.S. firms.
Golden Globes 2017
Sarah Paulson accepts an award for her role in “The People v. O.J.: American Crime Story.” (Getty Images)
Host Jimmy Fallon kicks off the ceremony. (Getty Images)
Donald Glover accepts the award for best television comedy for “Atlanta.” (Reuters)
Kerry Washington greets a fan. (Reuters)
Blake Lively, left, and Ryan Reynolds. (AP)
Mandy Moore. (Getty Images)
Emily Ratajkowski. (Reuters)
Twitter had plenty to say when NBC’s Jenna Bush Hager and actor Michael Keaton each melded the names of “Fences” and “Hidden Figures” together.
The “Pineapple Express” system pummeling a vast swath of California with rain and snow is creating hazardous conditions for residents and travelers, but it could relieve the region’s years-long drought.
She received a warm applause at the final performance of “The Color Purple,” in contrast to the reaction Vice President-elect Mike Pence got when he showed up to see “Hamilton.”
In the south-side project where Barack Obama began his public service career, many residents are grateful that the president was elected, but they lament that their quality of life has improved little.
Margaret Sullivan
Media Columnist Fake news has a real meaning — deliberately constructed lies, in the form of news articles, meant to mislead the public. But the label has been co-opted to the point that it is misleading and useless.
NFL Playoffs
Rodgers completed a Hail Mary for a touchdown just before halftime to jump start Green Bay on its way to a 38-13 win.
For these Maryland siblings and so many others, it demands ripping apart your heart to lay bare the pieces in the formal setting of a court, and knowing there will be but a few minutes to sum up a life.
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 82, was considered the figurehead of moderate Iranians who seek reforms in political life as well as economic and cultural openings to the West. His death leaves a vacuum that could further marginalize reformist efforts.
