US President-elect Donald Trump has selected Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to lead the State Department. That's according to two people close to Trump's transition team. The decision caps a lengthy process that often played out In public and exposed rifts within Trump's transition team. But Tillerson's close...
Democrat Hillary Clinton would have won the US election if it was held the day before FBI director James Comey released an incendiary letter saying he was not done investigating her email scandal. That's according to pollster Nate Silver, and other experts, who are examining what they're calling the "Comey...
Protesters in the city may chant, “Love trumps hate,” but that’s not stopping some from piling on Donald Trump’s family. “You can’t be a Trump supporter in the city,” an old Buckley School classmate of Donald Jr. admitted to The Post. “I wanted to throw a fund-raiser for , and my...
Hillary Clinton and her supporters spent a record $1.2 billion for her losing presidential campaign — twice as much as the winner, Donald Trump, according to the latest records. The president-elect, who confounded critics during the campaign by saying there was no need to raise or spend $1 billion or more, ended up making...
Donald Trump's senior advisor has come forward to defend his decision to continue as an executive producer and profit participant on the Celebrity Apprentice, even after taking office in January. Speaking to CNN on 9 December, Kellyanne Conway said that the president-elect planned to use his "spare time" to work...
Hillary Clinton has issued a stern warning on Thursday (8 December) against fake news, branding it an "epidemic" which must be addressed to protect America's democracy. In her second public address since losing the US election to Donald Trump, the Democrat made the comment in the wake of a flurry of widely...
Hillary Clinton has 2.7 million more votes than Donald Trump, despite losing the presidential election, and the number is expected to rise. Ms Clinton is on track to get more votes than president Barack Obama did in 2012. He won 65.9 million, and she is only about 400,000 votes behind him. The votes are being tallied by David...
A man who said he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring from a pizza restaurant in Washington DC has been detained after firing an assault rifle inside the shop. Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Aquita Brown said police received a call on Sunday afternoon local time about...
Uzbekistan is set to elect the country's second-ever president following the death of the Soviet-era authoritarian ruler, Islam Karimov. On 4 December, Uzbeks will have the option for the first time in a quarter of a century to elect someone other than Karimov as their leader. Interim President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who was...
President Barack Obama's special Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity has released its final report on Friday (2 November) detailing a series of recommendations to improve the nation's cybersecurity. The 100-page document also urges the next administration to "make cybersecurity a top priority" and...
Donald Trump has warned companies considering leaving the US that they will face consequences if they move. During a tour of the Carrier air-conditioning factory in Indianapolis, Indiana, the President-elect told workers that firms moving abroad would be "taxed very heavily" at the US border. :: Trump picks 'Mad...
President-elect Donald Trump held a raucous rally in Ohio on Thursday, celebrating his victory in the US presidential election. After thanking the crowd, Trump said, "America is going to start winning again, big league." The president-elect's remarks Thursday night closely resembled his campaign speeches, touching...