Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump hires a third general, raising concerns about heavy military influenceDec 08, 2016 12:00 am - President-elect Donald Trump has selected retired Marine Gen. John Kelly as secretary of Homeland Security, officials familiar with the decision said Wednesday, recruiti...
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Behind Reddit's crackdown on pro-Trump board, 'most toxic users'Dec 03, 2016 6:18 am - Very occasionally, a war on Reddit consumes everyone there. This is one of those times, and it is (in part) chief executive Steve Huffman's own doing. And now Huffman, w...
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Is a retweet an endorsement from President-elect Trump?Dec 03, 2016 6:16 am - Donald Trump has, more than 10,000 times, tweeted something that begins with "@," a reliable sign that he is quoting a tweet from someone else. Last week, the man who wi...
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How does 'e-lancing' fit in with Trump's promised jobs boom?Dec 03, 2016 6:15 am - Donald Trump won the presidency by promising to create a jobs boom for the middle-wage worker. It's questionable whether sorting YouTube videos of dancing babies is what...
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How Trump is using Carrier, Ford to send a message to other American companiesDec 01, 2016 12:00 am - Presidential jawboning is back. American companies beware. Donald Trump isn't even president yet but in a span of just 12 days he's twice claimed victory in getting majo...
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Report: Trump names Todd Ricketts to No. 2 Commerce postNov 30, 2016 12:00 am - President-elect Donald Trump has named Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts to be his next Deputy Secretary of Commerce, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times. T...
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Unanswered questions about Trump's deal to save Indiana jobsNov 30, 2016 12:00 am - We don't know yet, for certain, how Donald Trump and Mike Pence convinced Carrier to reverse course and decide not to ship close to 1,000 Indiana jobs to Mexico. What di...
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Will Trump's $1 trillion answer suburban transportation wishes?Nov 28, 2016 4:15 am - Fasten your seat belts, because the next few months likely will contain more transportation zigzags than we've experienced in years. First the zig. President-elect Donal...
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282 of Donald Trump's campaign promisesNov 28, 2016 12:00 am - In Donald Trump's final days on the campaign trail, he promised his supporters that "every dream you ever dreamed for your country" will come true if he becomes presiden...
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Local Cubans yearn for democratic, entrepreneurial state following death of CastroNov 26, 2016 12:00 am - Luis Cabrera has anticipated the death of Fidel Castro for years. But his death Friday was not the fulfillment of what Cabrera has been waiting for the past 59 years. It...