Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump's transition: Who is Rex Tillerson?Dec 11, 2016 12:00 am - So far, President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks have mostly been either multimillionaire and billionaire executives or retired generals. In that context, it's proba...
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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...