Tag: Donald Trump

• Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 09:47 UTC

  Trump nominates Wall Street lawyer to head Securities and Exchange Commission

  

  President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to nominate Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates financial markets in the U.S. Clayton currently works as a partner with the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell where he specializes in public and private mergers and has worked on several high-profile initial public offerings.

• Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 08:42 UTC

  Assange rescues Trump: “A 14-year old kid could have hacked”, into the Clinton campaign emails

  

  The founder of whistle blowing website WikiLeaks has said that even a teenager would have had the technical skills needed to break into the personal email inbox of John Podesta, a close aide to Hillary Clinton who was recently targeted by hackers with suspected links to Russia.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2017 - 10:08 UTC

  Trump reminds Republicans in Congress who's the boss and the agenda priority

  

  United Stated House Republicans were forced to back down on Tuesday on plans to throw out a congressional ethics office as Donald Trump rebuked them over the move, in an embarrassing clash with the president-elect on the day the new Congress was sworn in.

• Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 08:58 UTC

  Don't trust computers, important stuff write it and have it delivered by courier, recommends Trump

  

  President-elect Donald J. Trump, expressing skepticism about intelligence assessments of Russian interference in the US election, said that he knew “things that other people don’t know” about the hacking, and that the information would be revealed “Tuesday or Wednesday.” He also underlined that no computer is safe and recommended sending important information the old fashion way, write it out and have it delivered by courier.

• Monday, December 19th 2016 - 09:31 UTC

  Russian cyber-attacks: top US Senators from both parties call for a Select Committee

  

  Pressure mounted on Sunday for a broader congressional investigation of Russian cyber-attacks aimed at influencing the United States election, even as President-elect Donald J Trump team says there was no conclusive evidence of foreign interference.

• Monday, December 19th 2016 - 08:58 UTC

  Street protests in California against president-elect Trump and announced policies

  

  A coalition of activist groups took on Sunday the streets of downtown Los Angeles to protest against some of the labor and immigration policies proposed by President-elect Donald Trump, a day before he is expected to officially claim victory in the nation’s presidential contest.

• Monday, December 19th 2016 - 08:50 UTC

  China ready to return US submarine drone: Trump accuses Beijing of “stealing”, tells them, “keep it!”

  

  China says it will hand over an underwater U.S. drone it seized in the international waters of the South China Sea, prompting President-elect Donald Trump to say the United States should tell China to keep the device. Trump does not assume power for another month, but weighed in on the maritime incident in which Chinese naval forces seized the unmanned submersible while it was collecting unclassified scientific data on Thursday.

• Monday, December 19th 2016 - 07:42 UTC

  US Electoral College 538 ballots set to confirm Trump as president despite controversial campaign

  

  The next chapter in the tumultuous U.S. presidential election takes place on Monday at the Electoral College which is expected to officially confirm that billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump as the US 45th president.

• Friday, December 16th 2016 - 09:32 UTC

  Obama says Putin was aware of US elections' hacking to favor Trump and anticipates sanctions

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin supervised his intelligence agencies' hacking of the U.S. presidential election and turned it from a general attempt to discredit American democracy to an effort to help Donald Trump, three U.S. officials said on Thursday.

• Thursday, December 15th 2016 - 13:03 UTC

  Temer talks to Trump and they agree to promote trade and investments

  

  Brazil's President Michel Temer called U.S. President-elect Donald Trump agreeing to work together to improve business relations between the two largest economies in the Americas, a statement from Temer's office said. Brazil is keen to explore business opportunities that could open up if Trump follows through on campaign promises to rewrite a trade deal with Mexico.