The Trump Organization spent months trying to drive off the culinary union from its Las Vegas hotel, losing one legal battle after another before a federal labor board. Soon Donald Trump’s company, which has refused to bargain with the union after housekeepers and other employees voted to join last December, could gain some leverage. As president, Trump will […]
Category: Domestic
Gen. James Mattis Is Trump’s Leading Candidate For Defense Secretary
This weekend, President-elect Donald Trump described retired Marine General James Mattis as a contender to be the next defense secretary and as “the real deal” following their hour-long meeting Saturday. Mattis retired from the Marine Corps in 2013 after a 41-year career where he led Marines into Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, the initial […]
Obama Will Speak Out Against Trump If He Threatens American Ideals
US President Barack Obama has said he may speak out after leaving office if he feels his successor Donald Trump is threatening core American values. By convention, former presidents tend to leave the political fray and avoid commenting on their successors. Mr Obama said he would give Mr Trump time to outline his vision but […]
New First Lady Won’t Be Moving To The White House With Donald
President-elect Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, will remain in New York with their 10-year-old son after her husband takes office in January, the incoming president confirmed on Sunday. The future first lady plans on staying in New York City’s Trump Tower so that her son, Barron, can continue his studies at his private school in Manhattan, the […]
Family Of Soldier KIA Boo’d While Exiting American Airlines Flight
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — The father of a California soldier recently killed in Afghanistan says he felt disrespected and hurt by passengers who booed him and his family when they were on a flight to meet his son’s remains. Stewart Perry, his wife and daughter were on an American Airlines flight Monday from Sacramento to […]
Obama Tells World His Vision Is Correct, Warns Of Trump’s Dangers
Facing rejection of his worldview on both sides of the Atlantic, President Obama doubled down Tuesday on the dangers of populism and declared that Donald Trump’s supporters don’t realize how good they’ve had it for the past eight years. Declaring, “My vision’s right,” the president said Mr. Trump won the presidential election by exploiting conservatives’ […]
Trump Campaign Worker Berates Starbucks Employee For Discriminating Against Whites
A Florida real estate remodeler said he has been “harassed by people all over the country” since a video went viral showing him berating a Starbucks barista. He was incensed, he said, that the woman refused to serve him because he’s a white man who supports President-elect Donald Trump. A witness said the man simply got angry that his […]
Trump appointments signal national security hard line
If there was any doubt about whether Donald Trump meant business with his hard-line campaign pronouncements on immigration, race, terrorism and more, the president-elect went a long way to dispel them Friday with his first appointments to his national security team and at the Justice Department. Trump’s trifecta in selecting Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney […]
Mom Suing Transgender Daughter for Transitioning From Male to Female
A mother of five kids is suing her 17-year-old transgender child — along with the teen’s supportive school district, school principal, and various local health service providers — after the teen transitioned from male to female without her mom’s express permission. “If this had been a child custody case, I would’ve had my day in court,” […]
Donald Settles Trump U Fraud For $25 Million
SAN DIEGO — President-elect Donald Trump has agreed to a $25 million settlement to resolve three lawsuits over Trump University, his former school for real estate investors. The deal announced Friday by New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman would settle a lawsuit he filed three years ago, plus two class-action lawsuits in California filed […]
Bernie and Donald Unlikely Political Allies?
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. has plenty of differences with Donald Trump, but the former Democratic presidential candidate said Thursday there are areas where he could find agreement with the president-elect in the coming year. “Mr. Trump campaigned as a populist, campaigned as somebody who is anti-establishment, and I have zero doubt that he received the […]
Trump’s New Attorney General Was Denied Federal Judgeship Due To Being Racist
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Senator Jeff Sessions, a conservative from Alabama who became a close adviser after endorsing him early in his campaign, to be the attorney general of the United States, according to officials close to the transition. Mr. Sessions was also under consideration for secretary of defense, creating debate […]