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NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is huddling with Vice President-elect Mike Pence at his Manhattan high-rise today, as he moves closer to filling out his Cabinet. Top national security posts are at the forefront, and a senior Trump official says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has emerged as the favorite to serve as secretary of state.
NEW YORK (AP) — There are signs of discord within the Trump transition team. Former Congressman Mike Rogers -- a well-respected Republican voice on national security -- today announced his resignation from the team. It's a move that could rattle GOP officials who worry about Trump's lack of foreign policy credentials. Trump's decision earlier to put Mike Pence in charge of the transition effort, meanwhile, is slowing his ability to coordinate with the White House. Pence hasn't yet signed a document clearing the way for interactions between transition officials and the Obama administration. And Pentagon officials say they have yet to hear from the transition team.
ATHENS (AP) — President Barack Obama says one of the lessons he's learned from recent elections is the need to address inequality, economic dislocation and people's fear that their children won't do as well as they have done. At a news conference in Athens, Obama was asked what comparisons he draws from Donald Trump's election victory and the vote by Britain to leave the European Union. Obama said there's a range of factors involved but it's clear that globalization, combined with technology and social media, disrupted people's lives.
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline is denouncing a decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to delay an easement to cross a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota. The CEO of Energy Transfer Partners says the decision is "motivated purely by politics at the expense of a company that has done nothing but play by the rules." The Corps wants more studies and tribal input before it decides whether to allow the pipeline to cross under the lake. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe says the pipeline threatens drinking water and cultural sites. Protests have been ongoing for months.
NEW YORK (AP) — A member of the board that oversees New York City's transit agency has asked it to give more thought to adding safety barriers on subway platforms. Forty-four people have been killed by trains in the city this year, either by jumping onto the tracks or being pushed off platforms. There were 50 fatalities in 2015. As the barrier idea is considered, the agency says it has a pilot program involving an alarm that alerts a train operator that someone may be on the tracks.
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