Rex Tillerson is to be announced as the nominee, but the choice could set up a confirmation fight.
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Top Republican leader: ‘The Russians are not our friends’
Mitch McConnell says the Senate will probe reports of Russian hackingin the 2016 presidential election.
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China says Trump’s Taiwan comments cause ‘serious concern’
The comments are the strongest public condemnation the country has made of the president-elect’s criticisms of American policy toward Taiwan.
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Push to repeal Obamacare may divide Republican Party
Maine Sen. Susan Collins is among those warning against a hasty repeal without a viable replacement law.
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Some Republicans balk at Trump’s pick for State
Sens. Marco Rubio and John McCain raise issues over Rex Tillerson’s ties to Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
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Trump denies CIA report that Russia intervened to help him win election
Trump also denied the importance of receiving the daily intelligence briefing that is traditional for presidents and presidents-elect.
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Trump tweets he’ll devote no time to ‘Apprentice’
But he will be paid and credited as an executive producer of the new version of the reality TV show.
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N.Y. senator calls for full investigation of Russian election interference
‘Senate Democrats will join with our Republican colleagues next year to demand a congressional investigation and hearings to get to the bottom of this,’ Sen. Chuck Schumer said.
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ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson said to be top candidate for secretary of state
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney also remains in the running, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
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Estate tax repeal would benefit President Trump, Cabinet
Ending it would save more than $20 billion a year for the millionaires and billionaires the tax applies to.