U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, United States, July 18, 2015. REUTERS/Jim YoungPresident-elect Donald Trump has paid $25 million to settle three lawsuits against his now-defunct Trump University, signaling that a judge’s approval of a settlement agreement remains on track for March 30. Plaintiff attorney Jason Forge says Trump Entrepreneur Initiative…
General Motors is planning to invest $1 billion in U.S. factories and add thousands of new white-collar jobs. The measures have been in the works for years, but were announced today after criticism from President-elect Donald Trump. In all, GM says it will create or keep 7,000 jobs in the next few years, including about 7,000 at factories. Another 5,000…
All nine electors voted for Donald Trump for president and Mike Pence for Vice President. Political analyst Steve Flowers says that’s exactly what he expected from a state that overwhelmingly supported Trump. “It was a very elegant ceremony. It was a coronation, there were no surprises. None of the 9 bolted,” said Flowers. This was the first year that the…
Congress’ Republican leaders are preparing to greet incoming President Donald Trump with investigations into whether Russia intruded into last month’s elections to help him win the White House. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declined to say Monday whether he agreed with the CIA assertion that Russian hacking and public release of Democratic emails during the presidential campaign were designed to…
President-elect Donald Trump says Rudy Giuliani is taking himself out of consideration for a position in his administration. Giuliani, a loyal Trump supporter throughout the campaign, was an early front-runner to be secretary of state. But he faced questions about his overseas business ties and Trump began looking at other candidates, including Mitt Romney. In a statement, Trump says Giuliani…
New York Magazine has published an article with this headline: Trump’s America Could Be Like Alabama With Nukes The article suggests Donald Trump’s America will be like Alabama, with a dislike for unions and a love of religion: “There is the Trump campaign’s commitment to a definition of “religious liberty” that means a large-scale abandonment of church-state separation principles that have…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the U.S. presidential transition (all times EST): 1 p.m. President-elect Donald Trump has left the White House after his first meeting with President Barack Obama. Trump says it was the first time the two had ever met. For almost 90 minutes, they discussed the coming changeover of government. Trump said they had planned to…
Apple CEO and Alabama native Tim Cook quotes Martin Luther King, Jr., in a memo to Apple employees in the aftermath of Tuesday election win by Donald Trump. I recall something Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said 50 years ago: “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever…
The Trump-Pence bus made a stop in downtown Montgomery Tuesday evening. It was part of a rally held by the Montgomery County GOP. Alabama Trump Campaign Chair, Perry Hooper Jr., spoke at the rally and says this election may come down to the swing states. “Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina,” he explained, “if he wins three out of those…
The first presidential debate has a lot of voters talking, but it might not be the publicity candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump want. Both brought up past discrepancies, including Clinton’s email scandal and her husband’s infidelity. Clinton reminded voters of Trump’s controversial financial history and his comments on women that many voters consider derogatory. Both sides are claiming victory, but the voters…
