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Donald Trump: John Lewis ‘grandstanded,’ ‘got caught in a very bad lie’

President-elect Donald Trump said Rep. John Lewis, who said recently he doesn't see Mr. Trump as a legitimate president, was "grandstanding" and got "caught" lying when he said this year's inauguration will be the first he's missed as a congressman.

January 18, 2017

Mike Pence tells U.S. mayors: Donald Trump wants to do a ‘big’ infrastructure bill

Vice President-elect Mike Pence told mayors from around the country on Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump wants to get a "big" infrastructure package done upon entering office.

January 17, 2017

Laura Ingraham says she’s mulling U.S. Senate run against Tim Kaine in Virginia

Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham said Tuesday she's considering a challenge to U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine in Mr. Kaine's bid for re-election in Virginia.

January 17, 2017

Rep. Sean Duffy tells Democrats skipping inauguration to ‘put your big boy pants on’

Rep. Sean Duffy on Tuesday urged Democrats planning to skip Friday's presidential inauguration to "put your big boy pants on" and show up.

January 17, 2017

Donald Trump: Polls showing low approval ratings are ‘rigged’

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said polls that show Americans are giving his presidential transition efforts historically low marks are "rigged."

January 17, 2017

Donald Trump to use Lincoln Bible and childhood Bible at swearing-in

President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office Friday using the Bible used at the inaugural ceremonies of President Abraham Lincoln and President Obama, as well as his own childhood Bible, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Tuesday.

January 17, 2017

Donald Trump criticizes House GOP’s ‘border adjustment’ tax

President-elect Donald Trump is criticizing a key plank of the House GOP's tax plan, which would adjust import and export taxes with an eye toward keeping jobs in the United States, as "too complicated."

January 17, 2017

Mike Pence: Time to set aside ‘baseless narrative’ that Trump isn’t legitimate

Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Monday said it's time to set aside the "baseless narrative" that President-elect Donald Trump was not legitimately elected because of alleged Russian meddling in last year's campaign.

January 16, 2017

Donald Trump’s goal is to get ‘health care for everyone,’ spokesman says

President-elect Donald Trump's goal as he eyes an Obamacare replacement strategy is to secure "health care for everyone," one of Mr. Trump's top spokesmen said Monday.

January 16, 2017

Jerrold Nadler: Trump election ‘illegitimate,’ won’t attend inauguration

Dozens of House Democrats plan to skip Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th president of the United States, casting a partisan pall over the historic event and prompting allies of the president-elect to say the losers of the November election need to get over themselves.

January 16, 2017

Paul Ryan: Repeal and replace of Obamacare to come ‘at the same time’

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday that lawmakers plan to advance legislation both to repeal and to replace Obamacare at the same time, a day after President-elect Donald Trump said repealing and replacing the law would be done "essentially simultaneously."

January 12, 2017

Chuck Schumer to oppose Jeff Sessions for attorney general

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Thursday he will oppose the nomination of fellow U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions to be the next attorney general.

January 12, 2017

Rudy Giuliani to facilitate cybersecurity talks with Trump administration, private sector

President-elect Donald Trump's team on Thursday announced that former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will serve as an informal adviser on cybersecurity and provide a link between Mr. Trump's administration and the private sector on the crucial issue.

January 12, 2017

Kellyanne Conway: Donald Trump ‘very happy’ James Clapper agrees with him on leaks

Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, said Thursday that Mr. Trump appreciated a Wednesday phone call from Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, but did not say whether Mr. Trump believes Mr. Clapper's statement that he doesn't think U.S. intelligence was behind recent leaks.

January 12, 2017

Donald Trump’s message to businesses being heard by executives

Despite opposition from his own troops in Congress, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday reaffirmed his vow to slap a "border tax" on companies that move jobs outside the U.S. -- further putting the business community on notice that things will change when he is in the White House.

January 11, 2017

Donald Trump on alleged Russia document: ‘Are we living in Nazi Germany?’

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday forcefully pushed back on reports of an unverified intelligence document containing allegations that Russians had compromising personal and financial information on him.

January 11, 2017

Doug Lamborn: Cops-as-pigs painting ‘hateful and divisive’

Rep. Doug Lamborn, Colorado Republican, on Wednesday said a painting in the U.S. Capitol complex depicting police officers as pigs is "hateful and divisive" and hinted that a back-and-forth involving congressmen taking it down and rehanging it might not be over.

January 11, 2017

Reince Priebus blasts ‘shameful’ Trump-Russia document as ‘offensive crap,’ ‘garbage’

Incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus slammed a newly reported document alleging that Russians might have had compromising information on President-elect Donald Trump as "offensive crap" and "garbage."

January 11, 2017

Duncan Hunter: Paul Ryan might have to get involved in the cops-as-pigs painting dispute

Rep. Duncan Hunter on Tuesday said House Speaker Paul D. Ryan might have to get involved in the dust-up over a painting that depicts police officers as pigs and had been hanging in the U.S. Capitol Complex.

January 10, 2017

Jared Kushner attorney: He will ‘divest of many, many of his assets’

The attorney for Jared Kushner said Tuesday that Mr. Kushner, President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law, plans to "step away" from his businesses and divest of "many, many" of his assets as he prepares to take on the formal role of senior adviser to Mr. Trump.

January 10, 2017