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President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet team

President-elect Donald Trump went on a thank you tour and then got down to the business end of his forthcoming presidency choosing those – or should we say auditioning those – who will serve in his…

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Trump election win expected to be rubber-stamped as US Electoral College vote gets underway

Donald Trump is expected to be officially selected as the next US president in an Electoral College vote taking place across the country.

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'Not much happens in Russia without Putin', Obama on Russian US election hack

Syria, Russian hacking and the Trump transition dominated Obama’s annual end of year press conference, before heading off for a two-week Christmas break in…

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Trump vote goes back to college

Electoral college to ratify Trump victory or not?

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White House hacked off with Russia

Kremlin wants proof it hacked Democrats

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Trump woos Silicon Valley's elite

Donald Trump holds an "introductory session" with powerful technology executives promising to make "fair deals".

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Trump's Energy choice promises Perry Christmas for fossil fuel lobby

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has been confirmed as president-elect Donald Trump's choice for Energy Secretary.

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So what will a Trump presidency look like?

He is the least popular US President-Elect in recent history, pollsters say.

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Trump says Tillerson will be 'fierce advocate for America'

US President-elect Donald Trump has stopped off in Wisconsin on his victory tour of states just hours after a recount of votes there added to his presidential…

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Trump names oil executive with ties to Russia as US secretary of state

Donald Trump has announced that the new US secretary of state will be Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson.

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Wisconsin recount adds votes to Trump tally

A call for election recounts in three US states has ended with just one being approved.

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Trump dismisses reports of Russian meddling

The US President-elect says he does not believe reports that intelligence agencies concluded Russia intervened in the presidential election on his behalf.

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Exxon Mobil chief to become America's top diplomat?

There is mounting speculation that America’s president-elect Donald Trump will name the chief executive of Exxon Mobil as the country’s top diplomat.

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Trump vows punitive tax for firms that move jobs overseas

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Trump names James Mattis as US defence secretary

A spokesperson for the president-elect said no official decision has been made, although Mattis has been favourite for the job since Trump's election.

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Reddit to increase speech monitoring against "most toxic" users

Social media website Reddit Inc., which hosts online community message boards, will proactively start enforcing its content policy

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Donald Trump to leave business 'in total' to concentrate on running the US

US President-Elect Donald Trump announces he will focus on the 'far more important task' of the presidency.

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Is Mitt Romney the future of US foreign policy?

Speculation over the future of US foreign policy reached new heights on Tuesday (November 29) when Mitt Romney – formerly a critic of Donald Trump – sat down for dinner with the…

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Trump chooses Obamacare critic as Health Secretary

Tom Price, an outspoken critic of Obamacare, has been confirmed as the next US Health and Human Services Secretary.

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OECD sounds optimistic about short-term global growth

The OECD's latest bi-annual economic outlook revised global growth up.