The vice president-elect has yet to sign a memorandum of understanding facilitating interactions between transition officials and Obama administration officials.
Sen. Bob Corker says he believes Russia tried to interfere in the U.S. presidential election — but international spying happens all the time.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman told MSNBC on Tuesday that he has "no proof" of Russia's involvement and said foreign political organizations and governments secretly snatch information from each other all the time.
Former Rep. Mike Rogers, a well-respected Republican voice on national security, is stepping down from Donald Trump's transition team.
Rogers says in a statement that is he proud of the work his team did to produce policy and personnel guidance "on the complex national security challenges facing our great country."
Days after winning the presidential election, Trump announced that he was putting Vice President-elect Mike Pence in charge of the transition.
Rogers chaired the House Intelligence committee and is a former Army officer and FBI special agent.
Some GOP leaders want to change Medicaid, the safety net health care program for the poor, into a federal block grant program that gives states more control.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he's not bothered by the telephone conversation between U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump's former campaign manager says she's not aware of any plan for the president-elect's adult children and son-in-law to get top secret security clearances.
A transition official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he could not discuss personnel questions publicly, had said late Tuesday that Trump did not request that his children receive top security clearances and they had not started filling out paperwork for it.
The potential awkwardness surrounding the transition from Democratic President Barack Obama's administration to one led by Republican President-elect Donald Trump has prompted the internet to imagine some amusing chats between Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
