President-elect Donald Trump is keeping ownership of his businesses while handing management over to his adult sons. Legal experts, including the government ethics chief, have slammed Trump's plan.
Despite Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson saying "to my knowledge, Exxon never directly lobbied against sanctions" at his confirmation hearing, Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey provides evidence that ExxonMobil did, in fact, lobby.
The director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter M. Shaub had strong words for President-elect Donald Trump and his plan to avoid business conflicts of interest. At a Brookings Institution event, he called the plan "wholly inadequate."
In 2006, ExxonMobil responded to a request from the SEC, outlining business its European subsidiary, Infineum, conducted in Iran in previous years. Despite being President and Director for part of that time, the Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson said he did not remember the circumstances at his confirmation hearing.
After President-elect Trump announced he will resign from his business empire but not sell it, Sen. Elizabeth Warren tells CNNMoney's Cristina Alesci why he's not doing enough.
Rex Tillerson, former CEO of ExxonMobil and Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State, says at his confirmation hearing that economic sanctions 'do impact American business interests' but accepts that they are a tool worth using in global affairs. He also denies that he ever lobbied against sanctions.
At his Secretary of State confirmation hearing, Rex Tillerson, said he doesn't oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a difference in stance from Donald Trump. However, Tillerson did say he shared Trump's concerns over whether the deal "serves all of America's interests best."
Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump, multiple US officials with direct knowledge of the briefings tell CNN.
Taiwan-based ITRI has created a robot that can distinguish between objects of different shapes and sizes, and intelligently move them around. CNNTech's Samuel Burke puts it to the test with a game of chess.
Donald Trump's cabinet picks contain both those who are tough on trade, like Wilbur Ross, and those who are for global and free trade, like Steve Mnuchin, leading to a possible conflict of ideologies.