Trump to meet with Biden next week after election victory
President-elect Trump is set to meet President Biden at the White House next week following his decisive election victory over Vice President Harris. The event will take place Wednesday morning at 11...
View ArticleTrump resistance rises in states led by Democratic governors
(The Hill) — Democratic governors are signaling their willingness to defy the new Trump administration, vowing to protect freedoms in their states and to wage legal and political battle if the...
View ArticleAP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Arizona
Donald Trump won Arizona on Saturday, returning the state and its 11 electoral votes to the Republican column after Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. The win over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris marks...
View ArticleTrump's GOP skeptics in Congress face lonely path forward
President-elect Trump’s resounding victory last week threatens to further isolate his few remaining GOP critics on Capitol Hill. The shrinking group of Republicans who have bucked the president-elect...
View ArticleJockeying kicks off to fill Vance vacancy in Senate
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is facing a key decision on whom to tap to fill the term of Vice President-elect Vance as jockeying among Ohio Republicans for the coveted appointment is set to become a...
View ArticleRep. Richard Hudson seeks second term as NRCC chair
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chair Richard Hudson (N.C.) is seeking a second term as head of the House GOP’s campaign arm, ending speculation about his next move and setting the...
View ArticleTrump pressures candidates for Senate GOP leader to fill his Cabinet right away
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a...
View ArticleTrump says he'll nominate Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador
(The Hill) -- President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, choosing one of his staunchest allies in the House to take on a top...
View ArticleTrump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations, picking a loyal ally with little foreign policy experience to represent...
View ArticleThe Latest: Fewer than 20 races to be called as control of Congress hangs in...
Control over the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic majority with fewer than 20 races left to be called. Follow the AP’s Election...
View ArticleHere are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far
President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign. Here's...
View ArticleTrump asks Rep. Mike Waltz, China hawk, to be his national security adviser
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has asked U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, a retired Army National Guard officer and war veteran, to be his national security adviser, a person familiar with the...
View ArticleBiden funded new factories and infrastructure projects, but Trump might get...
WASHINGTON (AP) — All that's left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it — if he wants. Trump won the White House in large part because of voters' frustration with high prices and a...
View ArticleCongress returns to unfinished business and a new Trump era
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns to a changed Washington as President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-right agenda is quickly taking shape, buoyed by eager Republican allies eyeing a full sweep of power...
View ArticleDemocrat Ruben Gallego wins Arizona US Senate race against Republican Kari Lake
PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake and preventing Republicans from further padding their Senate majority....
View ArticleFederal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten...
BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) — A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public classrooms is “unconstitutional on its face," a federal judge ruled Tuesday, ordering state...
View ArticleTrump spends first week as president-elect behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago
WASHINGTON (AP) — For a man who loves the spotlight, Donald Trump has been conspicuously out of view since his triumph in last week's presidential election. There have been no rallies, no press...
View ArticleMike Huckabee, Trump's pick for ambassador to Israel, has long called himself...
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to Israel, has long rejected a Palestinian state in territory previously seized by Israel and has repeatedly...
View ArticleTrump says Musk, Ramaswamy will form outside group to advise White House on...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency" — which is not,...
View ArticleTrump makes a victor's return to Washington to meet with Biden and GOP lawmakers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is making a victor's return to Washington. President Joe Biden will welcome him to the White House on Wednesday for an Oval Office visit that is a...
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