What to know about Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick for attorney general
NEW YORK (AP) — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, was chosen by Donald Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration after...
View ArticleTrump's Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It's a shift...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift...
View ArticleHere are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far
President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it's shaping up much differently than his first. He's prioritizing loyalists for top jobs. Trump was bruised and...
View ArticleWhite House mostly mum after Trump victory
The White House has taken its show largely behind closed doors after Vice President Harris’s stinging defeat to Donald Trump. Harris has all but disappeared from the public eye, jetting off to Hawaii...
View ArticleWhat's next for Kamala Harris?
Questions are swirling over Vice President Harris’s next move as she readies to exit the White House in the wake of her loss to President-elect Trump. Early polling suggests Democrats want to see...
View ArticleSenators took down one Trump Cabinet pick. But the fight over their authority...
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a short phrase in the Constitution, mentioned in passing. But it's already taking on an outsize significance as President-elect Donald Trump charts his return to office. The...
View ArticleGOP senators squirm over sex-related allegations against Trump Cabinet picks
(The Hill) -- Republican senators are squirming over the rash of sexual misconduct allegations against President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, which they fear will become a focal point of Senate...
View ArticleWhat diversity does — and doesn't — look like in Trump's Cabinet
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration is set to be less diverse than President Joe Biden's administration, but several people of color and women appear likely to...
View ArticleBiden officials, Republicans point fingers over exhausted disaster loans program
A blame game between the Biden administration and GOP lawmakers is underway after a key disaster loan program saw its funds run out in the middle of a destructive hurricane season. The Biden...
View Article5 takeaways as Trump rounds out his second Cabinet
President-elect Trump is rounding out his Cabinet just a few weeks after securing a second White House term, filling the top jobs that will carry out his agenda in the years to come. Trump has had...
View ArticleTrump's favorability climbs in post-election poll
(The Hill) -- President-elect Donald Trump’s favorability climbed by six points after he was elected president earlier this month, a new poll on Tuesday found. The president-elect’s favorability...
View ArticleTrump won about 2.5M more votes this year than he did in 2020. This is where...
It’s a daunting reality for Democrats: Republican Donald Trump's support has grown broadly since he last sought the presidency. In his defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris, Trump won a bigger percentage...
View ArticleBiden's public lands director named to lead environmental group
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A senior official in President Joe Biden's administration who oversaw its contentious efforts to address climate change by curbing oil drilling and coal mining on federal lands...
View ArticleDemocrats in Pennsylvania had a horrible 2024 election. They say it's still a...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania in this year's election has prompted predictable vows to rebound, but it has also sowed doubts about whether Pennsylvania might be...
View ArticlePower struggle: Electric rates, politics and your wallet
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Customers were livid when electricity bills hit mailboxes across the state in July and August. Many registered substantial increases in the cost of lighting and cooling their...
View ArticleEnd of Trump prosecutions renews scrutiny of DOJ's pace
Special counsel Jack Smith’s move to dismiss Donald Trump’s two federal indictments has sparked finger-pointing from those eager to see the president-elect held to account, with critics airing their...
View Article4 takeaways from Trump's health agency nominations
(The Hill) - President-elect Trump’s team to lead the nation’s health agencies is rapidly coming together. Trump first tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human...
View ArticleOhio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Transgender students from kindergarten through college at Ohio public and private schools will be banned from using multiperson bathrooms that fit their gender identities under a...
View ArticleRepublican Miller-Meeks wins reelection after recount in close Iowa...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her reelection bid Wednesday after a recount confirmed her lead, helping her party pad its thin majority in the U.S. House and...
View ArticleZuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, bringing together the Facebook founder and the former...
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