President-elect Donald Trump says Tom Homan, his former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his incoming administration
November 11, 2024
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November 11, 2024
The Kremlin on Monday denied reports that U.S.
November 11, 2024
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 the U.S. at the international organization
November 11, 2024
Trump expected to announce Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy
November 11, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has named former New York congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency as he continues to build out his future administration with loyal supporters
November 11, 2024
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November 11, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary is still up in the air, but it’s a sure bet he will look to reshape the Pentagon and pick a loyalist
November 11, 2024
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together for the first time since she lost last week's presidential election to Republican Donald Trump
November 11, 2024
As advisers and allies of Republican President-elect Donald Trump search for personnel to staff his coming administration, one
November 11, 2024
Why deportations actually dropped in Trump’s first term
November 11, 2024When Donald Trump took the stage in West Palm Beach, Florida, to claim victory in last week's presidential election, he called his campaign manager
November 11, 2024
Elon Musk’s super PAC spent around $200 million to help elect Donald Trump
November 11, 2024
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 matter says
November 12, 2024
Donald Trump is expected to tap U.S.
November 12, 2024
Democrat Ruben Gallego won the Arizona Senate race on Monday, returning the seat to the Democratic column two years after retiring independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema left the party
November 12, 2024Democrat Ruben Gallego will defeat Kari Lake for Arizona Senate seat, CNN projects
November 12, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol recently began practicing golf, for the first time in eight years, in preparation for future meetings with U.S.
November 12, 2024
South Korean president takes up golf again to prepare for Trump’s second term
November 12, 2024
Trump’s Cabinet picks could be complicated by GOP math in the House
November 12, 2024
As U.S. Catholic bishops gather for their annual fall meeting this week in Baltimore, the specter of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory hangs over the proceedings
November 12, 2024
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Wednesday he was "cautiously optimistic" after discussing with U.S.
November 13, 2024
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November 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named incendiary Republican U.S.
November 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump's pick of U.S.
November 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is moving to build out his national security team, announcing he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary and former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency
November 12, 2024
Families of Israeli hostages taken captive to Gaza by Islamist group Hamas urged U.S.
November 14, 2024
Trump picks Mike Huckabee to serve as US ambassador to Israel
November 12, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was nominating former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel,
November 12, 2024
Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint
November 13, 2024
Nearly 90 Democratic lawmakers urged U.S.
November 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump selected Robert F.
November 14, 2024
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November 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he has selected Robert F.
November 14, 2024
President Joe Biden heads to South America on Thursday for a curtain call with global leaders after over 50 years in U.S. politics, but the man he tried and
November 14, 2024
U.S. envoy for Japan Rahm Emanuel is considering a run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee(DNC), Axios reported on Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.
November 15, 2024
By Sarah N.
November 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he has selected Robert F.
November 15, 2024
In staffing his incoming administration, President-elect Donald Trump has so far veered from the conventional to the confounding.
November 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday that
November 15, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he intends to nominate former Representative Doug Collins for secretary of veterans affairs.
November 14, 2024
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November 15, 2024
Shares of defense companies and government contractors were lower on Friday, extending recent losses amid uncertainty surrounding President-elect Donald Trump's proposed
November 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that he was creating a National Energy Council to coordinate policies to boost U.S. energy production that will be led by his pick for
November 15, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had picked William McGinley to serve as his White House Counsel.
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November 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is turning to two officials with experience navigating not only Washington but the key issues of income taxes and tariffs as he fills out his economic team
November 27, 2024
Billionaire Elon Musk and Robert F.
November 16, 2024
Trump picks Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense
November 13, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday the missiles would "speak for themselves", after reports that Washington had granted Kyiv permission to conduct strikes deeper
November 17, 2024
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November 17, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump added former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh and billionaire Marc Rowan to the list of candidates to become his Treasury secretary, the New York
November 18, 2024
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration
November 13, 2024
Robert F.
November 18, 2024
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November 13, 2024
Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden aims to finalize a rule on a clean fuel tax credit before leaving office on Jan. 20, a senior White House official said on Sunday.
November 17, 2024
The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia would respond to what it called a reckless decision by Joe Biden's administration to allow Ukraine to
November 18, 2024
In picking Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, President-elect Donald Trump has selected a military veteran and popular conservative media personality with a large following of his own
November 13, 2024
Republican Rep. David Valadao won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Rudy Salas
November 13, 2024Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley on Monday said he would resign as head of the U.S. Social Security Administration to run to head the Democratic National Committee.
November 18, 2024
New York prosecutors this week are expected to tell a judge how they think President-elect Donald Trump's already decided criminal case should proceed in light of his
November 18, 2024
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November 18, 2024
A New York judge says he'll make a decision as early as next week on the future of Donald Trump's hush money case
November 13, 2024
CATL, the world's top battery maker, will consider building a U.S. plant if President-elect Donald Trump opens the door to Chinese investment in the electric-vehicle supply
November 13, 2024
In nominating Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Pete Hegseth to helm the Pentagon, President-elect Donald Trump has picked two pugnacious candidates with a
November 19, 2024
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November 13, 2024
Prosecutors who secured Donald Trump's conviction over a hush money payment to a porn star opposed on Tuesday his stated hope to have the case dismissed now that he is
November 19, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was not reconsidering the nomination of former Congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general.
November 19, 2024
World leaders are heading to South America for twin summits this month, with one major theme dominating: Donald Trump 2.0.
November 13, 2024
An unknown person accessed copies of confidential testimony in a lawsuit involving allegations of sexual misconduct by Matt Gaetz, U.S.
November 19, 2024
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November 19, 2024
By Tim Reid and Sarah N.
November 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump chose lawyer Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday to be U.S. ambassador to NATO, selecting a loyalist with little foreign
November 20, 2024
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein said he will travel to Israel on Wednesday to try to secure a ceasefire ending the war with Lebanon's Hezbollah group after declaring
November 20, 2024
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday that all single-sex bathrooms in the U.S.
November 20, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is planning to tap conservative loyalist Russell Vought to be the director of the U.S.
November 20, 2024
A congressional ethics panel deadlocked on partisan lines on Wednesday on whether to release its report on alleged sexual
November 20, 2024
Nexans said on Wednesday it would turn its U.S.-based plant into an export hub if the offshore wind sector was challenged under Donald Trump's
November 13, 2024
The Democrats’ loss of the White House has provoked major soul-searching among party members. A scholar recommends a review of history to avoid catastrophizing.
November 13, 2024
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Thursday she will chair a U.S.
November 21, 2024
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is expected to join President-elect Donald Trump at the meeting of U.S.
November 13, 2024
Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania on Thursday conceded the final outstanding Senate race of the 2024 U.S. election to his Republican opponent, widening the majority for President
November 21, 2024
A woman filed a sexual assault complaint in 2017 against Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to take charge of the Pentagon,
November 22, 2024
A slew of crypto companies including Ripple, Kraken and Circle are jostling for a seat on President-elect Donald Trump's promised crypto advisory council, seeking a say in
November 21, 2024
U.S. consumer sentiment ticked up for a fourth straight month in November, led by a big upswing in sentiment among Republicans following Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election
November 22, 2024
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November 22, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s willingness to choose cabinet members with histories of alleged sexual misconduct threw his transition plans off course this
November 22, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to offer former U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler the agriculture secretary job in his administration, CNN reported on Friday.
November 22, 2024
A Democratic member of the five-person U.S.
November 22, 2024
Chinese hackers are positioning themselves in U.S. critical infrastructure IT networks for a potential clash with the United States, a top American cybersecurity official said on Friday.
November 22, 2024
A breach of telecoms companies that the United States said was linked to China was the "worst telecom hack in our nation's history - by far," the chairman of the Senate Intelligence
November 22, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate former Florida Attorney General and loyalist Pam Bondi to be U.S.
November 21, 2024
By Sarah N.
November 22, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that he has choosing former State Department official Alex Wong to serve as deputy national security adviser.
November 23, 2024U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday he has chosen congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to serve as his labor secretary.
November 23, 2024
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November 23, 2024ByteDance-owned TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew has sought input on U.S. matters from Elon Musk, a close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal
November 23, 2024
Jay Bhattacharya is now the presumptive favorite to be selected by President-elect Donald Trump as the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Washington Post reported
November 23, 2024Republican U.S.
November 24, 2024
Top national security advisers to President-elect Donald Trump and outgoing President Joe Biden are working "hand in glove" to pose a united front against U.S.
November 24, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S.
November 25, 2024
Sen. John Thune speaks after winning a Senate leadership race to become the first new GOP leader in 18 years. Thune, who won a vote 29-24 in the second round of voting, will officially become majority leader when the new Senate is sworn in on January 3.
November 15, 2024
A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed the federal criminal case accusing Donald Trump of attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat after prosecutors moved to
November 25, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has named Sen. Marco Rubio as his choice for secretary of state
November 13, 2024
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November 25, 2024
Trump picks Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general
November 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence
November 13, 2024
In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is looking to install a fierce loyalist — who has been seen as divisive even within his own party — over some of the more established attorneys whose names had been mentioned for the nation’s top federal prosecutor post
November 13, 2024
Senate race in Pennsylvania heads to a recount
November 13, 2024
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has made many countries anxious and recalculating where they stand with the U.S., but India appears to be welcoming the change that may embolden nationalist leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi
November 14, 2024
CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with attorney George Conway and CNN legal analysts Elie Honig and Elliot Williams about President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for attorney general.
November 14, 2024China watchers know Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz as “the Florida faction” in foreign policy — two Florida lawmakers who share especially tough positions on China
November 14, 2024
Former US Attorney Harry Litman discusses how officials inside the Department of Justice are reacting to President-elect Trump picking Matt Gaetz to be attorney general.
November 16, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump picked Fox News host and army veteran Pete Hegseth as the U.S. Defense Secretary. CNN’s Alex Marquardt explains why this move is controversial.
November 15, 2024
The Biden administration has released guidelines for using artificial intelligence in the power grid, water system, air travel network and other pieces of critical infrastructure
November 14, 2024
Democrat Janelle Bynum won election to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Thursday, defeating Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer
November 14, 2024President-elect Donald Trump is on the verge of announcing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to two people close to the situation. Trump has formally offered Kennedy the job and the announcement could be imminent.
November 14, 2024
CNN's Jake Tapper speaks with CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman about US President-elect Donald Trump’s series of controversial picks for his upcoming administration.
November 15, 2024Trump picks his criminal defense attorneys Todd Blanche and John Sauer for key Justice Department posts
November 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Todd Blanche, an attorney who led the legal team that defended the Republican at his hush money criminal trial, to serve as the second-highest ranking Justice Department official
November 14, 2024
Trump picks former congressman Doug Collins to serve as Veterans Affairs secretary
November 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Georgia congressman Doug Collins to lead the Veterans Affairs Department in his new administration
November 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump's pick of Sen. Marco Rubio to become U.S. secretary of state is likely to jolt Latin America after decades of neglect from Washington
November 15, 2024
Trump’s transition team caught off guard by Hegseth allegation
November 15, 2024
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Maine on Friday
November 16, 2024Donald Trump made inroads in surprising places this election year in his path to the White House
November 16, 2024
A man who served as a head election judge in a Minnesota township has been charged with two felony counts for allegedly letting 11 people vote even though they weren’t registered
November 16, 2024Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence is facing scrutiny over her past remarks that supported Kremlin propaganda about Russia's invasion of Ukraine
November 17, 2024
Biden’s green light for Ukraine to use ATACMS in Russia just raised the stakes in a war Trump will inherit
November 17, 2024North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has renewed his call for a “limitless” expansion of his military nuclear program to counter what he characterizes as U.S.-led threats
November 18, 2024
Under normal circumstances, Trump’s criminal record and other aspects of his life, including financial history, would disqualify him from getting access to classified information.
November 18, 2024
Trump picks former congressman and Fox Business host Sean Duffy as next Transportation secretary
November 18, 2024
With Musk in tow, Trump eyes changes to government policies on AI and its dangers
November 19, 2024Trump picks Lutnick to be Commerce secretary
November 19, 2024
Manhattan DA agrees to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case but opposes dismissal
November 19, 2024
For two weeks, Donald Trump has welcomed Elon Musk into his world
November 19, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle
November 19, 2024
In the two weeks since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump has been setting records with the pace of appointments for his incoming administration
November 19, 2024
Hegseth tells Republicans that ‘this is a battle that is just beginning’
November 20, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump says he's chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO
November 20, 2024
As prosecutors push to preserve President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction, his lawyers are urging a judge to ignore them and scrap the case before he takes office in January
November 20, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal President Joe Biden’s signature artificial intelligence policy when he returns to the White House for a second term
November 20, 2024
Greene to chair new DOGE subcommittee on Oversight next Congress
November 21, 2024
Russia’s third largest bank, Gazprombank and its six foreign subsidiaries were hit with U.S. sanctions on Thursday
November 21, 2024
The U.S. House passed legislation that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism
November 21, 2024
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been elected to lead the Republican Governors Association, a one-year position
November 21, 2024
Former congressman Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name as President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general in the face of sexual misconduct allegations
November 21, 2024
FBI seizes websites that North Koreans allegedly used to impersonate American companies
November 21, 2024
Sen. Bob Casey concedes Pennsylvania Senate race to Republican Dave McCormick
November 21, 2024
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she felt “sorrow” at Donald Trump’s return to power and recalls that every meeting with him was “a competition: you or me.”
November 22, 2024
Donald Trump claims the 2024 election gave him a mandate. Scholars who study the presidency are skeptical about the entire concept of a mandate. That hasn’t stopped many presidents from claiming one.
November 22, 2024
After several weeks working behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role
November 22, 2024
Trump expected to offer Kelly Loeffler secretary of Agriculture
November 22, 2024
Trump’s intel pick was placed on government watch list for overseas travel and foreign connections
November 22, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary
November 23, 2024
Trump chooses Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his pick for Labor secretary
November 23, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, to serve as his next treasury secretary
November 23, 2024
Dr. Susan Lacy had been caring for transgender patients for several years in Tennessee when, in 2023, everything changed.
November 27, 2024
Trump names former NFL player Scott Turner as his pick for HUD secretary
November 23, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose trade lawyer Jamieson Greer as his new U.S. trade representative, elevating a key veteran of his first-term trade
November 26, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has named Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor, elevating a Republican congresswoman who has strong support from unions in her district but lost reelection in November
November 23, 2024
MSCI's global equities index edged lower and the dollar slipped with Treasury yields on Wednesday as investors digested the latest economic data and the
November 27, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
November 23, 2024
Trump names Brooke Rollins as his pick for Agriculture secretary
November 23, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary
November 23, 2024
Senators bracing for confirmation battles over unorthodox Trump Cabinet picks
November 24, 2024
Trump says he’ll leave abortion to the states. It won’t be so simple
November 25, 2024
Donald Trump Jr. has become a prominent player in his father’s political orbit and the Make America Great Again movement
November 25, 2024
The chair of the Democratic National Committee has informed party leaders that the organization will elect his successor just days after Donald Trump is inaugurated
November 25, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has named several high-profile conservatives associated with "Project 2025" to his administration despite repeatedly distancing himself from the
November 26, 2024
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dismissed an attempt to revive the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally retaining classified documents after prosecutors said they no longer
November 26, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Kevin Hassett, who was a key economic adviser in his first term, to chair his National Economic Council, which helps set domestic and
November 26, 2024
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November 26, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose Stanford academic and U.S.
November 27, 2024
Hong Kong is becoming a hub for financial crime, US lawmakers say
November 26, 2024
Texas pivots from feuding with Biden over the border to providing the blueprint for Trump
November 26, 2024
7.4 million Americans could gain Medicare or Medicaid coverage for anti-obesity drugs under Biden proposal
November 26, 2024
One major challenge facing Trump’s chosen health leaders: Keeping politics separate from science
November 26, 2024
The leaders of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign say they simply didn’t have enough time to execute a winning strategy against Donald Trump
November 26, 2024
Trump team looks to allay GOP concerns about RFK Jr’s past support for abortion access
November 26, 2024
‘Drastic and terrible impact’: What Kennedy’s confirmation as HHS secretary could mean for global health
November 27, 2024
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
You're an American in another land? Prepare to talk about the why and how of Trump 2.0
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