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November 13, 2024Prosecutors 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, 2024U.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, 2024World leaders are heading to South America for twin summits this month, with one major theme dominating: Donald Trump 2.0.
November 13, 2024An unknown person accessed copies of confidential testimony in a lawsuit involving allegations of sexual misconduct by Matt Gaetz, U.S.
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November 19, 2024By Tim Reid and Sarah N.
November 13, 2024President-elect Donald Trump chose lawyer Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday to be U.S. ambassador to NATO, selecting a loyalist with little foreign
November 20, 2024U.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, 2024U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday that all single-sex bathrooms in the U.S.
November 20, 2024President-elect Donald Trump is planning to tap conservative loyalist Russell Vought to be the director of the U.S.
November 20, 2024A congressional ethics panel deadlocked on partisan lines on Wednesday on whether to release its report on alleged sexual
November 20, 2024Nexans 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, 2024The 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, 2024Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Thursday she will chair a U.S.
November 21, 2024Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is expected to join President-elect Donald Trump at the meeting of U.S.
November 13, 2024Democratic 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, 2024A 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, 2024A 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, 2024U.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, 2024U.S.
November 22, 2024President-elect Donald Trump’s willingness to choose cabinet members with histories of alleged sexual misconduct threw his transition plans off course this
November 22, 2024President-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, 2024A Democratic member of the five-person U.S.
November 22, 2024Chinese 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, 2024A 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, 2024U.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, 2024By Sarah N.
November 22, 2024U.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, 2024U.S.
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, 2024Jay 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
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November 24, 2024Top 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, 2024President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S.
November 25, 2024Sen. 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, 2024A 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, 2024President-elect Donald Trump has named Sen. Marco Rubio as his choice for secretary of state
November 13, 2024U.S.
November 25, 2024Trump picks Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general
November 13, 2024President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence
November 13, 2024In 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, 2024Senate race in Pennsylvania heads to a recount
November 13, 2024Donald 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, 2024CNN'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, 2024Former 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, 2024President-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, 2024The 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, 2024Democrat 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, 2024CNN'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, 2024President-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, 2024Trump picks former congressman Doug Collins to serve as Veterans Affairs secretary
November 14, 2024President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Georgia congressman Doug Collins to lead the Veterans Affairs Department in his new administration
November 15, 2024President-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, 2024Trump’s transition team caught off guard by Hegseth allegation
November 15, 2024Democratic 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, 2024A 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, 2024Biden’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, 2024Under 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, 2024Trump picks former congressman and Fox Business host Sean Duffy as next Transportation secretary
November 18, 2024With 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, 2024Manhattan DA agrees to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case but opposes dismissal
November 19, 2024For two weeks, Donald Trump has welcomed Elon Musk into his world
November 19, 2024President-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, 2024In 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, 2024Hegseth tells Republicans that ‘this is a battle that is just beginning’
November 20, 2024President-elect Donald Trump says he's chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO
November 20, 2024As 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, 2024President-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, 2024Greene to chair new DOGE subcommittee on Oversight next Congress
November 21, 2024Russia’s third largest bank, Gazprombank and its six foreign subsidiaries were hit with U.S. sanctions on Thursday
November 21, 2024The 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, 2024Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been elected to lead the Republican Governors Association, a one-year position
November 21, 2024Former 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, 2024FBI seizes websites that North Koreans allegedly used to impersonate American companies
November 21, 2024Sen. Bob Casey concedes Pennsylvania Senate race to Republican Dave McCormick
November 21, 2024Former 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, 2024Donald 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, 2024After 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, 2024Trump expected to offer Kelly Loeffler secretary of Agriculture
November 22, 2024Trump’s intel pick was placed on government watch list for overseas travel and foreign connections
November 22, 2024President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary
November 23, 2024Trump chooses Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his pick for Labor secretary
November 23, 2024President-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, 2024Dr. Susan Lacy had been caring for transgender patients for several years in Tennessee when, in 2023, everything changed.
November 27, 2024Trump names former NFL player Scott Turner as his pick for HUD secretary
November 23, 2024President-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, 2024President-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, 2024MSCI'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, 2024President-elect Donald Trump has selected Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
November 23, 2024Trump names Brooke Rollins as his pick for Agriculture secretary
November 23, 2024President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary
November 23, 2024Senators bracing for confirmation battles over unorthodox Trump Cabinet picks
November 24, 2024Trump says he’ll leave abortion to the states. It won’t be so simple
November 25, 2024Donald Trump Jr. has become a prominent player in his father’s political orbit and the Make America Great Again movement
November 25, 2024The 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, 2024President-elect Donald Trump has named several high-profile conservatives associated with "Project 2025" to his administration despite repeatedly distancing himself from the
November 26, 2024A 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, 2024President-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, 2024U.S.
November 26, 2024President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose Stanford academic and U.S.
November 27, 2024Hong Kong is becoming a hub for financial crime, US lawmakers say
November 26, 2024Texas pivots from feuding with Biden over the border to providing the blueprint for Trump
November 26, 20247.4 million Americans could gain Medicare or Medicaid coverage for anti-obesity drugs under Biden proposal
November 26, 2024One major challenge facing Trump’s chosen health leaders: Keeping politics separate from science
November 26, 2024The leaders of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign say they simply didn’t have enough time to execute a winning strategy against Donald Trump
November 26, 2024Trump 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