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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Purdue returns to Sweet 16 with 76-62 win over McNeese in March Madness