The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s victory and the fallout from the US election in 2024.

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he would declare a national emergency and use the military to carry out his ...

President-elect Trump is personally calling senators to press them to confirm former Rep. Matt Gaetz to be his attorney ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet announcements have ranged from highly qualified picks to others seen as shockingly ...

Republicans complain nominees weren't "properly vetted," but don't get that accusations are a feature, not a bug ...

The House Ethics Committee is navigating a crisis of credibility as it weighs whether to release the findings of its ...

The selecti o n of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Justice Department might be ...

Lawyer Joel Leppard said his client saw Donald Trump's pick for attorney general with the minor at a party in 2017.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell, readying her office and Massachusetts for potential threats posed by Donald Trump’s win, ...

As Trump mulls recess appointments to ram through disastrous personnel choices like Matt Gaetz, an expert in congressional ...

It's fitting that President-elect Donald Trump attended an Ultimate Fighting Championship event last weekend. For his cabinet ...

Senate Republicans are rejecting a proposal floated by some advisers to President-elect Trump to take the job of conducting background checks for high-level nominees away from the FBI and give it ...