President-elect Donald Trump has asked roughly 50 senior Obama administration appointees to remain in their posts after his inauguration to ensure continuity in government, his incoming White House press secretary said Thursday.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Texas from ousting Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid program over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015.
Vowing to make America "greater than ever before," President-elect Donald Trump rallied cheering supporters at the Lincoln Memorial Thursday evening just hours away from taking the oath of office.
President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect Mike Pence and their families are the familiar faces in Friday’s inauguration ceremonies. But a number of other figures will play a big role in the transfer of power. Here’s a look at some key people on Inauguration Day 2017.
Not missing out on the chance of a lifetime, many of the organizations in Friday’s presidential inauguration parade turned to crowd funding this year to raise the cash to make it to Washington.
President Obama's famous pledge to close the Pentagon's Guantanamo Bay detention facility was ultimately done in by the very evil of the men it houses.
In a last major act as president, Barack Obama cut short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes on Thursday, bringing his bid to correct what he's called a systematic injustice to a climactic close.
On the roster: ‘Scandal free?’ C’mon - Tempers flare during Treasury hearing - Perry eats crow at confirmation - Audible: Howdy, pardner - Well, it is a red state now…
In its final hours, the Obama administration on Thursday released the last of three installments of documents belonging to Usama bin Laden that were seized in a 2011 raid that killed the Al Qaeda leader in his secret compound.
Former President George H.W. Bush was in stable condition Thursday afternoon and his wife, Barbara, reported feeling "1,000 percent" better after both had been hospitalized, him for pneumonia and her for bronchitis.
Tensions flared over Democrats’ resistance to President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees on the eve of his inauguration, as senators traded jabs on the sidelines of his Treasury pick’s confirmation hearing and the transition team squared off from afar with the chamber’s Democratic boss.
A Maryland lawmaker has fired a legislative aide who was behind a fake news site that accused Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of election-rigging.
The Republican National Committee elected Ronna Romney McDaniel Thursday to serve as its chairwoman – making her the first female RNC chief in three decades.
Donald Trump made the rounds in Washington on Thursday during his final hours as president-elect, thanking his congressional allies during a luncheon at his namesake hotel – after completing his Cabinet line-up by tapping former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to lead the Agriculture Department.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry pledged to advocate energy "in all forms" as well as protect and modernize the nation’s nuclear stockpile during his confirmation hearing Thursday for his Energy secretary nomination.
President-elect Donald Trump has quickly announced his picks for key Cabinet and White House positions since the November election. The following are his selections so far – Cabinet nominees are subject to Senate confirmation.
The head of the independent federal ethics office agreed to meet with Rep. Jason Chaffetz privately to discuss his public criticism of President-elect Donald Trump after reportedly asking the Utah Republican for a public forum.
A New York lawyer appealed to President Obama Wednesday to pardon Hillary Clinton and others who may be “potential targets” of an investigation into the use of the private email server.
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