Rep. Will Guzzardi, who represents Chicago’s heavily-Hispanic northwest side, said that the proposed wall that was a cornerstone of Trump's presidential campaign sends the wrong message and introduced on Tuesday his plan, which proposes divesting Illinois' pension funds from any businesses involved with the wall.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, his first appointment of a woman to a key position in his future administration.
Susana Martinez wants incoming state lawmakers to know that the state's permanent investment fund should be off limits from efforts to resolve a state budget deficit.
Miranda state Gov. Henrique Capriles, a top opposition leader and two-time presidential candidate, said Wednesday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's administration had abandoned the talks that started on Oct. 30 with the mediation of the Vatican and the Union of South American Nations, or Unasur.
Despite his electoral victory, a majority of Americans do not support President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promises to overturn Roe v. Wade, build a border wall with Mexico or cut off the path to citizenship for undocumented workers, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
A new poll shows that Trump won the White House with just 8 percent of the black vote, 28 percent of the Hispanic electorate and 27 percent of Asian-Americans.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to block federal funding to Sanctuary cities, but the incoming commander-in-chief may find it tougher to take on smaller, yet in some ways more powerful protector of illegal immigrants – sanctuary churches.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich expressed skepticism Tuesday at reports that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was the frontrunner to be President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state.
Santiago, Chile, Nov 22 (efe_epa).- Chinese President Xi Jinping during his official visit on Tuesday, established a new alliance with Chile, whose access to Latin America represents great strategic value for China.
President-elect Donald Trump's incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus said Tuesday that Trump "would rather look forward instead of backwards" after the real estate mogul indicated he did not favor an ongoing investigation of his election opponent, Hillary Clinton.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took steps Tuesday to distance himself from the far right in a wide-ranging interview, during which he spoke of climate change, denied any possible conflict of interest between his business and the presidency, and continued his attacks on the media.
Representatives of the Colombian government and FARC rebels have agreed that the signing of their revised peace agreement will take place Thursday in this capital.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich expressed skepticism Tuesday at reports that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was the frontrunner to be President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state.
President-elect Donald Trump is leaning toward asking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to be his secretary of state, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
Venezuela's legislative National Assembly, currently with an opposition majority, welcomed Tuesday as a new member the opposition lawmaker Rosmit Mantilla, the Caribbean country's first openly gay legislator, who was released from jail last week after being imprisoned for two-and-a-half years.
A federal court on Tuesday blocked implementation of a rule imposed by President Barack Obama's administration that would have made an estimated 4 million more higher-earning workers across the country eligible for overtime pay starting Dec. 1.
Saying they had touched him in a powerful and personal way, President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest civilian honor to 21 groundbreaking actors, musicians, athletes and others during a ceremony Tuesday at the White House.
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