President Barack Obama faulted his party's campaign strategy in an interview airing Monday, arguing Democrats suffered stinging electoral losses in last month's vote because they failed to campaign in hard-hit rural areas.
Top Republicans and Democrats are quietly maneuvering to force a vote on the Senate floor establishing a new committee to investigate the Russian cyberattacks on the US political system, a move that could put GOP leaders who oppose the idea in an awkward spot just as Donald Trump comes into power.
While Michelle Obama was a harsh critic of Donald Trump on the campaign trail, the first lady says in an interview that she is supportive of the country's incoming new leader.
The bills shifted power toward Republicans, either by increasing their influence on boards, or taking away key appointments from the Democratic governor-elect.
Illinois GOP congressman and former Donald Trump critic Adam Kinzinger expressed his optimism about the incoming Trump administration on CNN's Party People podcast.
President Barack Obama on Monday granted clemency to 231 individuals, the largest batch of grants on a single day of his presidency, bringing him to 1,324 acts of clemency over the course of his term.
President-elect Donald Trump may be preparing to ring in the drastic shakeup of the Department of Veterans Affairs he promised during his campaign for president.
President-elect Donald Trump and Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton weren't the only people who received electoral votes. A few "faithless electors" went in a different direction.
The Charlotte city council has voted to rescind its "Non-Discrimination Ordinance" that allowed transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponded to their gender identity. In a statement, the city said it "urges the State to follow immediately with a repeal of House Bill 2." North Carolina Governor-elect Roy Cooper said he spoke to legislative leaders and they are planning to call a special session "to repeal HB 2 in full."
Bill Clinton says President-elect Donald Trump "doesn't know much," but that "one thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him," according to a local paper near the Clintons' New York home.
Republicans outraged at Russia's alleged meddling in the US election -- and frustrated at some in their own party for not taking on the issue more aggressively -- are turning to an unlikely new source of pressure for action: Democrats.
Donald Trump's decision to fill key Cabinet and White House positions with recently retired military generals threatens the tradition of civilian leadership of the military and government, says retired Army combat veteran and incoming Senator Tammy Duckworth.
