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Born and raised in the concrete jungle of Manhattan, President-elect Donald Trump's children have taken an outsized interest in the search for an Interior secretary, sources close to the transition say, especially avid hunter Donald Trump Jr.

As many as 50,000 ISIS fighters have been killed since the war against the terror group began, a senior US military official told CNN.

Senate approval of a must-pass short-term government spending bill was threatened late Thursday as West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and other Democrats worked to bolster miners' health insurance provisions in it.

President-elect Donald Trump boasted that he would spend as much as $100 million of his own money on his campaign -- but it turned out he didn't come close to giving that much.

President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural committee on Friday announced details for some of the days of events planned in Washington next month when he takes office.

This year's presidential contest was a substance-free spectacle, Vice President Joe Biden lamented on Thursday.

Nothing is more patriotic than a scantily-clad woman digging into a burger.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to run the Small Business Administration gave millions to support his presidential campaign -- including a newly disclosed $1 million donation just weeks before the election.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Andrew Puzder, the head of the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's fast food restaurants, as his nominee for Labor secretary, a source familiar with the decision tells CNN.

Americans are less approving of President-elect Donald Trump than they were of previous presidents during their transitions into office, a new Pew Research Group poll shows.

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan Friday, a trip that comes amid major questions regarding the future of America's 15-year-long mission there.

President-elect Donald Trump is finding comfort and delight in the revival of his boisterous campaign rallies.

Donald Trump officially introduced Terry Branstad Thursday as his pick to be the US ambassador to China during a rally in the Iowa Republican's home state, the latest stop on the President-elect's "thank you" tour.

Vice President Joe Biden downplayed the chances his would be presidential campaign could have emerged victorious with a more strident economic message than Hillary Clinton's, saying Thursday that Republicans would "probably have eaten me alive" if he had decided to run.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine intensified his criticism over Donald Trump's national security adviser, saying that retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn peddles in conspiracy theories that even a little child would dismiss.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein had dinner privately for an hour Thursday with Hillary Clinton, saying the former Democratic presidential nominee is resigned to the outcome of the elections but taking some time off to recuperate.

President Barack Obama said that with the death of John Glenn, a former US senator and the first American to orbit the Earth, America "lost an icon" and he and First Lady Michelle Obama "lost a friend."

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has issued a temporary stay in the death penalty case of Ronald Smith, an Alabama death row inmate whose execution was scheduled for later Thursday.

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Environmental Protection Agency administrator, his former campaign manager told reporters Wednesday.