The president-elect is said to have chosen a former senior military officer. An announcement is likely by early next week, according to the people familiar with the decision.

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Presidents-elect often tries to connect with ordinary Americans following elections, but Trump is bring his own signature style to the effort.

“Stein is not an aggrieved candidate, she cannot possibly win, and she is putting the participation of every single Michigan voter in jeopardy,” said Michigan GOP Chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel.

Liberal groups launched a service that connects people with a random Trump property via phone, allowing them to air their concerns about his upcoming presidency.

President-elect Trump made some serious promises during the 2016 campaign – but appears to have changed his mind on several of them in the weeks since.

President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 1 celebrated a deal that will prevent jobs at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis from being shipped abroad.

The president-elect is said to have chosen a former senior military officer. An announcement is likely by early next week, according to the people familiar with the decision.

President-elect Donald Trump traveled, Dec. 1, to Indianapolis to visit the Carrier plant and tout his role in keeping up to 1,000 manufacturing jobs in the United States. Here is his full speech.

Pennsylvania Rep. Lou Barletta is best known for introducing the first local law punishing businesses who knowingly hired undocumented immigrants.

Speaking at the Carrier factory in Indianapolis, President-elect Donald Trump sought to dispel doubts that he would fulfill his vow to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. "Trust me, we're going to build a wall," Trump said.

Speaking at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis, Dec. 1, President-elect Donald Trump said he decided to call the company so it would not ship jobs abroad after watching a television news report about the factory.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Dec. 1 said President-elect Donald Trump prevented jobs at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis from being shipped abroad.

The announcement sparked speculation that she could be on the shortlist for a Cabinet job, most likely as energy secretary.

Asked about Trump's surprising phone conversation with Nawaz Sharif, White House press secretary Josh Earnest talked about how fantastic U.S. diplomats are.

More than a week has passed since Carson said he had an announcement "forthcoming" about "helping to make America great again."

The GOP-led Congress is preparing to overturn environmental,labor, financial and tax regulations.

The president-elect tends to echo the person he last spoke to — or what he last saw on TV.

Becerra is the highest-ranking Latino in Congress; his departure could smooth over tensions among House Democrats.

A pop-up group four years ago, Concerned Veterans of America's profile in the nascent Trump administration is rising fast.

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At his weekly news conference, Dec. 1, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said he knows little of President-elect Trump's deal with manufacturer Carrier but that "it's pretty darn good that people are keeping their jobs in Indiana instead of going to Mexico."

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