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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The situation is unlikely to improve in Donald Trump's presidential administration after his loud vows on the campaign trail to curtail Muslim immigration to the United States, which helped foster anti-immigrant sentiment.

Members of Congress took the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Forest Service to the woodshed Thursday, following years of sexual harassment and whistleblower retaliation complaints.

The official precinct data prove it.

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There weren't millions of fraudulent votes.

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President-elect has reported owning millions in stock in companies that could benefit from his policies.

President-elect Donald Trump spoke at a Carrier plant in Indiana on Dec. 1, and lauded his input into their decision not to move production jobs to a Mexico plant. "It's hard to negotiate when the plant is built," he said, "What are we going to do with the plant? Rent it, sell it, knock it down, I don't care."

We combed through the transcript of Sen. Jeff Sessions's 1986 Senate hearing to provide a fuller context of his comments about race and civil rights.

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

Top Clinton strategists accuse their Trump counterparts of fueling racism to win the election.

Carrier negotiations set the stage an unusual level of intervention by the White House into private enterprise.

President-elect Donald Trump announced during a speech in Cincinnati, Dec. 1, that he has chosen retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis to be secretary of defense.

Protesters interrupted a "thank you" rally hosted by President-elect Donald Trump in Cincinnati on Thursday, prompting Trump to say that there "should be consequences" for people who burn the American flag.

During a speech in Cincinnati, Dec. 1, President-elect Donald Trump said he had ‘a lot of fun’ running against his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

During a speech in Cincinnati, Dec. 1, President-elect Donald Trump pledged “to seek a truly inclusive society” as he started a victory tour of states he won.

President-elect Donald Trump said that his administration will crack down on what he referred to as "foreign trade abuses" during a rally in Cincinnati on Thursday.

Here's what you need to know about Myron Ebell, who is overseeing Trump’s EPA transition.

President-elect Donald Trump held a rally in Cincinnati on Thursday, holding what his team called "USA Thank You Tour 2016."

“Virginians do not want a government that mimics the swamp of Washington, D.C.,” the state senator said.

The president-elect said he didn't remember one of his campaign's rallying cries — until he saw it on television.

“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.

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