Politics

The Oregon House member who narrowly lost her reelection bid earlier this month received strong backing from union members in her district.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday asked Scott Bessent, a top fundraiser to his campaign, to serve as secretary of the Treasury Department, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News.

On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to begin “the largest deportation program in American history.” How exactly he plans to carry that out, and how many he ultimately intends to deport, remains unclear.

A Republican lawmaker in Maine accused of choking his wife last month won re-election by a single vote after a Thursday recount.

The cost of generic drugs for many people could go up if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his promise to impose sweeping tariffs on products from China and other foreign countries, policy experts say.

According to Donald Trump’s Agenda 47, the President-elect announced his plan to “sign an executive order on Day One to end automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens.”

The presidential turkey pardon began back in the 1800s under President Abraham Lincoln.

There was a question about whether he’d want to be sworn into the next Congress.

The New York City judge overseeing President-elect Donald Trump’s “hush money” case said there will be no sentencing next week.

Transition officials have used Project 2025’s extensive personnel database for potential candidates to hire for the incoming administration, a person familiar the plans said.

Senate Republicans offered mixed responses Thursday to President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality accused of sexual assault, to lead the Defense Department following the release of a police report concerning sexual assault allegations against him.

Officials in the Justice Department, which oversees the DEA, ordered that the searches be suspended pending an internal evaluation.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named longtime ally Pam Bondi as his new choice for attorney general, capping a tumultuous week for previous pick Matt Gaetz.