President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services — setting up a debate over whether Kennedy, whose vaccine skepticism and unorthodox views about medicine make public health officials deeply uneasy, can be confirmed.

President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has resurrected questions about Justice Department and House ethics investigations into Gaetz’s conduct and whether he had sex with a 17-year-old girl who was being paid for her services.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, faced growing scrutiny from his fellow congressional Republicans on Thursday, with one saying he “absolutely” wants to review an unreleased report examining allegations of sexual misconduct.

Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon was investigated for an alleged assault in California in 2017, though no charges were filed.

WASHINGTON (AP) EMBARGOED UNTIL 5 AM ET FRIDAYPlease file in national politics headlines package, North America politics headlines and US news headlines if deemed appropriateBiden administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other steps to try to preserve at least some of the outgoing president’s legacy before Presi...

President-elect Donald Trump's sweeping win didn't just show up in swing states and red states. It also showed up in places like deep-blue Montgomery County and in reliably Democratic states like Maryland.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to impose new tariffs on China, but Beijing is wiser and better prepared to push back this time around, analysts say.

Donald Trump's visit to Washington on Wednesday had all the hallmarks of his first term. There was the cable-news pageantry of Trump Force One's arrival at and departure from D.C. There was a cordial and reassuring meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and President Biden. There was the reelection of Speaker Mike Johnson within the House GOP and an orderly transfer of leadership to a new gen...

Trump talked exactly like the guy in the bar - and for hours and hours. Nothing could shut him up. Not even being shot at. Three- hour podcast chats.

A 77-year-old reader despairs over the world she is leaving her children and grandchildren.

Americans approve of government generosity when it benefits them.

The selection of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Trump Defense Department has renewed scrutiny of his political and religious views and his aggressive criticism of the military he would be leading.

Trump is the latest president to appoint a czar to deal with a particular issue in this case, the border. But what does that mean? A look at the controversial history of government czars.

After learning the results of the presidential election, Sheletta Brundidge organized a brunch for Black women over the course of just days. "I saw so...

Oh, you silly, silly, silly, silly ultra-progressive women. So silly. Heres the deal, in case you havent heard: Apparently there’s this “4B” movement going on, where a bunch of young liberal women are swearing off marriage, dating, sex, and even having kids — all because Donald Trump won the election. It started in South Korea, […]

The SpaceX CEO is said to have been a near-constant presence at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home since Election Day.

All you need to know is whose heads have been exploding since Trump announced Matt Gaetzs nomination as the next attorney general.

Donald Trump welcomed his first foreign leader since he was elected as U.S. President by hosting Argentina's Javier Milei.