Senate race in Pennsylvania heads to a recount
By Ethan Cohen and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The incredibly tight Pennsylvania race between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and…
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Wisconsin Republican acknowledges defeat in Senate race, but questions result and mulls recount
By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Eric Hovde, the Wisconsin Republican who nearly unseated Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, acknowledged this week…
Continue ReadingHouse Foreign Affairs Chair McCaul detained at airport after appearing intoxicated
By Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul was detained at Dulles Airport earlier this month when he…
Continue ReadingElise Stefanik, Trump’s pick for UN ambassador, declines to stand by previous support for Ukraine joining NATO
By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for US ambassador to the United Nations,…
Continue ReadingTrump picks Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Annie Grayer, Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen…
Continue ReadingTrump picks Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence
By Jeremy Herb and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s selected former Democratic…
Continue ReadingRepublicans will retain House majority, CNN projects, completing GOP’s dominance of Washington
By Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Republicans have secured their monopoly on power in Donald Trump’s new Washington, retaining their majority…
Continue ReadingBiden to meet for a final time with Xi this week as a new Trump era of China relations begins
By Kevin Liptak, Sam Fossum and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden will meet for a final time this week with…
Continue ReadingWho is John Thune, the next Senate majority leader?
By Michelle Shen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The election of Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as the next leader of his party in the…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Nov. 14: Election, Social Security, Tropical Storm Sara, Middle East, Brazil explosions
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Several major retailers earned a grade of “F” for failing to protect consumers from toxic chemicals in…
Continue ReadingTracking Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and administration
By Curt Merrill, Way Mullery, Lou Robinson, Henrik Pettersson, Gillian Roberts, Janie Boschma and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — President-elect…
Continue ReadingIntelligence agencies, already anxious over Trump, find some solace in Ratcliffe pick for CIA
By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Inside the US intelligence community, a deep wariness about a second Trump administration has set in, stoked by…
Continue ReadingHow a second Trump term could affect Social Security benefits
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Though President-elect Donald Trump has often promised to protect Social Security, he has not explained exactly how…
Continue ReadingFBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel’s attack plans against Iran
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US…
Continue ReadingSpecial counsel Jack Smith looking at stepping down before Trump takes office and is discussing how to end prosecutions
By Paula Reid, Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith intends to step down before…
Continue ReadingWho is Kristi Noem, Trump’s pick for homeland security secretary
By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — In choosing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his homeland security secretary, President-elect Donald Trump is…
Continue Reading‘Welcome back’: Biden offers Trump the smooth transition he never got as president-elect returns to the White House
By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — The last time Donald Trump was in the Oval Office, he scrawled out a two-page letter to Joe Biden in…
Continue ReadingElon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Tami Luhby, Aaron Pellish and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk…
Continue ReadingMike Huckabee once said that ‘there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian’
CNN By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday was his pick to…
Continue ReadingTrump picks Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense
By Jeremy Herb, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has…
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