Politics

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general, putting a loyalist in the role of the nation’s top prosecutor.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress and presidential candidate, to serve as director of national intelligence, continuing to stock his Cabinet with loyal personalities complimentary to his own, rather than long-term professionals in their requisite fields.

Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives by the thinnest of margins, NBC News projected on Wednesday.

The selection is the culmination of a long, complicated history between the two men.

President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary. Trump has picked someone who’s largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military. The news Tuesday was met with bewilderment and ...

Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives by the thinnest of margins, NBC News projected Wednesday, handing President-elect Donald Trump and his party all the levers of power in Washington.

Here are 5 things to know about South Dakota Sen. John Thune.

Donald Trump visited the White House for an Oval Office meeting Wednesday with Democratic President Joe Biden and committed to a smooth transition of power.

President-elect Donald Trump visited the White House Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden ahead of Trump’s inauguration.

Here are five things to know about Pete Hegseth.

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary.

Mike Huckabee served two terms as governor of Arkansas.

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he intends to nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as the U.S. ambassador to Israel.